Earthquake

We were sleeping but then BANG! BANG! CRASH! CRASH! I woke up with a thump my mum rushed into my brothers room and dad ran as fast as a ROCKET! to my room {I think I’m awake now} I said ‘’Well that sue was an earthquake I'm wide awake ‘’ complained dad. It was shaky so hard that I keep on falling over like a newborn lamb it was that hard to stand up! I think I needed to go on a wheel chair.

South Otago Cross Country

Only some of us got picked for south Otago cross country and it is really hard but i managed to get 7th place Toby came 16th and Lanie came  15th

School 150 Years Ago

150 years ago the classrooms were different. They had a fireplace, but that’s not all because you had a hand inspections and not fun P.E. So do you want to go back in the olden day school? Well I don't and I will tell you why. Firstly it was very strict because if you had messy handwriting or not finished you would get the cane or the strap that would hurt. There were more male teachers than female teachers because male teachers could be more strict than female teachers. You weren’t allowed talk at all otherwise you would either get the cane or the strap. That’s a big punishment. When you get a punishment it could have been from the principal or your teacher. Also, the rules were different because the children weren’t allowed to get out of their seats, only if the teachers said that they could. You weren’t allowed to sniff or speak. That would have been terrible. After morning tea and lunch time they had to line up and wait for their teacher. They couldn’t just run inside and sit at their desk and wait for their teacher there, otherwise they would get the cane of the strap. Next, it was very boring back then because, you manly did boring work like writing pretty much all day [well it felt like it] and handwriting. 150 years ago P.E was only stretches. It would have been boring if they did different stretches everyday. Next 150 years ago the classroom didn’t have any colorful pictures like we do now. But that’s not all they didn’t have an active board, painting and more familiar stuff. The classroom only had one fire to heat the whole classroom. And they had a black board instead of an active-board They didn’t even have any computers and no lights which would have made it really hard to see. Did you hear what I said? Well I hope you did because it was really HARD!! They had really boring, short P.E. So do you want to go back to school in the olden days? Well, I don’t. It was so boring 150 years ago.

This Years Speach

Commonwealth games, Parliament, School buildings - all around the world we see our New Zealand flag flying proudly. We’ve had this flag since forever. People have always associated this flag with New Zealand, and it’s an important part of who we are as a country. Some people think we should change the flag to a silver fern, but I believe we should keep the same flag we have always had. If the NZ flag changes it means thats the second time its been changed.Our flag has been the same for 102 years. And people who visit New Zealand will be confused because they wouldn't know what country it is. Plus nothing else suits the nz flag because if they change it to a silver fern it will only support sport not all the other things that make our country special. To further support my speech the nz flag is part of our history, right back when it was designed. For example, the soldiers who fought for nz stood proudly under the nz flag after the world wars one and two. How would the soldiers feel if we change the New Zealand flag now? I think they'll feel very disappointed. Thirdly the union jack links us back to our connection with England and being part of the commonwealth.We’re not the only country that has the union jack, there are others too like Fiji,Australia and Tuvalu and so many more! we should be proud that were linked to the commonwealth. Finally other flags that they have suggested seem very complicated to make, like the silver fern. Whats wrong with keeping the same flag? Why cant we just keep it? It’s fine how it is. WHY DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE FLAG? Well you need to learn not to change any of the NZ property especially the NZ flag.Remember its part of our history and it links NZ back to the Commonwealth.