SHOULD FIREWORKS BE BANNED?

Room 13 discussed the fireworks that had been let off over Guy Fawkes. We talked about if fireworks should be banned or not and wrote an argument to support our ideas.

What do you think?



I think fireworks should not be banned because they are cool and awesome and fun to watch. The sparklers are cool and we should keep them as well. They light up the sky really, really well. I reckon you should be 18 or over that age to buy fireworks. It is not dangerous because we only have them twice a year on Guy Fawkes and New Years. We like to celebrate with fireworks. My family watches them every year because we like fireworks. That’s why I think we should have fireworks.
by David

I think fireworks should be banned. Fireworks should be banned because they can really, really, really, really, really, really hurt people. People could get hit in the face and die. Babies and animals might be scared by fireworks because they can be scared by the noisy fireworks. One day I heard in the news that a baby was in a pram and a firework hit the baby. That’s why I think fireworks should be banned.
By Rohan

FIREWORKS
I think fireworks should be banned because animals and babies can eat them and get very sick. Fireworks can also set things on fire such as houses, trees and even people’s clothes! They make heaps of smoke and pollution and the world could end! Dumb kids use fireworks for stupid things like sticking sparklers in letterboxes and making it go up in flames. Fireworks are completely dangerous. That is why I think fireworks should be banned.
By Eli Kokesh

NELSON CENTRAL SCHOOL GALA

Waiata on the school steps
Natayla has her face painted
Shiloh, Crystal and friends eating candy floss. YUMMY!
Corban-James has a go at magnetic fishing.

We had a wonderful day at the Nelson Central School gala. The sun was shining and we sang songs, ate candy floss, played games, drank milkshakes, had our faces painted and lots more. A big THANK YOU to everybody that helped to make this fantastic day happen.
It was AWESOME!

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Raapa 31 October
Today I went to see the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. There were five people there. Their names were Tony, Peter, Jeremy, Galyna and Karl. Tony was the first to play. He plays the flute. I really liked his instrument. Then Peter played, he played the oboe. His song was cool too. Next to play was Jeremy, he played the clarinet like Squidward off Sponge Bob Square Pants. His instrument was interesting. Galyna was next. She played the cello. It was a high instrument. Last of all was Karl, he played the trombone. You could change the sound by pulling something. It was a great performance and I want to see it again.

By Caleb

NEW ZEALAND ORCHESTRA
On Halloween my class went to see the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. All the musicians were from Christchurch. Karl played the trombone, it sounded like a toad. Peter played the oboe, it sounded fantastic! Tony played the flute,Galyna played the cello and Jeremy played the clarinet. They played the Simpsons, it was funny. I hope they come next year.
By Eli Kokesh

SYMMETRY

In Maths at the moment Room 13 are looking at symmetry of shapes and objects. We have been busy drawing, cutting, and folding shapes to see how many lines of symmetry they have. Some of us collected leaves from around the school and investigated their lines of symmetry too. Maths is fun! Dylan looks at the lines of symmetry of leaves.
Crystal, Tracey, Isabelle and Grace look at the symmetry of shapes.
Fenn and Troy working well.