Inspiring leader - Rosa Parks - Poppy, Josie, Sarah

Persuasive Writing - Why should we go to school? - Anija

‘Uhh School’ is what most kids say when they wake up on Monday morning before school. I think school can be very boring at times but there are some pretty good reasons for going to school.

One reason is that we learn how to socialise with both boys and girls in many different ways, such as playing sports and talking to them. The benefit of this is that when you get older you know how to socialise with both genders.

You also learn lifelong skills like how to write and read, as well as how to solve maths problems. These skills will be very important when it comes to getting a job. Jobs are very important so the harder you work at school the better career you will have. Another reason to work hard is that getting into University is crucial at times. Some jobs require you have to have a special University qualification especially in jobs like vets, doctors, dentists or any job that has a big part in other people’s lives.

At school you get lots of awesome opportunities like going to sports events where you get to represent your school, as well as getting leadership roles and leading groups in activities. Which helps you learn how to lead and work with different types of people.

You also meet friends at school that you can catch up with whenever you like, some of your mates you make at school are your friends for life. Friends have a big impact on your life, if you don’t have any good mates you ought to have a pretty dull life.

Going to school can change your lives so next time you go to say “Mum why do I have to go to school?” think about if you didn’t go you wouldn’t know how to read, write or even add two numbers together.

Persuasive Writing - Should the NZ Flag be changed? - Carson

The New Zealand Flag should not be changed.

The New Zealand flag should not be changed because it will cost $26,000,000. This flag shows history and it was already changed in the 1800’s.

The New Zealand flag should not be changed because it will cost $26,000,000. Instead with that money you could donate it to the cancer society or something else. If it does not get changed it would just be wasting money with the referendum.

If we change the flag we will just be throwing away history. That flag holds a lot of history. The soldiers ran into the first world and second world war with it. We have won rugby world cups with it and olympic medals with the old flag.

The New Zealand flag was already changed in the 1800’s so why change it again? If we change it other countries will think that we have so much money to throw away because we’re changing the flag so much.

So I think that we should keep the flag just how it is.