We did it!

Finally after 4 weeks of making paper origami cranes we have reached our goal of 1,000 cranes.  It has been a busy time as we tried to steal any time we could making cranes, we even made them during our break times and Mrs P made some while Bruce was driving.

We begun the paper crane journey for Peace Week. We read Sadako's story about how the bombing in Hiroshima left many families sick even years after the tragedy.  Sadako was 2 when the bomb was dropped but she didn't get leukaemia until she was 12.  In hospital a nurse shared a story if she made 1000 paper cranes her wish to get better would become true, but unfortunately Sadako only made 648 before she passed away.

Our buddy class LC 17 helped us make cranes, but it was tricky even watching Youtube.  Some of our buddies quickly learnt how to make them and became experts.  At first we were very slow and Mrs P even needed help from the buddies. But with practice and patience we succeeded! And boy did we feel proud.

Ms Cider's daughter will be visiting Hiroshima as part of her culture exchange, where she will hang our cranes up on the Children's Peace Memorial.

Lucy's Mum visited Hiroshima before Lucy was born and took these photos. 

Cranes draped over a statue to the entrance of the Memorial Park.

Huts that have been made to house the thousands of cranes sent in from around the world

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Mission accomplished!

Sunday finally arrived and I was super excited like a kid on Christmas morning. But I slept in and I woke in a panic! It was 8:00 and I was late. After hurriedly throwing my clothes on I grabbed a banana and flew out the door. 

I met my friend Rosa and Amelia at the start line.