DROWSLAND

Greetings to all the Drowslanders and their families.

This term is off to a flying start looks like a whole term since I managed to get online and put a few new things on. We have been hard at work with our imagination creating the world known as Drowsland. Just thought those of you who are not from there might like to have a few facts about the place just to help.



HISTORICAL FACTS
Drowsland is the place where sword fighters are found. They have lived in caves in the foothills of the Varoxx mountains for centuries. They are currently ruled by Queen Shigur, chosen from a long line of royalty. She has numerous hideouts in the high hills and a summer residence by the estuary of the Esernisheen river. The Drowsland people have 4 main languages English, Te Reo Maori, Chinese and Spanish. This is because of their central location and their coastal lands. They have their own belief system which is based on the belief of day following night and the seasons changing. They have an oral story telling tradition which has allowed them to keep their languages alive. They have more recently started to record these stories in cave art for fear of the Varox people taking over their land and the stories being lost.

The main crops grown are wheat for bread and green vegetables for nourishment. These are grown on the lower mountain foothills. Everyone in Drowsland is allowed as much land as they need for their family to live off, no one owns the land it is shared and used wisely. If one family is unable through illness to tend to their own vegetable plot the neighbours will step in to help. Any spare fruit and vegetables are brought to the Queen who distributes them to her people fairly.

HOW TO TELL THE AGE OF A DROWSLANDER
When a child is born in Drowsland they are given a snake to keep. When this snake first sheds it's skin the skin is used to create a belt for the child. This belt has a bead threaded onto it on each birthday. The beads can also be given for great achievements, for example saving a life, creating a new garden, having a baby, being succesful in battle. The beads are all specific to a task or experience. The beads are all drawn and recorded in the BOOK OF BEADS.

Keep an eye out for some photos coming soon of Drowsland visitors to room 6 and some of the artifacts they have brought to show.

Also we will be posting some of our own video clips soon to show how ready we are for the big screen.