Archibald Baxter

Archibald Baxter

We did a Brainstorm as a group what we know about Archibald Baxter and conscientious objectors.

What was the war that he refused to fight in? (include dates and places) He refused to fight in the first World war in 1914 in England Europe.

  

What did people think of the men who refused to fight? People thought that the men who refused to fight were cowards.

Find a map of Saddle Hill Dunedin, Brighton Otago, and a map of the places mentioned later in article in Europe.

How many children were in his family? He was the second oldest out of 8 children.

How old was he when he left school? 12 years old

What did he do for work? He was a farmer that thinned turnips, milked cows, herd sheeps, build fences and stott rabbits. He later on ran a small farm located in South Brighton, owned by his mother’s family.

What influenced him to believe that war was wrong? The lawyer Alfred Barclay spoke against the law.

Who was called for military conscription and why? Eligible bodied men between the ages 20 and 45.

What does “appeal on grounds of conscience” mean?(p26) Knowing what's right from wrong

How long did he spend on prison? 84 days

Where was he sent? - list

• Trentham military camp
• Wellington Wharf
• Sling Army Camo in England
• NZ army base camp in France.      

Name the punishments he faced? -

• list court martialled
• solitary confinement
• bread and water diet
• 84 days in prison

What did the medical board diagnose him as? (p30) He was diagnosed with shell shock, symptoms include mental weakness and confusional insanity.

What does this mean? It meant that he had a weak mind and is confused how to socially interact or behave.

Who did he marry? He married Millicent Brown. How many children did he have? He had two sons, named James and Terence. James became a famous poet and Terence, like his father, became a conscientious objector during the second World War.   

Find a poem by Archibald’s son James

A Pair of Sandals

A pair of sandals, old black pants

And leather coat — I must go, my friends,

Into the dark, the cold, the first beginning

Where the ribs of the ancestor are the rafters

Of a meeting house — windows broken

And the floor white with bird dung — in there

The ghosts gather who will instruct me

And when the river fog rises

Te ra rite tonu te Atua —

The sun who is like the Lord

Will warm my bones, and his arrows

Will pierce to the centre of the shapeless clay of the mind. Hemi.

What do you think of the poem? I like this poem because it is very descriptive. I like the choice of adjectives.  

References 
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/hero_archibald-baxter.jpg

By Mikayla

Solar System Thinglink

As part of our learn create share learning with Mrs Ashe we have been learning to use Thinglink.
I have created a presentation which has a LOT of information on the Solar System.
This learning is rewindable because you can watch it over and over again.
I hope you enjoy it.
Please leave a positive, thoughtful and helpful comment.
Thanks for viewing my blog.

Report on Oscar Romero

Report Oscar Romero

Oscar Romero was born on August the 15th 1917 in Ciudad Barrios which is located in EL Salvador. He was a significant figure in El Salvador history. Oscar is and was looked up to for what he did for the country especially for the poor. He started to develop a passion for helping the poor when his friend Rutilio Grande was assassinated by the government while driving to a chapel for standing up for poor.

Oscar helped the poor by broadcasting his speeches against poverty, torture, social injustice and repression of the poor. The radio station later got blown up by the government. The government was incensed that Oscar was spreading the Christian message of peace.

On the afternoon of March 24th 1980, Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez was brutally assassinated by a marksman when he was presenting mass. The community was in tears and started greving. The poor didn’t have someone to stand up for them.  One of Oscar Romero’s  quotes is, “A church that doesn’t provoke any cries, a gospel that doesn't unsettle, a world of God that doesn’t get under anyone’s skin, a word of God that doesn't touch the real sin of the society in which is being proclaimed - what gospel is that.”

References:  

http://www.azquotes.com/picture-quotes/quote-a-church-that-doesn-t-provoke-any-crises-a-gospel-that-doesn-t-unsettle-a-word-of-god-oscar-romero-69-74-63.jpg

http://www.catholicsocialteaching.org.uk/themes/community-participation/stories/oscar-romero-option-poor/

By Mikayla   

About Me

We have been learning how to use a thing link to create a profile about me, Please leave a positive comment below!

Term 1 Week 4

Term 1 Week 4

Problem 1 : On the first day of school for 2016, Miss Goodier gave out 32 pencils, Mr Hadnett gave out 35 pencils, and Miss Ashe gave out 28 pencils. At the end of the first week of school, Mr Tyrell checked everyone still had a pencil and discovered that 60 had gone missing! How many pencils are there still?

Solution :

32 + 35 + 28 = 95

95 - 60 = 35

Answer 35 pencils

Problem 2 : At the supermarket, there are 84 oranges in one carton and 58 apples in the carton next to it. How many oranges and apples are there altogether?

Solution : 84 + 58 = 142

Answer 142

Problem 3 : I have measured a wall of my bedroom and it is  4.1 metres long. I want to buy two pieces of furniture but I want to fit them along this particular wall. The table is 1.8m long. The bed is 2.4m long. What is the length of the table and bed combined? 1.8m + 2.4m = 4.2m is the total length of the table and bed combined.

Will this fit along the wall of my bedroom? No because if you takeway 4.1 by 4.2 it will equal -0.1

By Mikayla

Chinese Learning Languages

In Room 5 we are learning to speak different languages. I am learning to speak Mandarin Chinese. These are the people who helped me learn Mandarin, Josephine http://ctkjosephinea.blogspot.co.nz/
and Lilly http://ctklillyy.blogspot.co.nz/

Pukeko Writing

Pukeko

The habitat of the Pukeko is the damp swamps and any natural grassland. You can also see them occasionally foraging for food on the side of roads. The Pukekos diet consists of aquatic vegetation, grasses, clover, berries, and seeds. It sometimes eats insects, worms, frogs, eels and occasionally small birds and eggs. The Pukekos features have adapted over the years. Its beak is short and shaped like a triangle with a blunt end (structural adaptation) so it can catch eels and other water animals. Its legs are long  and thin (structural adaptation) and it walks slowly and quietly (behavioural adaptation) so it doesn’t scare the prey away.

By Mikayla