Time capsule goes down for 50 years

 

The time capsule idea was part of Ashley and Beckys’ inquiry on Harewood’s History. Ashley and Becky are both in Yr 4- 9 years old.

They researched the time capsules that were discovered after the Christchurch earthquake and decided it was a great idea for Harewood School.

Mr Ambler, a plumber, donated the time capsule.

They discussed where it could go with the builder Des who was building the new lunch area.

The class took a vote and it was decided that it would be dug up again in 50 years time- that will be Harewood School’s 200^th birthday. They hope that the children from Harewood School in 50 years time will be excited about opening the capsule and that it will help them learn about life in 2012.

 

 

Our Jubilee Inquiries

What was it like for the early Harewood settlers coming out from England?

Traveling on the Charlotte Jane was hard because even the doctor got sick. It was cramped in steerage. The food went mouldy. Children died on board.  

The St James cemetery and church. Who are the early Harewood settlers buried in the Harewood Cemetery and why are they important to us.

I learnt lots of things while doing our inquiry. I learnt that John Stanley's fruit farm was one of the biggest farms in New Zealand.

Farming in the Harewood area.

The Waimakariri River and the Harewood area.
The Waimakariri river used to flow by Harewood School but now it flows by Shipleys farm.

What were the houses like that the early Harewood settlers lived in?
they had cob cottages, V-huts, wooden houses and they had meat hanging on the roof,one bag of flour and stools to sit on and one small table.

Why did the settlers choose the Harewood area?

The settlers came to the Harewood area beacuse it had better resources. They wanted better farmland. There was rivers and lakes. Christchurch was just a swamp.It was safer there.

When and where were the first businesses built in the Harewood area? What were the first businesses?

When was the Harewood airport first built? Why?The airport was built in 1937 but before that the airport was just scrub dirt and weeds they had a  runway in 1915 .
 Christchurch Airport began international flights in 1950

What was school like at the first Harewood School in 1862 and how has it change? 
The school was in the St James church across the road. They had blotting paper and got caned if they were bad.

Now we have rubbers.

Is there going to be a time capsule put down for Harewood's 150 jubilee? 
Yes we are puting one down ,near the school's bell in the new lunch area. We hope the children celebrating Harewoods 200th jubilee will have fun learning about Harewood history and how it has changed.

Mr Ambler donating the time capsule-thank you

le petit de jeuner - French breakfast

On Thursday 20 of September the French class had our French breakfast. We had orange juice croissants chocolate croissants hot chocolate and lots more. You only get the french breakfast if you are on your third term doing French. It was the best breakfast ever! In French I like doing all the song,s games, counting ,alphabet and lots more. Some of the French words for food we learnt are pain chocolat, croissant and le petit de jeuner which means breakfast. Merci. It was tres bon.

Yr 5 Ski trip

On Wednesday  the 12th of September Room 8 went skiing. We all had heaps of fun and I liked the Magic Carpet best. It was my first time and I  really enjoyed it.

On Wednesday ROOM8 went to mt hutt we had lots and lots of fun we went skiing we loved it we like skiing we said we should go again.

   

On  Wednesday the 12th of September Room 8 went skiing. it was a lots of fun we had to put on skis .
Mt Hutt was a big place .

On Wednesday 12 of September room 8 drove to Mt Hutt to go skiing!!! I loved zig-zagging down the mountain even though I fell of a few times    :D

On Wednesday 12th September room 8 went skiing!!! we went to Mt Hutt we had to be in the bus for 2 HOURS.But it was FUN!!!



On Wednesday the yr5 people went skiing my dad was one of the parent helpers.

skiing was raelly fun.

Wednesday was an amazing experience for me and the whole class. I did not realize the possibilities of skiing. thank you to all the people who helped get it done especially you Miss  France you put so much effort into it. I wish we could do it all over again.  

Mt Hutt here we come!

Mt Hutt snow report web site

It was a privlige to learn how to put skis on. We all needed to know how to for Wednesday when we go up to Mt Hutt and now thanks to you we all know how. Thank you Mr Franks.

Olympians visit Harewood

On Wednesday 2 famous Olympians came to speak with us at Harewood.We got to see  a real gold  medal .Selwyn Maister got the gold medal and Justin Muschamp got the bronze medal.

This is Mr Maister's gold medal he won for hockey at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal in Canada.

   

Room 8 are getting Mr Muschamp signature.He got his bronze medal for wheelchair rugby at the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney.His team was called the WheelBlacks.