Many different classes are learning about different things this term. I went and interviewed the syndicates this is what they came up with.
Ara Teina
Ara Teina is learning about cakes, they said it is important to learn about cakes because then you know the chemicals in the ingredients reactions. They said the hardest thing was writing the recipes. They said they’ve learnt how to stick the cakes together so far. They like their topic because it is fun.
Ara Pakeke
Ara Pakeke is learning about China, they said it is important to learn about China because China can impact on New Zealand. They think the hardest thing is making questions about China. They said that they’ve learnt that lots of things are made in China. They like their topic because you get to learn about another culture.
Ara Tuakana
Ara Tuakana is learning about the human body, they said it’s
important to learn about the human body because you know what’s happening inside the body and you know what you have to do to take care of your body. They said that the hardest thing is to remember the breathing rates and the heart rates. They said that they’ve learnt so far about a lot of cells, the names of the body parts and what they do. They said that they like their topic because you get to learn about the body parts and what happens inside the body.
By The Current Events Group (JP)
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Chinese Fans
Tradition has it, folded fans were introduced to china from japan and korea about 1000 years ago
How are they made? They were usually made with folded paper on bamboo sticks. They were also made with bird feathers, sandalwood, gold silver materials
How is it used? A lady holds it gracefully in her hands then gently sway it back and forth. They also use them in ceremonies and dances
By The Arts and Crafts Group (IZ)
How are they made? They were usually made with folded paper on bamboo sticks. They were also made with bird feathers, sandalwood, gold silver materials
How is it used? A lady holds it gracefully in her hands then gently sway it back and forth. They also use them in ceremonies and dances
By The Arts and Crafts Group (IZ)
Chinese Inventions: Paper
Chinese Inventions are very important to us because if we did not have inventions from china we may not have the thing we have today.
One of those inventions is paper. Paper is important to us because we can write on it, read books and make pictures.
Paper was made in 105AD by two Chinese people named Cai lun and Ts ai lun who lived in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
It was invented like this first inner bark of mulberuy tree and bamboo fibers were mixed with water and pound.After draing the dry fibres were used as paper.
Some other materials he used for varios paper included tree bark,remnats of hemp,linen rags,and fishnuts.Paper is important to us if we didn’t have it.
By The Inventions Group (RL)
One of those inventions is paper. Paper is important to us because we can write on it, read books and make pictures.
Paper was made in 105AD by two Chinese people named Cai lun and Ts ai lun who lived in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
It was invented like this first inner bark of mulberuy tree and bamboo fibers were mixed with water and pound.After draing the dry fibres were used as paper.
Some other materials he used for varios paper included tree bark,remnats of hemp,linen rags,and fishnuts.Paper is important to us if we didn’t have it.
By The Inventions Group (RL)
Christmas and Chinese New Year
New Zealand Christmas and Chinese New Year have some things in common. They are both the most important celebrations of the year and they are both holidays. At both celebrations families and friends get together for special meals.
Some things are different. NZ Christmas is on the 25th December every year. People give and receive presents. Lots of towns have Santa parades.
The Chinese New Year takes place in January or February. They celebrate to bring good luck and to welcome the new year. People celebrate by holding lanterns and they give children lucky money in red envelopes. They also dress up and dance in the streets.
The Festivals Group (ZZ & MM)
Some things are different. NZ Christmas is on the 25th December every year. People give and receive presents. Lots of towns have Santa parades.
The Chinese New Year takes place in January or February. They celebrate to bring good luck and to welcome the new year. People celebrate by holding lanterns and they give children lucky money in red envelopes. They also dress up and dance in the streets.
The Festivals Group (ZZ & MM)
Chinese New Year
The Chinese New Year is the most important celebration of the year. The Chinese people follow the lunar calendar and the new year is held in January or February. It is held to welcome the new year and bring good luck. People celebrate by holding lanterns and by wearing red clothes and giving children lucky money in envelopes. They also get together and have dinner with each other and some of the people dress up and dance in the streets. People need to take time off work to get together to celebrate.
By the Festivals Group (ZZ)
By the Festivals Group (ZZ)
The Forbidden City
If you are in Beijig you must go to the forbidden city to explore a place that is 600 years old , And a pace where 24 different emperors lived.
The forbidden city was the home of the emperors and his family they called the forbidden city was the home of the emperor and his family they called it the forbidden city because no one was a loud in only his family and his servants untly 1949 .In 1949 they let the public in the forbidden city.
The out side walls of the forbidden city are made of brick
In the in side its mostly wood . There are 9,999 rooms that emperors used for eating and sleeping and there are many temples. Because the temples were made out of wood they were scared that there temples were going to get caught on fire so they had big giant pots ful of water around the city if the temples caught on fire then wood use the water to put the fire out.The forbidden city is in the centre of beijing like tianamen squara.
It has a moat that gos around the city .
There are also no trees In side because the first emperor of the forbidden city was scared that some one wood hide and hurt him at night. The entrance is south of the forbidden city and the eixtis on the nouth side .You sould go to the forbidden city it wood be a cool exploreing place.
By The Travel Group (WW)
The forbidden city was the home of the emperors and his family they called the forbidden city was the home of the emperor and his family they called it the forbidden city because no one was a loud in only his family and his servants untly 1949 .In 1949 they let the public in the forbidden city.
The out side walls of the forbidden city are made of brick
In the in side its mostly wood . There are 9,999 rooms that emperors used for eating and sleeping and there are many temples. Because the temples were made out of wood they were scared that there temples were going to get caught on fire so they had big giant pots ful of water around the city if the temples caught on fire then wood use the water to put the fire out.The forbidden city is in the centre of beijing like tianamen squara.
It has a moat that gos around the city .
There are also no trees In side because the first emperor of the forbidden city was scared that some one wood hide and hurt him at night. The entrance is south of the forbidden city and the eixtis on the nouth side .You sould go to the forbidden city it wood be a cool exploreing place.
By The Travel Group (WW)
Chinese Shadow Puppets
1.How is it made? The puppets are very delicate items and normally made from donkey or oxen skin. You can also cut – out designs and translucent dyes. They’re usually really thin so that colures and the outline are displayed on a screen.
2. History – 2000 years ago Wu Emperor of the han Dynasty was so upset by the death of a woman, he wanted to step down. The Emperors servant had an idea to cheer him up from seeing children playing with dolls and shadows. Firstly shadow puppets were made out of paper sculpture, but later they used donkey and oxen skin. That’s why they call it piying, which means shadows of hides.
3. How is it used? By curtains and people making shadows with a light behind them.
By The Arts & Crafts Group (RC)
2. History – 2000 years ago Wu Emperor of the han Dynasty was so upset by the death of a woman, he wanted to step down. The Emperors servant had an idea to cheer him up from seeing children playing with dolls and shadows. Firstly shadow puppets were made out of paper sculpture, but later they used donkey and oxen skin. That’s why they call it piying, which means shadows of hides.
3. How is it used? By curtains and people making shadows with a light behind them.
By The Arts & Crafts Group (RC)
Summer Palace
The summer palace is a popular place for torusts to vist
If you are in Beijing. It is north west of the city. The summer palace was build 800 years ago for the emperors
Family because where they lived was so hot at 40 Celsius
So they had the summer palace built in a place where it was
A bit colder. It was colder there because it was a bit higher
On a mountain. It is very big -700 acres. The summer palace has 3 lakes and 1 hill. The emperors lived around
The hill and went fishing on the lake.
Lots of people helped them build the summer palace.
For example there weren’t any lakes at first. They had
To dig the lakes for the water to go into. They had to use
Spades! The temples that are in the summer palace made mostly of stones. They built a river so the emperors didn’t
Have to go on the road all the way to the summer palace from his home in the city. He could go in a boat and end up in one of his lakes. So why should you go there?
It is a very nice place to vist. Because the weather is not too
Hot. It nice to get away from the city and you can see lots of lakes and temples. At only 20$ per person.
By The Travel Group (NA)
If you are in Beijing. It is north west of the city. The summer palace was build 800 years ago for the emperors
Family because where they lived was so hot at 40 Celsius
So they had the summer palace built in a place where it was
A bit colder. It was colder there because it was a bit higher
On a mountain. It is very big -700 acres. The summer palace has 3 lakes and 1 hill. The emperors lived around
The hill and went fishing on the lake.
Lots of people helped them build the summer palace.
For example there weren’t any lakes at first. They had
To dig the lakes for the water to go into. They had to use
Spades! The temples that are in the summer palace made mostly of stones. They built a river so the emperors didn’t
Have to go on the road all the way to the summer palace from his home in the city. He could go in a boat and end up in one of his lakes. So why should you go there?
It is a very nice place to vist. Because the weather is not too
Hot. It nice to get away from the city and you can see lots of lakes and temples. At only 20$ per person.
By The Travel Group (NA)
The Beijing Olympics
The official mascots are Beibei the fish, Jingjing the panda, Huanhuan the Olympic flame, Yingying the Tibetan antelope and Nini the swallow.
203 countries in the world are competing in the Beijing Olympics.
The 10,500 athletes have prepared for the Beijing Olympics by training and exercising.
The races at the Beijing Olympics are flat water kayaking, slalom kayaking, swimming, running, athletics, aquatics, archery, weightlifting, wrestling, basket ball, badminton, baseball, boxing, equestrian, gymnastics artistic, gymnastics rhythmic, gymnastics trampoline, fencing, football, handball, hockey, judo, rowing, sailing, volleyball, shooting, diving, tae kwon do, softball, modern pentathlon, beach volleyball, tennis and the triathlon.
By The Current Events Group (KB)
203 countries in the world are competing in the Beijing Olympics.
The 10,500 athletes have prepared for the Beijing Olympics by training and exercising.
The races at the Beijing Olympics are flat water kayaking, slalom kayaking, swimming, running, athletics, aquatics, archery, weightlifting, wrestling, basket ball, badminton, baseball, boxing, equestrian, gymnastics artistic, gymnastics rhythmic, gymnastics trampoline, fencing, football, handball, hockey, judo, rowing, sailing, volleyball, shooting, diving, tae kwon do, softball, modern pentathlon, beach volleyball, tennis and the triathlon.
By The Current Events Group (KB)
The Great Wall of China
The most popular attraction in Beijing is the Great Wall of China. The wall is 5000 km long, 8m high & 7m wide.
It was built 2000 years ago to stop people from the north attacking the Chinese people. The Chinese people would shoot their bows and arrows at the attackers from the wall. If they saw people from the other side they would make smoke signals to let the Chinese people know there was danger. There were also handrails to help people not to fall
over. One of the royal families which was the emperor’s family built this great wall. It took 200 to 300 years to make it.
The Great Wall of China is the first MUST see place to go if you’re in Beijing because it’s in the countryside, plus you can travel by car because it only takes 1 ½ hours.
By The Travel Group (VK)
It was built 2000 years ago to stop people from the north attacking the Chinese people. The Chinese people would shoot their bows and arrows at the attackers from the wall. If they saw people from the other side they would make smoke signals to let the Chinese people know there was danger. There were also handrails to help people not to fall
over. One of the royal families which was the emperor’s family built this great wall. It took 200 to 300 years to make it.
The Great Wall of China is the first MUST see place to go if you’re in Beijing because it’s in the countryside, plus you can travel by car because it only takes 1 ½ hours.
By The Travel Group (VK)
NZ Olympians in Beijing
Barbara Kendall
Barbara is a 40 year old woman and an experienced windsurfer. She is representing New Zealand as part of the yachting team in windsurfing.
I think she has a good chance of winning because she is so experienced and has been to the Olympics 5 times before.
Hamish Pepper +Carl Williams
Hamish is a 36 year old man .He is in the star class yachting event with his friend who’s name is Carl Williams, he is 26 years old.
They have a good chance of winning because they try their hardest and they won the Star World Championships in 2006.
The New Zealand Rowing Team
The new Zealand rowing team is Caroline , Georgina Evers swindell , Mahe drysdale , Emma Twigg , Hamish Bond , Eric Murray , James Dallinger and Carl Meyer.
By The Current Events team (PH)
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Rice
Rice is staple food for most people in China especially in the south, north and the west. Rice is a vegetable and it is either eaten by itself or with fish. Chinese have eaten rice for 5000 years. They mainly eat white rice. Rice is a symbol of life and fertility. For centuries it was used in place of money. Chinese like rice steamed white and fluffy, but most of all plain.
By The Food Group (YP)
By The Food Group (YP)
Chinese Inventions: Paper Currency
It is important to have Chinese inventions because they are very necessary and important in our life. One of those is paper currency , In other words money in the form of paper banknotes. Before money came they use to exchange stuff if they wanted something , this is called trading or bartering.
Then there was cowries little shells used as coins.
Later, coins were invented. After, paper currency was invented in the Szechwan of China in 806bc.
The sung dynasty was the first to issue true paper money in 1023 and the most famous Kublai Khan the Mongol who ruled the Chinese empire in the 13th century.
Paper currency was Chinese block printing. It was a good development because it is lighter to carry around than the gold coins. So finally Chinese paper currency is great because you wont have to carry copper or iron.
By The Inventions Group (DJ)
Then there was cowries little shells used as coins.
Later, coins were invented. After, paper currency was invented in the Szechwan of China in 806bc.
The sung dynasty was the first to issue true paper money in 1023 and the most famous Kublai Khan the Mongol who ruled the Chinese empire in the 13th century.
Paper currency was Chinese block printing. It was a good development because it is lighter to carry around than the gold coins. So finally Chinese paper currency is great because you wont have to carry copper or iron.
By The Inventions Group (DJ)
A Chinese Invention: The Toothbrush
There is an amazing invention in china and that is Called a tooth-brush yes im afraid to say it’s true. The Chinese tooth-brush was first invented in 1498. Juniors or people if you don’t know what A tooth-brush is well it is a clever invention that Brushes your teeth. Traders from china brought Bristle tooth-brushes to Europe in the Seventeenth Century. They also say that the tooth-brush is a More prized innovation than the car, the personal Computer, cell phone and the microwave. Before Tooth-brushes were invented people used rags Sponges and salt solution to rub there teeth. Now I will talk to you about the first person to Patent the bristle tooth-brush was .H.N.Wadsworth From the United States in 1857 but mass Production did not begin until 1885
By The Inventions Group (AT & AD)
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Chinese Opera Masks
Chinese opera is also known as Beijing opera.
Chinese Opera Masks are used during Chinese Opera performances.
They were based on old tales of heroes and the supernatural.
For two hundred years the operas were usually performed for royal families. The performers used to wear masks but they changed this because people couldn’t see their facial expressions. They are made by using different coloured paint: black, red, yellow, purple, blue, white and green to paint their faces in interesting designs and patterns.
Each mask symbolises different gods the Chinese believe in. The main colours used for gods and spirits are gold and silver. The main colour used on the face shows the character’s personality.
By The Arts and Crafts Group (CA)
Chinese Opera Masks are used during Chinese Opera performances.
They were based on old tales of heroes and the supernatural.
For two hundred years the operas were usually performed for royal families. The performers used to wear masks but they changed this because people couldn’t see their facial expressions. They are made by using different coloured paint: black, red, yellow, purple, blue, white and green to paint their faces in interesting designs and patterns.
Each mask symbolises different gods the Chinese believe in. The main colours used for gods and spirits are gold and silver. The main colour used on the face shows the character’s personality.
By The Arts and Crafts Group (CA)
Temple of Heaven
The Temple of Heaven is a good attraction if you are in Beijing. It is south of the Forbidden City. It was built 600 years ago for the emperor to pray in. He would pray to heaven and his ancestors during winter solstice, the shortest day of the year on December 21st. He did it to make sure that crops had a good harvest in the next year. It was painted red and blue because red is the royal family colour and blue on the roof because it is the colour of sky and heaven. The temple of Heaven was made of wood but no nails or cement. The height of the temple is 40m and 3 to 4 storeys. It has a echo wall which is 100m long. You can whisper something from one end and they hear it at the other end. It is inside a big park. The temple of heaven is one of the top 10 places to go in Beijing. So if you are in Beijing you should visit it.
By The Travel Group (DS)
By The Travel Group (DS)
Chinese Paper Lanterns
Chinese paper lanterns were first made back in 230BC. Chinese paper lanterns are made of paper, paint, glue and wood. They are used for births, deaths, weddings and special occasions.
By The Arts and Crafts Group (OS)
By The Arts and Crafts Group (OS)
Fangbao Game
The Fangbao is a Chinese game. ‘Fangbao’ means ‘square treasure’ and is made by folding two pieces of paper in a special way. The age group is 5 to 10 years old. It is usually played by two kids. Each kid has 5 Fangbaos.
The best place for the game is on a cement ground in the backyard or near the front door. Each kid places one Fangbao on the starting line. They hit each others Fangbao towards the end line using their other Fangbaoes. If you pass the end line you get to keep your Fangbao. The angle you throw your Fangbao is important. They take turns. The person with the most Fangbaoes at the end of the game is the winner.
The Eagle and the Chicks
The Eagle and chicks is an old Chinese game which is played outside and this game needs at least 5 kids to play. One kid is the eagle and another kid is a mother hen. The eagle tries to catch one of the chicks so he will no longer be the eagle. The mother hen can protect the chicks by spreading her arms at shoulder height in front of a chick. The Eagle has to go around the hen to catch the chick and is not allowed to come in contact with her. The Eagle is free to run anywhere.
By The Games Group (MH)
Drgon Boat Festival
They call it the Dragon Boat Festival because dragons are their favourite animal. The fronts of the boats are carved into a dragon’s head and the back is a scaly tail. The dragons are brought to life by painting their eyes in a special ceremony. This festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It is also know as double fifth day. They hope the celebration will protect them from evil and disease for the rest of the year. They eat food, dress up in red clothing and perform dragon dances and get to use umbrellas.
By The Celebration Group (SA)
By The Celebration Group (SA)
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Noodles
The Chinese are wild about noodles. They eat them: fried, boiled, chilled, tossed with meat, vegetables and tofu. Mein as noodles are called in chinses have been apart of the chinses cooking for 5,000 years. In fact many historians say that noodles were invented in northern china. Sold fresh or dried chinses noodles come in three different viraties wheat beans and rice. All three come in different lengths long noodles symbolises long life. Noodles are always served long and uncut rice noodles with their delicate taste are perfect in soups.
By the Food Group (NI)
By the Food Group (NI)
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