Arrival on Aotearoa

The long journey to Aotearoa

When Mrs Goodall Lost It

When Mrs Goodall Lost It

After the hard day Mrs Goodall had, she decided to treat herself to a meal at Mcdonalds, because she was so proud of herself that day. Mrs Goodall was an English teacher at Gulf Harbour School and she had successfully taught how to use apostrophes to two children that day.

“Wow, I am starving! I can’t wait to bite into a delicious, yummy, juicy burger!”  She entered the Mcdonald's building, walked to the counter and ordered a cheese burger meal. When Mrs Goodall turned around, she saw the biggest mistake on a sign. It said:

Our burger’s are the best! Try them today!

Mrds Goodall couldn’t believe her eyes. She walked over to the counter again and told the lady that there was a huge mistake on their sign.

“You have to fix this mistake right now! This is unacceptable! Do you know how many children come in here?”

But the lady said, ‘’Sorry, I’m not in charge and I can’t just change it, because you want me to change it.’’

At this very moment Mrs Goodall went as red as a very bright tomato and started to shout at the lady. She screamed,

‘’I work all day, trying to teach kids that apostrophes can only be used in two cases, which are OWNERSHIP or TO MAKE A WORD SHORTER and I am not going to stand here and get told that you are going to do nothing about the sign!’’

The lady looked very frightened and said in a trembling voice,

‘’If you do not get out of this building, I am going to call the cops!’’  But Mrs Goodall answered,

‘’I'm not scared of the cops. I’m a teacher. I am going to tell them, why I am mad. This is a matter of importance for the educational well being of the public!’’

Twenty minutes later the cops arrived and the lady told them everything that had happened. Unfortunately the cops put handcuffs on Mrs Goodall and when they were dragging her out of the building, she shouted to everyone ‘’THIS IS NOT THE LAST YOU HAVE HEARD OF ME!’’

One day later Erin and Jonathan, two of Mrs Goodall’s best students, came to get her out of jail and gave her a gift. When she opened it there was a letter from Mcdonalds saying,

Dear Mrs Goodall,

We are very sorry to have caused you so much distress. Please, come and have some free burger’s on the house as soon as you can!

Yours sincerely,

the friendly team from Mcdonalds

When Mrs Goodall read the letter, her smile disappeared and she screamed at the top of her lungs, “NOooooooo!’’

                              THE END

Connor's Keynote Presentation "Masks in Lithuania"

Jack and Josh would love to live in a castle. Look out orks!

Waffels as end of term treat - yummy!

Alice's Piccollage

Johann and Luis at ESOL

What is Bian Lian? A puppet pal show by Betty and Sophia

The Big Secret by David and Dylan

Bian Lian by Chene Skelton

Yasmin's Tree House

Okoromai Bay by Naho

Akira's Text on Karneval in Germany

Jesse and Alice talk about feelings

Why Do People In Switzerland And Lithuania wear Masks?

Jonathan: Why Do People Wear Masks in Switzerland?

Erin's Text About Masks In Lithuania

Paul is talking about his work at ESOL

Kunal talks about his work at ESOL

Anton talks about a giraffe

Connor's Boat Tree House

Shurti's Cloud Castle

Melanie's Cloud Castle

David's Tree House

Chene's Tree House

Jane's Tree House

Betty's Tree House

Sophia's Tree House

Dylan's Tree House

Jonathan's Tree House

Conquering A Fear - Stories To Encourage Bravery By Erin, Jonathan and Lucas

Conquering A Fear

By Lucas Phan

Today I will write this story of how I conquered my fear of rollercoasters. So people who have fears can learn how to conquer them.

My name is Lucas and this is how my story starts.

I stood still, frozen to the spot while looking at the enormous, spinning UFO rollercoaster. I starred at the name ‘The Invasion’ and watched as the huge, rounded disc span, while it whooshed to the right. I saw it stop on the steep incline. There are two ends, both of them steep inclines and there is a little incline in the middle of the rollercoaster. I thought I would never go on it, since I was only 9 and a half years old. I became extra nervous, when my friends and my friends’ parents went on it after it stopped.

After thinking of a quick decision, I decided to join them. While passing the entrance, I saw a sign saying that 8 years was the age limit to go on the rollercoaster. Taking a deep breath, I went to a seat next to a parent and a friend, and then I saw the seats all in a circle. 

When suddenly I felt a movement underneath me, I knew that it was starting. I kept my eyes shut, when the UFO started to spin faster and even faster and then it started to move forwards. I looked frightened, when it reached one of the ends and then it went to the other end. When it reached top speed, I felt a strong breeze on my face, I let out a little scream as the UFO came really fast down from one end, It was a relief when the UFO finally started to slow down.

When it stopped, I headed for the exit, still feeling dizzy. I picked up my bag and headed to the picnic tables near a stage with the others for lunch.

I actually couldn’t believe that I had such a very good time! So I am telling you that you don’t have to conquer major fears like jumping off a huge cliff without any supplies or trying to climb a very high building to set a world record. So confront only a minor fear so that you won’t get hurt. Or you might face a major fear, but don’t risk your life. I had a lot of fun spinning around in the UFO and I wish I could be there again. If you never face any fears, you might miss out on exciting stuff.

 Conquering  A Fear

By Jonathan

Hi, I am Jonathan and I’m sure you had a fear before and that’s why I ‘m writing this text about how I conquered my fear to show you it’s not so bad at all. So one day you can conquer your fear and this is how it all started.

My worst nightmare had just come true. I was standing in the Rotorua waterslide line. My tummy felt weird as I was saying to my dad: “I’m sure, I want to do this!” I spoke with a loud voice, but actually I wasn’t really sure, because I hate having the feeling when my tummy drops as the waterslide slashes down.

We finally reached the front of the line and then we hopped into fake wooden log with seats in it. My dad made me sit in front with my mum. I felt quite scared when it started moving. First we reached the dinosaur time, then a giant weird looking bird whizzed past us. After that we reached the Maori time. The Maoris looked quite cool. At last we reached our time again All of a sudden we reached a dark elevator and we went up took a turn and AAAHH! I screamed going down the fall, so I grabbed my mum’s hand and squeezed it. It was all over. I felt like a hero and I wanted to go again.

You see it’s not so bad at all if you have a fear go and get over it. EXCEPT ! Don’t risk your life. You will be proud of yourself, after you have conquered a fear. This is a very good feeling. Also if you have a fear and you don’t want to conquer it, you might miss out on having fun.

Conquering A Fear

By Erin Johnson

I am writing to you, because I want you to conquer your fears.

Have you ever felt like you can do something, but then when you get there to do it you changed your mind?

Well, it happened to me. I came to New Zealand and a few days later my mom told me that I was going to school soon. I was so excited that I was jumping off the wall.

Well, the day had finally come my brother and I went to school. But when I got there I froze on the spot. There were so many children, speaking a different language. I told my mom, “I want to go home”, because I was really scared. But my mom didn’t let me go home. She said I would be just fine. So my mom went home and a girl called Bronté showed me where to hang up my bag.

My teacher, Mrs Millington, asked me to draw my pet, but I was just looking at her and trying to tell her that I couldn’t understand her. At morning tea time I was sitting and eating my morning tea by myself, because nobody would play with me. A few days later Bronté became my friend. She helped me out with my reading and writing. Bronté played with me and tried her hardest to be a good friend. But the best thing was, there was a lady who wanted to teach me how to speak English. Her name was Mrs Goodall and when I came to ESOL I met Jonathan. He was learning to speak English as well. He was from Germany.

It took me quite a long time and it has been hard work, but I know I can read and I can write and I can speak English like everybody else. So what I am trying to tell you is that when you try your hardest, you can achieve whatever you want. You should conquer your fears, because you should trust yourself and sometimes you have to be brave to reach your goals.

Have you ever wondered why Mr P. lost his hair?

                      

How Did Mr P Lose His Hair?

Have you ever lost your hair? Well this is a story about how Mr P lost his hair.

On a dark cold night, Mr P was in a singing competition. Mr P was singing about his beautiful black hair.” My beautiful black hair, I love you so much……….”, as he was singing he looked like a beautiful black bear.

Finally the announcer yelled” The winner is Mr P!” Can you believe it? - He actually won $ 50.000. People were throwing roses at Mr P, because of his romantic song. He went back home after his fantastic performance.

The next day was a lovely sunny Sunday and Mr P went to get his Sunday newspaper. Suddenly Mr P got tackled into a scary, black van, because he got kidnapped by a group of greedy kidnappers!

They drove for hours, until they arrived at an abandoned house. “Let me go!” shouted Mr P while the kidnappers were trying to tie him to an ugly, broken chair. “Shut up!” the kidnappers yelled angrily.

Mr P got tortured with many things you don’t want to know about! Finally he couldn’t take it any more, so he told the kidnappers where his money was. Yet, the kidnappers were cruel and they didn’t like principals, because they were always bad at school, so before thy left, they shaved Mr P’s hair off!

Mr P spent weeks crying and eating biscuits until he got over it.

And this is how Mr P lost his hair.

 By Sana Akrami

Mr P’s Big Secret

“Oh, my beautiful long hair needs a wash,” said Mr P as he got up from his comfortable bed with an extra side for his amazing long blond hair.

SPLASH! Mr P jumped into his nice warm bath and yelled, “Ah, this is warm!”

As soon as he finished drying himself, he went outside. But he had forgotten to dry his hair and it was freezing cold outside, because he was in Moscow in winter time.

He didn’t have a car so he had to walk and his hair froze immediately, but he didn’t notice. Although Mr P wondered, “Why is my head so cold?”

Have you ever had your hair frozen? – Well, it becomes very brittle!

As he entered a shop with a low doorway, his hair snapped off. The shop keeper asked, “Where is your hair?” Mr Petrie was really angry and upset when he noticed that his hair was gone.

He ran as fast as an athlete, because he was a professional athlete to buy a wig, but the wig shop was closed.

The loud crowd gathered to look at Mr Petrie and they all screamed, “Look, Mr Petrie lost his hair and he looks amazing!”

On his way back home Mr P wondered why he looked so good and he didn’t understand even though he has such a big brain.

By Nikita Laptsevich

Mr Petrie’s Big Secret

“I’m so excited to go to the beach and have a nice day out”, Mr Petrie said excitedly. He was relaxing on the nice, warm, peaceful beach and he was reading his favourite magazine.

First he went to go and have a swim because he enjoys diving to the bottom and coming back up. After his swim he ate his delicious sandwich with his mouth open. Well, you shouldn’t do that! Sadly there were crumbs on his hair after his lunch!

Suddenly a whole bunch of seagulls came and attacked him. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, please don’t eat my hair!” Mr Petrie was screaming like a girl. Mr Petrie managed to get the seagulls off his hair but all his hair was gone.

“Oh no, my beautiful hair is gone”, he cried softly. He ran back home and went to bed as he was bursting into tears.

By Sheena Kahui Ariki

Mr P’s Big Secret

Hi, this is how Mr P lost his hair!!

“It’s a beautiful day today” Mr P said excitedly, “time to brush my long, blond hair.” Mr P sat up on his bed wondering where his brush went. “Where did my brush go?!” he yelled “I should go and find it”

After a long time he finally found his brush. “FINALLY!!” he shouted, but because his hair was dry and knotted he struggled and he used a lot of force.  He pulled and pulled until the brush ripped his hair out.  “OWE!” he shouted as he took a look at the mirror. “MY HAIR!” he exclaimed, because all his hair was gone, pulled out by his brush.

Mr P sat down to think about this, he was shaken, but after a while he smiled and said, “Actually I am happy that it is gone. It always got stuck in doors and even in elevators.” He had a big smile on his face, although he was a little sad inside. Yet, all in all he didn’t mind.

Happy ever after! He looks awesome without hair!

By Helen van Zyl