Work Interviews

Recently we have been having work interviews in class. Today we interviewed Jarred (Zak and Camerons dad) who is now a fire fighter at the local fire station in Moana. We found it interesting how he worked for the Air Force. He also told us he worked for a kids show (Bumble and friends) pressing a button in a little box to make a puppet fishes eyes blink,- we found that funny. We also interviewed Alice who is on the school board of trustees, Rebecca a farmer that also worked with horses and Shirley our school principal who's different work has taken her overseas.

History of Ruru in Lake Brunner Questions

Fair Trade Poem

Recently at school we've been learning about fair trade and how they help kids near our age. We got some fair trade sacks and decided to print our poems on them with Indian ink. I think what we did is better than a decorated poster because it is more relevant to do it on sacks of their own. Bridget and I thought we would do an a acrostic poem, including a small picture below.  Here is what the sack we printed reads and also a picture of us while we're doing our work:

Free to play all day                Treating them fairly                           

An equal life like us              Respecting their hard work

It can help them today          A lot better conditions

Rarely being paid                 Donating helps them more

                                             Every dollar helps

Rain

Self Directed Learning Reflection

Ice Cream Experiment

The Story Of Shirley And Her Car

It was just an ordinary day when Shirley drove to school. Little did she know her life was about to change forever- or should I say it would change her cars life forever. Anyway there Shirley was, driving her old 2004 manual Mazda 6 station wagon to school. A bridge was near and a group of birds were gathered there. Shirley beeped and luckily the birds flew away just in time but the man behind her thought she was beeping at him and bounced against Shirley's car. Breaking the barrier of the bridge Shirley and her car flopped into the lake. Thankfully Shirley is a really good swimmer so holding her breath for the one hour it took for the crane and the tow truck to arrive wasn't a problem - not. In the end Shirley did make it to school, she was eight hours late though. So instead of going to an empty office Shirley went to get lunch even though by then it was 9 P.M.