Shocking news!!

Contaminated land just over our School fence!!

Have a look at this article in The Press.

Should we be concerned?

How can we prevent this happening in the future?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch/2980257/Canterburys-worst-dirty-secrets-revealed

Napoleon Close was named after the farm owner's bull.Becmead Drive is named after Becmead industries the company that owned and farmed the land for 47 years. Also I found that Harewood is named after Lord Henry Thynne Lascelles the3rd Earl of Harewood{1797-1857}. Nunweek Park is named after Henry Nunwick or Nunweek.
by Grace.

On the end of Gardiners Road there used to be mushroom sheds. Across the road from my house there used to be a poultry farm owned by the Hussey's. Before Hannah S's house was built it used to be the Waimakariri river bed. There is now a road called Husseys Road and a road called Waimakariri Road. The Harewood area used to have lots of farms and market gardens.

We looked at the preschool in the old hall in front of our school. It is a very old building. We used to use it as our school hall before we got our Multi Purpose Room. The Hall is one of the original buildings in the Harewood area. Jack and Jayden

Our neighbours.

We were amazed with all our neighbours like . . . lambs,cars,cows,play school,planes,Madeline the pony,houses,Church,Harry's house and farms.And also a vege garden.There is a new church getting built and we are going to have two churches and a new house being built beside the playschool.Karena and Grace

This term Room 7 are studying about our environment and what happens in our neighbours properties.We have a lotof interesting things going on over our school fence.

We want to find out how long they have been there for and what the land used to be used for.

We are interested in why the land use is changing.

Yesterday Hannah went to the dental nurse.Hannah had to open her mouth.They cleanend her mouth.She wore some glasses and the dental nurse gave her a book mark and some stickers.Abby came too. Hannah was very brave this year. The nurses are very kind.

It is good that the dental nurses come to Harewood to check our teeth and remind us about looking after our teeth.