Lavini Week 1 inquiry

1. Where is Syria and why did Christian and Georgette have to leave?  Syria Is between Turkey and Iraq, Syria is in Asia.  In 2011 when the war started Damascus’s bombs fell near the kaka family and blew up a coffee shop, a school and a football field.
2. What is a terrorist?  Can you give an example of a terrorist attack that you know of?  A terrorist is a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
3. “In Iraq, we had no freedom.”  What does Kathleen mean by freedom?  How does this relate to your life?  Freedom is the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants.
4. The text talks a lot about refugees.  What is your prior knowledge of this subject?  The Kaka family moved to New Zealand because of the war, that had happened in 2011 in Syria. Kathreen remember how beautiful it was in Syria until the war had begun. Kathreen also said iraq once had green countryside.  
5. Describe in a full paragraph, how it would have felt for Christian and Georgia living in Damascus?  Christians parents felt really scared because there were fighting and explosions and Christian didn't want to go outside and play with the other childrens.
6. Christian was excited about coming to New Zealand.  How do you know this? He read about its history, and he watched Maori perform the haka-Christian loved the haka.
7. Write a letter to Christian.  What will you tell him about New Zealand to give him more to look forward to?  
8. Things in New Zealand haven’t always been easy for the family.  What are some of the difficulties they face?  Give evidence.  The kaka famliy had struggled to speak english.  Christian is  
9. Why can’t Christian just go back to Iraq?  Iraq had became a dangerous place because of the war and Christian’s parents were afraid.
10. Do you see any similarities between your life and Christians?  Describe them? How do you connect to Christians story? My life is similar to Christians because I had to learn a new language and I had to learn how to make new friends and I had to learn how to play games.
11. Would you recommend this story- why / why not?  Yes I recommend it because It’s a good story.

8 June 2018

Frimley School

Frimley Road

Hastings

Dear Christian,

New Zealand is good place.  We speak english in New Zealand and we play rugby, soccer, ripper rugby at school, Tball, math games, cricket, bat down, at night we go out to dinner and parents read stories to us when it's bedtime.

New Zealand is not dangerous like Iraq.  You won’t have to worry about bombs and helicopter explosions.  There is really nothing to worry about in New Zealand.

There is lots to do in Aotearoa.  I have been to Auckland to go to church and choir.   Its real fun sometimes you get to eat anything you want after church and you can play outside because the aldust don't care about it but you are only aloud to play at the back you can’t play at the front.

We care for others in New Zealand, we even look after each other that's how we care for each other.  We help anyone when they need help and at school if someone needs help doing road patrol, because road patrol is on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and that is the day we do road patrol.

In New Zealand we are friendly, we are nice and at school we share each others ideas at math and we also share ideas in writing we help each other at spelling our words for writing.  At school we play nicely, and if there is a new person we show them where the boys toilet is and where the girls toilet.

From Lavini