Friday Reading - Underground soldiers - Page 32

New words from this page -

Trade unions - a group of workers who come together to fight for better working conditions (E.g. cleaner places, better pay, better hours). 

Waihi - a place in NZ - north island - where they had a big mine.

Miners - people who worked in mines

Labourers - people who had labour intensive jobs (E.g. builders, carpenters, road workers)

Ruins - a building that

Civilians - normal people, not soldiers

Evacuate - to leave

Occupied - stayed in 

Labyrinth - a type of maze

Summarise the information -

Mariah:Some group of soldiers had one job it was to make many tanall and fams too. In December 1915, after basic military training in Auckland, more than four hundred men as part of the NZ Tunnelling company left for the Western Front.Their job was to build tunnels near the French town of Arras.

Wesley: Nearly all the men volunteered to invade the Western front. All of the civilians were evacuated before NZ got to the Western front. The NZ tunneling crew arrived at the Northern french town in Arras in the freezing winter of March 1916. They had to dig tunnels underground for their job. They were to dig under the enemy and explode them.

Michael: all of the men who volunteered for the NZ Tunnelling company were mostly miners from towns like Waiho or Reefton or they were bushmen. In december 1915 basic military training in Auckland, more than four hundred men left for the western Front. A group of the military's job was to  build tunnels underground. They had to dig  under the enemy so they could throw bombs and EXPLODE the enemies. The NewZealanders were sent to replace french tunnelers who were digging beneath a network of trenches named a type of maze.

Davlyn: In 1915 the men that volunteered had to dig tunnels under the enemy's trenches, and in some of the tunnels had explosives but they had to dig really deep. The men had to be good at their job, so if you got someone that did not know how to mine they, they will probably die but if you get a person that new how to mine they will not die and make better tunnels. 

Hope: There were Men who volunteered for the New Zealand tunnelling company and they were mostly miners from towns like Waihi and Reefton. In December 1915 after basic training in Auckland more than four hundred men left for the western front. Several smaller groups of men followed after as reinforcements. They had to dig under the enemy so they could throw bombs 

 Eh htoo: In 1915 man who volunteered for the New Zealand Tunnelling were mainly miners from  Waihɒ or Reefton or just bushman the men who worked there they had to be rough, tough men and looking out for their mates.    

Railey- During WW1, 1914, the mens that volunteered for the NZ tunneling company, were put to dig underground  to go to the enemy trench. But the mens that were picked were mostly Farmers and miners that were  mainly from Waiho or Reefton.

Pictures of the real tunnels they built

Comprehension questions

Extra resources: 

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/specialist-units/tunnelling-company

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/tunnellers-mining-road

https://ww100.govt.nz/what-new-zealanders-left-behind-in-arras-france

Who was the Tunnelling Company?

•  People that dig underground to build or explode the enemy trench.

What were their jobs before the war?

• Bushmen

• Labours

• Famers

• Miner

What were the two things they did during WW1?

1.  Underground caverns to hide soldiers or equipment 

2.  To make a small tunnel to put explosives near the enemy 

3. After the tunnels weren’t useful anymore, these soldiers also built bridges to help out Allied soldiers.

Where were the men mostly from? Find these places on a map of NZ and draw arrows towards them.

• from towns like Waihi or Reefton 

What are “counter-mining operations”? 

Counter mining is when a country explodes the other trench or tunnel.

Where did the names for the different parts of the tunnels come from? 

 Named after different cities in NZ - E.g. Christchurch, Auckland. 

Why was it important that the men in the tunnelling company knew what they were doing? Why did they need to be experts?

So nothing worse can happen like, rocks falling. and they have to be experts so they know what they're doing.

The labyrinth metaphor

Work by Wesley

Maths - trying to use an online whiteboard

Then everybody wrote their own question on a shared presentation. 

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Vocabs:

• Carved out - when  you make a cave using tools like a pick axe or shovel to make a hole in the rock

• Caverns- Cave

• Underground network - a group of tunnels under the ground

Summary in our own words

Michael- 20 years ago some school boys stumbled into a tunnel underneath the french 

Wesley-almost 20 years ago some schoolboys found a cavern where soldiers came to rest in.

Davlyn- Nearly 20 years ago some schoolboys will wonder into a tunnel underneeth

Eh Htoo-About 20 years ago some school boys full into a cavern in france it was a tunnel

 that is about 30 metres it was a hiding plase a About 100   

 

Mariah: About 20 year ago schoolboys discovered an andgrawn caverns with some stafe.

Railey- for about 20 years ago some schoolboys suddenly stumbled in an underground tunnel in the French City of Arras. THey made a huge discovery of the underground tunnel that was made during WW1

Hope - Around Twenty years ago there were schoolboys that stumbled into a tunnel underneath the French city of Arras. They discovered something amazing there. The tunnel that they were in led 30 meters underground into enormous caverns. There were Signs, Names and Graffiti painted on bare rock walls. There was one message on the wall that said ¨Kia Ora NZ¨. There was also a hidden place for the soldiers that was made a hundred years ago during WW1 and the boys accidentally rediscovered it. There were Thousands of men resting in the stone caverns 

Here is Railey's Map showing where Flanders, Arras, Calais, Dunkirk and Dover are and what he knows about them.

Room 8 - Typing Test challenge

Miss Ashley gave us the challenge of doing a 1 minute 'text' typing test on this website. 

You have to type as quickly and as accurately as you can, and at the end it give you a score. 

The 'adjusted score' is the score you look at.

Here is Miss Ashley's first few attempts. 

First attempt - low score because lots of words were spelt wrong (even if you go back and fix the spelling, it still counts as a mistake).

Same again - too many errors.

That's better! 73 for an adjusted score. 

Monday Reading - for King and Country - pages 20 and 21

Link to text - http://instructionalseries.tki.org.nz/content/download/27598/292327/file/L4%20June%202014%20King%20and%20Country.pdf

Page 20 and 21

1. Read the page by yourself
2. Discuss with the group any words, concepts or phrases you don’t understand and record the meanings in your own words

New words: 

English word	Meaning
Artillery  Recruit  Lieutenant  Pioneer Shelling Battalion Debri Embrace  Hastily  Assurance  Mound  Despite Crater	Guns,bombs, New team member  Boss of the group of soldiers First person to go to a new place   Shelling means constant bombardment by guns, tanks, artillery  A large group of soldiers Stuff  Hug  moving or acting quickly Confirming    Pile of dirt  although A hole in the ground

Your summaries:

Hope: On 8 September 1916 Tipu and the other recruits hastily made their way through the deep turk lane. It is being built by the pioneer battalion, behind the front line in France, where they are supposedly safe. One of the soldiers asked if Tipu was okay and he said ¨Yes iḿ fine” but actually he wasn't okay. 

Michael:on 8th of September 1916 Tipu and new recruits were making their way along the deep trench that they call turk lane. One of the soldiers asked “Tipu are you all right”, “I'm fine” Tipu says. But Tipu wasn't fine, Tipu was shocked by the smell and chaos and the soldiers that passed. Ahead of Tipu was a little group that was digging through the mess that the shelling had caused. One of the soldiers shouted Tipu!! “It's Rongo, he’s covered in dirt/mud”. Rongo tells Tipu “you don't know how good it is to see you, young brother. Tipu and Rongo hugged each other, Tipu kept his arms around Rongo tight. “How is everyone at home?'' asks Rongo. 

Eh Htoo: In 8 September 1916 Tipu was a new recruit walking throw the turk lane with the new recruits then Tuip saw his brother they hugged then Tuip got a shovel and diged lot of people.     

Davlyn: the 8th of september Tipu and all the other new recruits speedily went down there trench which was called the turk lane. 

Maria: On the 8th September 1916 Tipu and his Recruits were on their way to what they call it the Turk lane. 

Mariah:On the 8th of september Tipu was finally 20 after was birthday 

Miss Ashley: Tipu finally got to be in the war after he turned 20, so he went to the Western Front where the Pioneer Battalion was. He was reunited with his brother Rongo at long last, but was overwhelmed by the conditions in the trenches - dead bodies, the smells, injured soldiers and chaos. 

Comprehension.

Extra sources: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/maori-in-first-world-war/on-the-western-front

1. How long has passed since we last read about Tipu and Rongo? What has happened since then? Where are the two boys now, and how is each one feeling?
1. 3 August 1915 - 8 September 1916 - 14 months had passed. 
2. Tipu - his birthday  (20th), went to Egypt for training then was sent to France
3. Rongo - sent to France. 
2. What is ‘turk lane’? Explain.  It was built, provide pictures to help explain.

It's a 8 kilometer trench made in  France and made by the pioneers battalion New Zealand soldiers. The trench was finished at midnightc 16 September. Heaps of people had to die, and were prepared because they had to dig while getting shot at.

3. Who was the Pioneer Battalion? Soldiers from New Zealand. Their job was to go ahead of the army, and make a trench.
4. Describe how Tipu is feeling (refer to paragraph 3 on page 20).

Shocked because of the smell and the people that had passed.

5. What does this envision? “strung along the trench like men in a waka.Team work makes the dream work.

. Trenches had to be deep enough that men could stand up in them without their heads showing over the top. Inside the trenches, they had ladders for when they needed to go over the top to shoot the enemy.

”the Pioneers toilet paper with pick and spade,”

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Your summaries:

Mariah: On the 3 of August 1915.Rongo would always witier a letter and Rongo brother Rahia would always read it out loud and it would be sent on may and sent from Egypt.Tipu has heard Rongo’s letter countless times, and knows the words by heart.Both places Tipu has never seen. Because he has never been out.

Hope: On the 3rd of August 1915 Rahia was reading Rongos letter so he was told to read aloud. The letter was written in May and sent from Egypt. It also traveled from england. Those places Tipu has never seen before. Tipu has seen Rongos letter so many times he even knows it off by heart. Tipu could sense his mother leaning towards him. He knew what she would say, “The British in Egypt” and yet the British had taken another land from the native people. Whaea’s voice has been stony and hard and her eyes have had tears coming down ever since Rongo left. Tipu feels torn. Tipu knows that he should be loyal to his mother's iwi and stay with her since Rongo has already left. But Tipu heard news going around that George has been killed and he wants to be with his brother more than ever.

Michael: In 1915 3rd of August Rahia was reading Rongos letter. Whaea always told Rahia to read it out loud most days. They wrote it in May and sent it from egypt, and the postmarks show that it travelled to England. Rongo, doing the haka his brother describes shirtless under the north african sun. Tipu knows that his mother is leaning in his direction. Whaea’s voice is stony and hard, but her eyes are shiny with the tears that have been there since the day Rongo left. Tipu feels torn. But Tipu knows that he should be loyal to his mother’s iwi, that Tipu shall stay with his mother now that Rongo is gone. But news had spread about Gallipoli. Big George has been killed over there. Tipu wants to be there with his brother Rongo more than anything else. Tipu felt sad and lonely since his brother is gone to ww1.                                    

Railey: on the 3rd of august 1915 Rahia was reading all the letters from Rongo, and he was always told to read it out loud. The letter was written in May, and was sent to Egypt, and to England that Tipu has never known about. Tipu has read Rongo’s letters so many times,  he didn't even need to listen to it, instead he’d emagine him being with his brother doing the haka in the war.

Davlyn: the 3rd of august 1915, Tipu was reading Rongo’s letter that was made in may and made in egypt, but the letter had travelled through england. Tipu already read the same letter too many times, but this time he did not listen, instead he imagined that he was at war with his brother doing the haka. Tipu was torn to notbe with his brother.

Eh Htoo: 3 August 1915 Rahia is reading his brother's letter. The letter was written many times. Tipu has heard Rongo’s letter lots of times, and sometimes he did not listen. He would dream of doing the haka in the hot african sun with Rongo. But Tupi heard his mother and listened to it and he should stay home. In Britain in Egypt they have taken the land of native people off that country. People heard from the one you said big George died in. Gallipoli. 

Comprehension.

Extra sources:

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/nzef-egypt-1914-16-map

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/maori-in-first-world-war/native-contingent

https://ww100.govt.nz/masseys-tourists-new-zealands-expeditionary-force-in-egypt

1. How long has passed since we last read about Tipu and Rongo? What has happened since then? Where are the two boys now, and how is each one feeling?

• It has been 11 months. 
• Rongo signed up to fight, and is now in Egypt. 
• Tipu has been at home with his mum, waiting for his 20th birthday so he can sign up to fight. 
• Rongo is feeling Excited that nothing bad happened 
• Tipu is feeling - left out, bored, impatient.

2. What is meant by this ““The British in Egypt! Yet another land they have taken from the native people.” 

• Britain has taken over more than 1 land. They have taken over New Zealand,India,Australia,Pacifica and Countries in Af

3. Explain in your own words what this is referring to “But news has spread about Gallipoli. Big George has been killed there. “

Hope -  Anzac day is about the people that died during World War 1 and after the war there were poppies that grew in the ground and Gallipoli is where the war happened. ANZAC is short for Australian New Zealand Army Corps. It is also a public holiday, On that day people wear poppies to respect the people that died during the war and so we remember them and that they fought for us. Anzac day is on the 25th of April. There were 2779 New Zealanders that died during the war.

• Stanley- During World War 1 the Big George died and it was all over the news paper.
•  Railey- it started in WW1 where Big George died and it was the day where Gilopili Started it started in April 25 1915. More than 44,000 soldiers died and 2779 New Zealanders died.
•  Davlyn- in world war one the great big George died and it was all over the news paper. Gilopili was where WW1 took place and there is a public holiday called anzac day, gallipoli is in turkey. Anzac stands for australia new zealand army corps. Anzac Day started in april 25 1915. 2779 New Zealanders died and 44,000 allied soldiers died. It lasted 10 or 9 months, they got there on april 15 and left january the 9th.

4. Explain in your own words what the New Zealand soldiers did in Egypt. Use pictures or maps to help. Include the words ‘Massey’s Tourists’.

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/nzef-egypt-1914-16-map

https://ww100.govt.nz/masseys-tourists-new-zealands-expeditionary-force-in-egypt

• Stanley- Between Dec and 25 April 1951 The first drafts from New Zealand  
• Railey- during the ww1 people trained in Egypt and they told to practice target practice and  bayonet skills. 
• Wesley-in Egypt Soldiers from New Zealand were put to hard core training to learn new skills.
• Eh htoo-in Egypt New Zealand train their shooting skills and close combat skill.   
• Isi in war world 1 it started 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918
• Davlyn- they had to train in the egypt so it was so hot.they practicepractice their bayonet skills a bayonet is a knife that you strap to the tip of the gun and so if someone is tobecloseto that you can’t shoot them you would stab them with the bayonet.
• Lemeki - i’m confus
• Mariah - 
• Michael - they had to train in the egypt so it was so hot.they practice and practice their bayonet skills a bayonet is a knife that you strap to the tip of the gun and so if someone is tobecloseto that you can’t shoot them you would stab them with the bayonet. =
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• Hope - 

5. Find out about the Maori Battalion at Gallipoli. 

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/maori-in-first-world-war/native-contingent

• Davlyn-
• Railey- 
• Mariah.l - 

6. What was unique about the crest this contingent wore? What symbolism can you find here?
7. Using a map (get a picture of Google), show where the letter went.. It was sent from Egypt.. Then it went through..?? To find his mum in ..? How long did the letter take to arrive?  

This is a bayonet This is real Turkish Delight.

This is the poem Flanders Fields, which is where the whole poppy thing comes from for ANZAC day.

This is a world map to show how many countries England conquered over the centuries. NZ fought in WW1 because we are a Commonwealth country, or under the Queens reign.

This was to help us understand that when we read 'Britain', or British, it is referring to England but also some other countries (who are under English rule as well).