Rangi Triathlon

What excitement!  Congratulations to all students who had a go.
Thanks to Natalya Barber who took these photos. Rangi Triathlon on PhotoPeach

Marine Reserve Trip

Hello my name is Jahmira Tuari. I am in room 13. My teacher is Ms Young, she is my favourite teacher, she talks about projects and reading sometimes she tells us about her news talks about her husband her two daughters but thats only sometimes. My favourite subject is art and doing projects too.   Miss Young makes me happy and cheers me up when I'm feeling down. She makes me laugh too and it helps me get back up and feel happier and makes me want to play again aswell . In my family I have six poeple,  Mum, Dad, Jahmira, Jaesiah, Jordan and Jarid, danielle and simber the king. Simber is our cat the king stands for  the fastest boy in the family I call him my brother because if i don't it will make him fell so sad and will make him feel left out aswell, that is why I call him my brother. Next year I am going to Riverdale for one year but I really don't want to next year.

Persuasive Writing

               STOP SHARK FINNING

I think shark finning should be banned. By shark finning we are taking the shark species to extinction. It is also wasteful because we are not even using the whole shark.

New Zealand is one of a few countries that are not banned from shark finning yet. New Zealanders don’t even eat the shark fin soups. All we are doing is cutting the fins off these animals and leaving them to bleed to death.

We are taking the sharks most important body part; taking there fin away from them is taking away their life because they can’t swim without them .They need their fin to keep them steady.

 My opinion is that we should ban shark finning in New Zealand.

By Tabea Walker

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Should we keep the Gisborne-Napier Rail?

I believe we should keep the rail because not only it stops logging trucks from travelling on the  road but it also carries food on the trains. Without the rail all those trucks have to travel on the road causing traffic jams,car accidents,pollution and pot holes in our smooth kiwi roads.

Taking away our rail is polluting the air even more.

Is that what you want? Well I don’t.

I believe that the rail should be re-opened so there wont be as many trucks on the road and less pollution.

 So I think the Gisborne to Napier rail should be re-opened so Gisborne City will be happy again.

Esteban

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STOP POACHING!

I believe that poachers should stop poaching because animals like elephants , rhinos and the orangatang are becoming endangered because of poaching. They are losing more of their kind.

The poachers just take the horns off rhinos and the tusks off elephants and leave them to suffer. It is unfair that the poachers allow the animals to suffer and bleed to death. I think they should stop disturbing the animals because they will never harm us unless they feel threatened .

So don’t you think we should stop poaching?

I believe we should because later generations may never see the animals that are being poached today .Please leave the animals alone that are being poached  

Finn Murphy

Protect Animal Habitats!

I believe that no one should destroy animal habitats. If you destroy animal habitats it will kill animals and that will cause extinction. Many animals will have heart attacks by loud bulldozers shoving over trees. I think that if we keep on destroying animal habitats kids in the future will never see any animal that lives today and that would be a tragedy.

Destroying animal habitats will destroy native trees and that can make animals that survive on them starve to death. Native birds that build their nests in the trees will not be able to lay their eggs and people hurt these birds and they will become extinct because they can’t reproduce.

Callum Sinclair

Vicious dogs should be on leads

I think vicious dogs should be on leads. It’s not fair should we be in pain and scared of dogs just for not doing the simple task of putting a dog on a lead. They could give you a scar for life or cut your leg open. I mean they roam around chasing cats, scaring children scaring humans it’s not fair. In my opinion dogs should be kept on leads to keep everyone safe.

They hurt other animals I think it’s unfair. We should do something about this. There is lots of proof of incidents . For example a 5 year old girl in Gisborne nearly got attacked by a vicious dog that wasn’t on a lead, but her seven year old cousin saved her from being attacked. We have all seen the pictures on TV and in the newspapers. Please put your dogs on leads it would help a lot.

By Breeann Cairns

Persuasive Writing from Room 15

I believe that we need more marine reserves in New Zealand to save our marine life. Marine reserves are fun to visit and go diving at. You can see what real underwater life is like.

Marine reserves are a place for underwater creatures to live and be unharmed. People are forever catching fish, crayfish, paua, kina, etc. People go over the limits, so marine reserves give marine animals  a chance to live longer. We need more marine reserves don’t we?

We need more marine reserves to save our seas. We still need beaches though. In my opinion we need more marine reserves to save our underwater world.

Hannah Smith

KAPA HAKA

My name is Keelan and I do KAPA HAKA. 

Our teachers are Papa Pura and Koka Te. 

We are practicing for the Turanga School's Kapa Haka Festival at the Events Centre on Friday 23rd of November 2012.

I like KAPA HAKA because it shares the Maori culture.

Central School performing at last years Kapa Haka Festival

BUDDY READING

Buddy reading is helping younger children to improve their reading skills using simple books that get harder. I am a buddy reader for Room 1 new entrants.

I enjoy buddy reading because my buddy reader is my five year old sister Amira and we get to spend more time together.

By Nopera.

Christchurch

Hi my name is Thom and I am from Christchurch. I moved to Gisborne in 2010 because my dad got a job here as an engineer. 

Christchurch is a lovely place when there are no earthquakes.

I like Gisborne because of the beaches but i still miss Christchurch.