Possums are pests!

There is a great big fight about keeping possums and not keeping possums. The people who are involved are all the environment agencies. But I think we should get rid of possums instantly.


Possums are eating all the native birds' eggs. Possums are pests because they eat all the native birds eggs from the native bird so they can't breed and hatch into more native birds.

Possums eat trees.Possums are a really big hazard for the native bush. They can eat a bit off a tree and it might fall down and destroy a native birds nest.

Possums are eating all the native animals' food. For example berries, leaves and all that other food and that's how birds starve to death. Native birds don't have enough food to eat every single day.

As I said possums should be wiped out instantly if we want our native animals to survive.

By Sukhjinder

PORRITT BEAR

Woo hoo - we got Porritt Bear last week in room 13. It is awesome having him in the class room and everyone loves playing with him. Ka Pai room 13!
by Jericho.

The rock

The small mouth is wide open. In the small beady eye is a shell. At the top of the head it has one hole and a bump. At the back it has two holes. When you put your finger at its head it looks like a long-necked dinosaur.
by John.

Rep trials

Push bump smash!My heart starts pumping when I run as fast as a cheetah.Its off to the backs.The backs dart through the weak defence. TRY! We score!There goes the final whistle that makes me relax.
Sitting there wondering if I'm going to get picked for the awesome team to represent Napier, I hear the names being called. My nerves grow bigger and bigger.
"Chase Solomon," he calls.
My heart just starts to glow in amazement,then fills with joy. I then shake my coaches hand and thank him.

By Chase Solomon

WIND

It glides through the city
tackling everything that gets in its way.
Fighting trees managing to survive.
It whistles on top of the roofs.
When it glides through the air
its like a leopard pouncing on its prey.

by John O.

WIND

Wind creeps through my hair.
His temperature grows cold every brilliant minute.
He's a monster to the children.
He's a thief for the business people.
He's a threat too for the nature.
So beware,you'll never know when the wind might turn his cold eyes on you.

By Zeel.S

Camp Kaitawa: We're back!

The Year 6s are back to school from a fabulous week at the epic Camp Kaitawa (still exhausted). Camp was so cool because of the beautiful views from Lou's Lookout and our tiring walk up Nga Moko.(Eight hours it took!!}We also saw a great sight of two water-falls cascading into a clear stream. The water sent chills rushing down our spines.
Luckily we had parents to help us. They were very kind to us and fun too, but our bus driver Cedric played tricks on us! He camouflaged himself into the bush and jumped in the front of some of us when we were walking down the Lou's Lookout track. He kept surprising us with his camera when we weren't expecting it! But other than that he was really fun, and an amazing wizard in the kitchen too.
In the dark spooky caves that we visited on Thursday we saw giant wetas about the size of your hand!(Did you know they are the heaviest insects?) On Friday was the worst day coming back, because we didn't want to come back, but we stopped in Wairoa to have fish and chips for lunch, which was delicious. When we saw our parents and families we were happy and glad to be back.
By Chase and Zeel