Senior Writing
Samples of Writing.
Here are a number examples of the writing that takes place through out our school. The examples range in age and genre and reflect our pupils abilities and interests.
One Hot Sticky Wednesday
On a hot sticky Wednesday the year 5 and 6 pupils from Peninsula Primary went on a blazing walk to learn about there beautiful community.
Firstly we walked to the wonderful library. When we got there the librarian Christine introduced herself. In a nice and welcoming way then she told us the 3 main rules about the library .Then she lead us into the library and showed us some of the amazing libraries around West Auckland. Following that she read us a story about a dog with 3 legs. After that Mrs Kent popped her hand up and said out this way. So we trotted back to meet room 5/6 at the park and to have morning tea.
After morning tea we went to have a look at the exciting gun emplacement. With great relief we got to the historical house and we poked our little horrified heads in to have a look through the window. I saw smashed glass all over the floor, there were ripped walls and cupboards. I thought to my self, homeless people may have smashed the glass to get into the house so they could sleep there for the night. The house was old and rusty disgusting and old. I thought about who would once have lived there and what their lives would have been like. I saw a lonely empty chair…
At long last I saw the school gates approaching and when we got to our class rooms I crashed on my chair like a couch potato. My legs ached and my head pounded, it felt like it was going to blow up. I recommend this walk to other children because you can learn so much. It is very educational for you and you can learn lots more about your community.
Nick Haggo Yr 6
Samples of Writing.
Here are a number examples of the writing that takes place through out our school. The examples range in age and genre and reflect our pupils abilities and interests.
One Hot Sticky Wednesday
On a hot sticky Wednesday the year 5 and 6 pupils from Peninsula Primary went on a blazing walk to learn about there beautiful community.
Firstly we walked to the wonderful library. When we got there the librarian Christine introduced herself. In a nice and welcoming way then she told us the 3 main rules about the library .Then she lead us into the library and showed us some of the amazing libraries around West Auckland. Following that she read us a story about a dog with 3 legs. After that Mrs Kent popped her hand up and said out this way. So we trotted back to meet room 5/6 at the park and to have morning tea.
After morning tea we went to have a look at the exciting gun emplacement. With great relief we got to the historical house and we poked our little horrified heads in to have a look through the window. I saw smashed glass all over the floor, there were ripped walls and cupboards. I thought to my self, homeless people may have smashed the glass to get into the house so they could sleep there for the night. The house was old and rusty disgusting and old. I thought about who would once have lived there and what their lives would have been like. I saw a lonely empty chair…
At long last I saw the school gates approaching and when we got to our class rooms I crashed on my chair like a couch potato. My legs ached and my head pounded, it felt like it was going to blow up. I recommend this walk to other children because you can learn so much. It is very educational for you and you can learn lots more about your community.
Nick Haggo Yr 6
The story Of Te Kanawa.
Elizabeth Fa’ amamafa. Year 6
Orientation
The chief was a strong, wise, lean and honest leader. He cared for all his people and he loved to make jokes. He was intelligent, clever and was always fair with all his people. One day he decided to go and hunt down some birds on a vicious jagged mountain with his brave, blood thirsty dogs. It was pitch black and the chief and his men could barely see each other. They heard the rustling of leaves, the men froze and glued their eyes to the bush where the sound were coming from and listened closely.
Complication
As Te Kanawa and his men were drifting off to sleep the wings of the bird fairies fluttered in the silent night while their voices started getting louder and louder. Then they suddenly stopped and started singing and dancing a chant and made a magical fairy ring as bright as the sun high above the men. The men started to rise in the air towards the ring and suddenly they woke. They were screaming and shouting and wouldn’t stop. Their screaming made the chief wake up. Slowly he opened his eyes and saw his men in the air. And in another second they were all gone and everything was silent in the pitch black. Te Kanawa was alone, lonely and thinking of a plan. How would he bring back his men?He started to say the most powerful karakia he knew. It was a furious battle. Te Kanawa knew the fairies would not give up. The men were going up and down. Suddenly the men were pulled by a great force. Finally Te Kanawa realized that it was useless. The men zoomed up into the night sky.
Resolution
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In Term Three of every year our whole school takes part in our Speech Competition. Here are the three winning speeches from our senior school. Well done guys.
Make Our World A Better Place
By Elizabeth Fa’amamafa
Make Our World A Better Place
By Elizabeth Fa'amamafa
‘Heal the world; make it a better place for you and for me and the entire human race.'
Lyrics from a song by the late, oww! Michael Jackson. If you think that I am going to talk about Michael Jackson you are absolutely, wrong! But one thing Jackson and I agree on is making our world a better place. You're probably thinking; how can I do that? Well I can tell you a very simple way, Take Care of Our Environment. So if you are used to throwing away unwanted stuff, I challenge you to stop and think again, because rubbish is one of the reasons why our world is polluted. Speaking of rubbish, do you know what happens to the rubbish you put out every week?
Well the packaging that has already been separated from your rubbish is dropped off at a sorting centre. It is then sorted according to what it's made of. Unwanted material that cannot be sorted, such as your younger siblings used diapers are taken to a landfill. According to Waitakere City Council, our landfill is nearly full and that is probably why they make us pay for our rubbish bags. And starting this year people who live in the Waitakere area will have to pay for all their organic waste to be removed. This means, the more rubbish we make, the more rubbish we will have to pay. So, Reducing, Reusing and Recycling are very important. Before you put your rubbish in the bin, think, does it go into the waste, paper or recycling bin? But food scraps such as fruit peelings go into the compost or garden. You can exchange metals for money at a scrap-metal centre. Unfortunately rubbish covered in household mess cannot be recycled. Make a habit of thinking before you throw something out. Ask yourself, Could it be repaired, could I reuse it, could I make it into something else. Before you buy a new product, look around for a good second hand option. You might even find someone who will do an exchange for something you have! And if you buy a new product, buy a good quality, well made product that won't wear out quickly. Well I am proud to say that our school is one step closer to making our world a better place by being an enviro-school. So please remember to think before you throw something out, don't buy things you don't need. Take a bag from home to put your shopping in and instead of buying lots of small bags, buy one large packet. This will reduce the amount of packaging you use. To make our world better place just think, of the three R's. You might think I am telling you things you already know. But knowing is one thing, and doing something about it is another. As the future generation, we need to do all we can to make our world a better place. So what are you going to do about it?
Make a Difference.
By Jaden Kendall Room 1
Peninsula Primary. Hey you over there! Yeah you! Are you littering? Have you heard that our planet is changing and that our world is getting hotter? Well I’m here to talk about global warming and how it’s affecting our ozone, climate, and life. If you keep littering, our world will become a disaster. Our world is about 5000 million years old. If we don’t start looking after our world in another 5000 years it will blow up!!!!The reason why our sun is making our world hotter is because of people and the machines we use. The machines use oil, gas and coal. They all make pollution like the smelly smoke that comes out of car exhaust pipes. The gas we can’t see is carbon dioxide which is the cause of the main problem. The gas acts like a giant green house that traps the heat from the sun. Carbon dioxide does the same it keeps the earth warm, without it we would freeze. But too much of it means we will boil. Did you know without the sun there would be no climate, no weather, no people, no penguins or no life!! How dumb would that be? Our earth is wrapped in a blanket of air called the atmosphere. The atmosphere is made up of heaps of layers of gases. The ozone is a layer of gas about 19-30 kilometers above earth. It is a type of oxygen that is naturally made in the atmosphere. The ozone layer is important. It protects earth from the ultra violet rays from the sun. That’s why we still have life here on earth. The ozone is slowly getting thinner all over the world. That’s why we need to be sun smart by wearing hats and sunscreen so we don’t get skin cancer. The heat trapped on earth is affecting our climate. It causes storms, floods, drought and melting ice. More water means more rain and diseases. It is killing sea life and plants leaving less food. There are so many ways we can help to change global warming. Like using buses and trains, because they can carry more people and use less gas. You can walk or ride bikes which don’t create any pollution and gives good exercise. Recycle, put rubbish into bins so it doesn’t end up in our drains or ocean. Some of our electricity is made by burning fossil fuels. Use less power, turn lights off, shorten showers & wrap up. Next time you see someone throw rubbish on the ground say “Hey put it in the bin.” so we can have a better future in life. Thanks for listening to my speech.
Water
A speech by Tyla Sutherland. Room 1
I am so thirsty but I can’t be bothered walking into the kitchen to get a glass of water. Oh suppose I have to. Glug, glug, glug. That feels so much better. I was really thirsty. If you haven’t guessed what I am going to talk to you about it is “How lucky we are to have safe drinking water in NZ.”
Did you know that most people in NZ use about 16 buckets each or 160 litres of water a day. That is the same as 80 bottles of milk. That’s a lot! In other countries around the world, they use 1 bucket of water for a whole family a day for everything. If you were really thirsty like I was you would have to get up in early in the morning, get a bucket and walk for about 1 hr, to a dirty pond. In that pond animals have drunk and swam in, people have washed their clothes and dishes in and now they need to collect the water in the bucket and carry it home to drink.
Would you drink that? Too us that sounds disgusting, but to them they don’t have a choice.
Clean water is something we can’t live without. For most of us here in NZ we take it for granted. Did you know that 5 of the world’s countries live without safe drinking water. Sickness from drinking dirty water is one of the most serious threats to human life, like diarrhoea, malaria and worms.
Every 7 seconds like this.... 1100, 2 1000, 3 1000, 4 1000, 5 1000, 6 1000, 7 1000 .... a child like you and me dies from drinking dirty and unsafe water.
But there is a solution! Organisations like Oxfam, World Vision and Turn on the Tap are helping countries in need to get clean water. People, even us kids can make a change. Do you remember when our school helped to raise money for “Turn on the Tap.” We were trying to raise $2,500 for the people in Cambodia to have wells and safe drinking water. We raised about $450. That was a good start. When you put money in the bottle, even 10c you are helping to save a kids life.
So remember, next time you are thirsty and can’t be bothered walking to the kitchen to get a glass of water from the tap, think about other people in the world that have to walk a long way to get some dirty water to drink that could make them very sick. Living with clean drinking water is a basic human right. We are so lucky to have this, why can’t others?
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