New Zealand War Heroes

Sargent Samuel Forsyth was born in April 3, 1891. Sargent Samuel Forsyth place of birth was Wellington near Lower Hutt. Sargent Samuel Forsyth got a very special medal in WW1. He was awarded the Victoria Cross the most highest ranking of the British Commonwealth. Samuel Forsyth was the an only child and he was very well mannered at school  and good at everything he did. Samuel Forsyth died at the age of 27 (1891 - 1918).

Nurse Lottie

This is my WW1 comic

Write a letter

WALT: write a letter.

Peak Camp,Gallipoli

April 1914

Dear Mum, Dad and Whanau

I have really missed you  at times. I try distracting myself but it’s to hard. I’ve met some new friends and I really like them. They help cheer me up when I’m down. We have been really busy and we don’t get much time to sleep or eat everything is  just like there to here and back 20 times.

The food is disgusting and watery. Last night we had Peas and one slice of bread. I didn’t eat much because it was cold and stiff. There were 3 soldiers that died because of food poisoning. We had 2 biscuits for dessert and got a pack of playing cards which was good I really enjoyed playing with the other soldiers. And if you wouldn’t mind could you make me some of those divine biscuits you make.

The sleep arrangement is so difficult. Some soldiers have to sleep standing up. Luckily I slept on a mattress last night. It was a rough night last night because it was pouring down with rain and it kept on coming and going.

I get really tired on the battlefield because there’s late nights and early mornings. I stayed up til midnight waiting for my shift to finish.

There was 4 deaths, 7 wounded and 2 kept as prisoners. I was hopping that I wouldn’t be one of those categories because I get really scared and terrified. I  can’t wait til the war is over so I can come home to nice homemade meals, hot showers and  a nice comfortable bed.

P.S if I don’t make it I wish all  the best and send my love to the whanau.

From Yours Dearly

Lauren Howell

Maths with Mrs Bina

This is the problem we did with Mrs Bina. Mrs Bina is the maths facilitator in New Zealand. This is the problem that we had to do. It was so easy but confusing at the same time. The most difficult was working out how to get the answer. There was 13 people that Mrs Bina had to teach. Mrs Bina got us into groups so we could discuss how we got our answers. She made us use a rectangle and strips of paper. There was nothing challenging about this problem. I really enjoyed learning from Mrs Bina and I hope she can come again. Next I want to learn is simplifying fractions.  

Trenches

At school we are learning about World War 1. We got put into groups. We had to plan in our books before we could make the trenches. I was with Shanelle and Yazmin. We made out 3D trenches. I made the sandbags and Shanelle made the food, rat and dog, Yazmin made the first aid kit, bed, playing cards, diary, periscope and the gun. The easy part was making the sandbags. The most difficult bit was painting the sandbags, rat and dog. And the challenging bit was making everything stay as one. I think it was easy to work as a group than as an individual. I look forward to working as a group again. I learnt that soldiers had to live in there during WW1. The next subject I want to learnt is Family backgrounds next.