The Tangiwai Rail Disaster

 Kia ora,

Today I am talking to yous about the Tangiwai disaster, The Tangiwai disaster happened on 24th of Dec 1953 there were 285 people on board & 151 were killed by this tragedy. It happened because of a volcanic lahar from the Mt Ruapehu crater lake, There was a huge wave of water, silt, boulders & debris surging down the Whangaehu River minutes before the express approached the bridge at tangiwai.

This topic affected Nz because The Tangiwai tragedy killed more people than the combined total of all the other rail accidents in New Zealand history. The driver of the train was Charles parker, Charles Parker is one of the 151 people that have died during this disaster. 

What do I think I know about this disaster?

Answer: I know that this has happened on Christmas day, & I also know that a man was holding a torch to let Charles Parker know that somethings coming their way to destroy the train tracks. Charles Parker stopped but he didn't stop in time.

Video #1

-The driver braked but it was to late for 5 carriages

-Christmas day awoke to the news that 151 people died

Video #2

- 21 dead people unidentified 

Video #3

-Mt. Ruapehu ring of fire

-Is a very active volcano / one of the most in the world

-Snow covers the mountain

-1945 Mt. Ruapheu sent Larah down the mountain

-The ice that covers the crater lake begins to melt once its summer

-Around 6:00 pm the train came through Palmerston 

-The ash walls around the glacier / crater lake gave out and the water and ice pouring down the mountain.

-It was a wellington to Auckland express

-The driver didn't know that the bridge was destroyed at the time

-The train didn't stop in time

-One first class and four second class carriages fell into the gab in the bridge taking 176 passengers with them

-The other six on the bridge was still connected to the first five in the water

-Only one person in the sixth carriage died, she was trapped under a seat and died because of impact.

-Some bodies were washed into the river never to be found again 

-Only two people survived of carriage 3

-The river slowly dropped allowing more people to get out of the sunken train

-You could make out what was left of carriages

-A bunch of children toys were washed up around the river bank.

    

Well anyways thank you all for reading ma blog post about The Tangiwai Rail Disaster. Bye bye 

 ( this was made ages ago but I just didn't get the time to post it)

What is a base?

 Acid has Hydrogen in it.

The strength of Acid is measurement on the pH scale.

It goes from 0-14

0-1 is red

2-3 is orange 

4-6 is yellow 

7 green 

8-10 blue 

11-12 indigo 

13-14 Violet

A base is the opposite chemical to an acid 

A base contains hydroxide 

An acid and a base NEUTRALISE each other and make water.

𝓟𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓢𝓷𝓮𝓵𝓵 & 𝓻𝓾𝓷𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰

Kia ora 👋,

Welcome to another new blog post. So this week me my class I have been working on a topic which is the Olympics. My teacher thought it was a good idea to split us into 3 groups full of 8 people i've been moved to Kowhai, What does Kowhai do? We learn about Peter Snell & running. 

Who is Peter Snell? 

Answer ~ Peter Snell is a man who died but he won 3 golden medals when he has alive , His coach that taught him was Arthur Lydiard along with lots of other people. Peter snell has 2 daughters named Amanda & Jacqui Snell. He is married to Miki Harvey.

How fast is Peter Snells ?

Answer~ He ran 800 meters so I guess that means he runs really fast, He also ran 1000 meters good on him i cant run that fast. He won by beating another person during a race & thats good because thats how fast he is 👀.

What do you know about Peter Snell?

Answer~ He was born 17th Dec 1938 & he died by heart failure & died 12th Dec 2004,He won 3 Olympic Gold Medals,& is the only man since 1920 to have won the 800 and 1500 metres at the same olympics,In 1964.

I would like to show you people my work if you dont mind at all 

Thank you wonderful people for reading my blog, What do you like about the olympics? . Hope you have a great day bye bye.

Cook Island :)

Hello there,

Welcome back to another blog. So this blog is about Cook Island Language week for all those Cook Islanders out there HAPPY COOK ISLAND LANGUAGE WEEK!!. The bell for this week is Hiede Ben - Vaine Kurakura, Cook island is near the South Pacific Ocean the names of the island are : Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Mitiaro, Atiu, Mangaia, Palmerston, Manuae, Takutea. The Cook Island flag is this picture:  

Thank you for reading my blog.. Bye now<3

Book :p

Hi guys & girls ,

Today i´m gonna tell you about the book holes we have been reading as a class for the last 1 term, So basically when we come into class some of us would see other people holding books with the title called holes. The person who wrote this book is Louis Sachar he is a author from america he is 67 years old he has also written 6 other books including holes.

The book holes was about a boy named Stanley Yelnats. He was arrested for doing something he didn't do instead the police & the judge through it was a good idea to take Stanley somewhere else like a stranded place called Camp Green Lake but the thing is there is no lake in camp green lake they say that so the boys think that they are going to a place that "Good boys go".

My favourite character is Zero: Why? because of the confidence he has to sound out words he doesn't know. When people bully him for not knowing how to spell & say words properly he doesn't care he pulls & helps himself, Stanley Yelnats keeps helping Zero sound out words & teaching him how to say them :).

I enjoyed the book so much because of how Stanley has the confidence to make new friends at CGL its kinda good to make new friends at a place that no good kid goes to. I also liked reading the book because I close my eyes & it takes me to that place that's really hot & there's barely any water to survive there. 

I haven't seen the movie with my class but I watched it with my family I just couldn't be bothered coming to school cause I'm sick I thought I had the RSVP virus but nope just the normal sickness like coughing but not to bad.

Anyway back to the book. I would recommend the book to my other teachers & the principal because I mean its a good book I like it a lot. Yous should read sometime cause it is an amazing book that my class liked reading.

Also thank you beautiful people fro reading this blog please have a blessed day bye bye <3

Tastinggg xo

 Aim:

I want to find out how we taste food.

Research:

If you look at your tongue in the mirror, you can see it's covered in little bumps. And in those bumps are taste buds. When you put something in your mouth, they send a message to your brain to give you information about whether the food is salty, sweet, sour, bitter or umami (a meaty, savoury taste) Back of the tongue extra sensitive and bitter just in case you taste something poisonous

o, technically speaking, spiciness is not a taste because it is not produced by taste buds and the nerve that carries the "spicy" signals to the brain is the trigeminal nerve

Method:

Equipment -

• Unknown food
• Blindfold
• Person With A Tongue

Instructions :

1. Get your equipment
2. Put your blindfold on 
3. Block your nose 
4. Put the food in your mouth and taste it
5. Describe how it taste
6. Release your nose and describe it

Result:

Food #1

It felt crunchie & I could taste sweet.

Food #2 

It felt weird & it tasted like sour & sweet 

Food #3

 It also felt weird & it tasted normal 

Food #4

It tasted nice & refreshing It was also sour & sweet

Food #5

It tasted sour & nice 

Food #6

 Sweet, same taste through out - Sugar

                                                            

                                                              Food #7 

                                    Salty, same taste through out - Salt

                                                              

                                                              Food #8

                                          Powdery & Salt - Baking Power

          

                                                             Food #9 

               Sour & Bitter at the same time with a sweet after taste - Citrus 

                                                                   Acid

                                                             Food #10 

                                Powdery & Sour - All of those mixed together

Conclusion:

I found out that my mouth is dying from eating & swallowing them all.

Shot for reading my blog :/ bye now 

Term 2 refection

Hi, 

Today I am gonna tell you about my term 2 highlights I don´t wanna do this but i´m being told to. I liked being in the same class as my friends so much memories to make when we leave to go to college & split up & do something else with our lives you know? & I also liked the work that they provided for me to do. I also showed resilience by participating in some of the work fun games that the teacher said we could do & also putting effort into my work. I did Drama,Art & Dnt & they were all fun my class & I had fun in drama. Term 3 my goal set for this term is to listen & pay attention,

The end bye