Wellington Camp

On the rainy morning of April the 8th, Christ the King's Senior Syndicate were buzzing with excitement; today was the day they all went to Wellington. After a long awaited morning we all boarded a bus, and headed to the Christchurch Airport, ready to leave Christchurch for the week and head to Wellington aboard flight NZ352. Some of us had been to Wellington before, others had never before been on a plane! We finally left Christchurch behind us and departed at ten past three. It was a quick 45 minute flight, but arrived to an average wet and windy Wellington day.

Lucky for us we then went on to the local pool for a relaxing swim. Then we travelled to the Wellington Zoo for a sleepover with the animals, and a night walk around the spectacular zoo. Then we all went to our sleeping quarters. The girls slept with the lizards, the boys with the gibbons. We all tried to get a good nights sleep but that was hard to come by. That morning some us stayed with the animals at the zoo, and then went to Capital E where we learnt how to make apps and made our own news broadcast, others went off to visit Te Papa and then have a tour of Parliament. That night was the best. We first went to the food court for dinner and then all went Ten pin bowling at "The Lanes".

The next day, all the groups completed the activities they hadn't yet visited, some of us packed bags for the trip home the next day. Friday morning came and we all packed up and got ready to leave, BUT all of us would never forget the experience we had just had. 

The catered food was magnificent, the pizzas were delicious and the subway at every lunch breaks were sublime. The accommodation at the Y.H.A Wellington was wonderful and great to know we had warm beds to sleep in after our rainy activities. All our activities at the Zoo, Te Papa, Capital E, and Parliament were well planned.

Thank You teachers and parent helpers for making this years Wellington Camp so enjoyable! This camp and overall experience was the best I've had so far, it was enjoyable, entertaining, pleasant and had lots of fun and laughs along the way.

Written By Matt Hill

Wellington

On Tuesday the 8th of April all the year 7 and 8 students arrived at school bursting with excitement, we were finally going to Wellington.  After a long morning we boarded NZ352 bound for Wellington it was a short 45 minute flight.  Wellington welcomed us with cold wind, and heavy showers, we gathered up our suitcases and walked to the bus ready for a relaxing swim at the local pool. Then our evening was spent exploring the Wellington Zoo and sleeping over, the boys with the Gibbons and girls with the Lizards. The next two days we did multiple activates such as ten pin bowling, Parliament tour, Captial E, Te Papa, etc. On Wednesday and Thursday our lunch was made and delivered by subway with a cookie and drink of our choice and for dinner Wednesday we went to the food court and on Thursday a home cooked meal. Our accommodation for Wednesday and Thursday was at the YHA Wellington. On Friday we departed Wellington and came back to our families in Christchurch. To conclude Wellington was an amazing camp that we all enjoyed, a big thank you to
our wonderful teachers at CTK for organising this trip.

By J Watkins

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Explanation Writing: Abolition of Slavery by Ella K

Abolition Of Slavery

In the 1780’s slavery was thought of cheap, normal, employment.

The pro-slavery lobby tried to get rid of Africans by saying that they had no native society, lived like savages, were grateful for the chance to escape Africa, enjoyed the crossing & benefited from a good life on the plantations.

In 1791, thousands of pamphlets were printed which encouraged humans to boycott  sugar produced by slaves. Estimates suggest some 300,000 people abandoned sugar, with sales dropping by a third to a half. Some stores advertised products which had been made by ‘freeman’ & sales of sugar from India, where slavery was not used, increased tenfold over two years.

Thomas Clarkson documented the brutal treatment of the slave ships’ crews by demonstrating that, on average 20% of each crew died from disease or ill treatment before the ship returned. This proved that the trade was horrid for sailors as well as Africans.

This long-term impact of the campaign was highly remarkable, because it thoroughly established anti-slavery sentiment in the national consciousness therefore slavery was finally abolished in 1838!

Abolishing slavery was a long & meaningful process & slavery in Africa is not missed.

By Ella K

Abolition of Slavery: Jess W

Abolition of Slavery

Abolition movement was carried out by people with the goal of ending all slavery. This movement believed strongly that slavery was deeply wrong.

In 1787 the society for the Abolition of the slave trade was founded in Britain. And was lead by founding members William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson.

Slavery was officially abolished in most of the British Empire on 1 August 1833 however abolitionists would continue campaigning against the international trade of slaves after this date.

The act bans the employment of children under the age of nine and limits the workday for children between the ages of 13 and 18 to 12 hours. The laws provides inspection of working conditions.

Unfortunately all these years on there is still modern day slavery in our world today.

By Jessica W   

Room 13 Parliament: Debate on Reduction Of Plastic Packaging

Debate on Reduction Of Plastic Packaging

On the 2^nd of April, Room 13 was dramatically into a parliament debating chamber. It experienced an intense debate between the government side ( Youth, Pumped and Merrangitans parties ) and the opposition ( #, Brighter Future and Cookie jar parties ). The bill being discussed was the reduction of plastic packaging, and whether this should be put in place. The government fully supported the idea but the opposition thought otherwise.

The procession began as Izzy the Sergeant of Arms led James the Speaker and Kieran the Clerk into the Debate Chamber ( also known as room 13). The Speaker began by saying a prayer and calling the Clerk to state the rules. After that it was a political warzone as both sides constantly bombarded each other with powerful statements. Leading the Government was the P.M Ella K and her party explained how animals are dying because of us and our plastic packaging as well as there being so much plastic being thrown around that plastic islands were being formed out at sea. Leading the opposition was George and his party explained how would be much so inconvenient as the country would have to resort to 60’s style paper bag lunchboxes. During the debate, Speaker James felt many violated the rules and asked many to exit the building to secure order. Although at the end around half the class had had to leave.

In the end the Clerk counted the votes and passed them to the Speaker. The Speaker declared the Bill not to be passed as the votes against had outweighed those for reduction of plastic packaging.  

By Kieran