Samoa Tsunami Response

Slurp, slurp, gurgle, gurgle. I see water rushing out to sea and getting sucked into a hole. I run for safety knowing that this was a sign of a Tsunami. I run towards a mountain that doesn't have many people climbing up it. As I climb, I stop and turn around. The Tsunami has washed out most of the resort. All I can see is wood, furniture and houses lying around in swamp water.

Finally the Tsunami is over and we could all walk back down the mountain and find out what happened to our families. I was very sad but at least this life taking wave was over.

BY SHANIA

Effects in Samoa

The day of the earthquake in Samoa it was a nice place to live but now it's awful. Buildings look like they have been cut in half and boats look like they have been thrown by giants. Buildings as flat as the cold ground. Powerpoles like the giants were playing rugby and pushing them around. Trees pulled like weeds in a garden.

Libby's Why I Hate School Book Review

This review was done by Libby B at Springston School.

Libby wrote it when she was 11 years old.

Why I Hate School is by Kris Stanhope with 147 pages.

How are the main characters?
Michael Fartasky and Sharon Cramshaw are the main characters. Michael is the boy who hates school. He has 243 reasons why he is hating school and is still counting. Sharon is the teacher's pet and Sharon is the one who shows Michael what’s good about school.

What is the story line?
Michael has his own diary on why he hates school. He has a section G- for girls and other sections for why he hates school. Michael hates both school and Sharon Cramshaw and he wants to discover why he hates them so much. 

How easy was it to get stuck into the book?
I found it really easy to get stuck into the book because it was really funny and greatly written by Kris Stanhope.

What is my recommendation...
For people aged 8-11 for girls and boys. Also for people who don’t really like school or for people who like school as well.

My rating: 4/5

Spanish Greetings Podcasts

Room 6 students have been hard at work learning how to use Garageband to create a podcast. They've been learning some of the features of a podcast too. Here they have created their first episodes, introducing you to some Spanish greetings.

Podcast by Brook (Year 7), Shania and Madison (Year 6):


Podcast by Emily, Hannah and Courtney (Year 6):

Spanish Podcast

Students in Room 6 have started to learn Spanish. Morgan and Kachina (both Year 7 students) decided to record a podcast about some of the interesting things they have found out about Spanish, so far.

Other students have been working on Spanish podcasts too, so look back again soon to see what they can teach you!

Do let us know if you are learning a language at school (leave us a comment). Are you learning Spanish?

Emily's book review

This review is by Emily W from Springston School. Emily wrote this review when she was ten years old.

Why I hate school,

Kris Stanhope,

ISBN:979-1-86943-871-5

What is the story line?

Michael writes down about why he hates school. It only takes one person to help Michael realize why hated school in the first place.

Who are the main characters?
Michael and Sharon are the main characters. It is Sharon who helps Michael realize why he hates school.

How easy was it to get stuck into this book?
It was really easy to get stuck into this book even if you do like school because it was really funny.

My recommendation is...
Girls and boy ages 8-10

My rating for this book is...
4/5

The Flood

I stare out the window. It’s still raining. It’s been like this for days. Every day I look and see the floodwater getting higher. After three days, the flood is nearly up to our windows.

I see all the rescue men walking into peoples' houses. Every day I see them walking around in the brown muddy floodwater with it past their waist. I wonder when it is going to be our turn, our turn to get evacuated?

After many hours of waiting, the rescue men turn up to our door. I take my dearest possessions, my book of memories, my cat and our survival kit.

The Village that we got sent to is nice, but I miss my home. Today we heard the phone ringing - it hasn't rang in ages. It was the rescue men to say we can go back to our house.

When we got back to our garden, it was all wrecked. The flower beds all were brown and muddy. There was not one single bade of grass left. We have got trees all around our house from when the flood washed them down. We have weeks ahead of us to clean up.

By Emily