Moffet Cup

Me, Sophie, shooting goals at Moffet cup

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Battery Hens

 Battery Hen Farms

Why do we keep hens in disgusting little cages?  It’s like the hens are the crops and the eggs are what they are harvesting.  I think that battery hens conditions are extremely cruel.  In this essay I’ll tell you why.

First of all the battery hens have small uncomfortable cages.  The hens have hardly any room with 4-5 hens in a minuscule cage, they only get three quarters of an A4 piece paper to live on.  Their feet get sore or broken from standing on fragile wire 24/7.

They pretty much live in poo pits.  Poo falls in between the wire bars and catches on metal sheets.  It means that they live in ammonia filled air.  The ammonia kills them from the inside out. Poor little hens.

Furthermore they NEVER get to see the sun.  The farmers use fake sunrises and sunsets.  Lastly farmers keep lights on 16 hours in winter so the hens lay and don’t slack.

Although battery hen eggs are cheaper it’s unethical to do that to hens or any other animal.

By Sophie

WAR ESSAY

FALKLAND WAR PROJECT

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Kathleen Hall

I read the School Journal Part 4 Number 3 2001 A Forgotten Hero

about when Kathleen Hall went China from New Zealand  to be a nurse.

The Iron Lady vs The Tin Pot Foreign General

Once a long time ago there was a little desolate island at the bottom of the world.
No one really lived on the island except some poor shepherds. The shepherds sat there all day counting and killing their sheep. All they ate was mutton.
Just across the ocean a rich king lived in a big palace. This king was no ordinary king he was made entirely out of tin pots. So he decided to do something to make his name last through the ages. He said “I will attack the little island”.
A couple of miles across the ocean lived a rich Iron Lady. When she heard about this she went bonkers. “I bagsied that island first”. “I did!” “I did!” “I did!” The Iron Lady opened her big chest of money. “I want 1,000 boats and fill them up with the best men I have.”
The Tin Pot Foreign General’s ships hit the shore. “I bags this island”. The Iron Lady’s ships hit the shore. “No I bags it!” said the crazy old lady. As the men, the flesh and blood men, were fighting the Iron Lady and the Tin Pot Foreign General had a battle. In the end the Iron Lady bet the Tin Pot Foreign General and won the battle.
The Tin Pot Foreign General and his men fled. “Yes we won! Rejoice!” claimed the Iron Lady  “I will return!” bellowed the Tin Pot Foreign General.  When all the soldiers left the shepherds returned to their same old routines.
Three shepherds were shot in the battle but no one was to blame. later on at the Iron Lady’s kingdom a big iron box came.
The box contained all the dead bodies that she lost in the war. The Iron Lady gave all the soldiers a special medal and everyone went out to church to celebrate the victory.
After they had a parade for all the soldiers but the men that had body parts missing were excluded from the parade. Some watched in the grand-stand, others stayed at home, others tended the graves.  

Geronimo's Kingdom Of Fantasy

Geronimo Stilton finds a world no one could ever imagine and finds Witches, Mermaids, Dragons, Pixies, Gnomes, Giants, Fairies and mean nasty trolls who are controlled by Cackle the Queen of Witches. Queen Blossom has smelled a rose that Queen Cackle has poisoned. Does Geronimo Stilton have a enough time to save Blossom and will he get home?
BY HARRY

Jahdan's story The Yacht Race.

The Yacht race!!!
Life jackets on check, Sun hat check, water bottle check, waiting in line check. “I’m all ready M.S J”.

“Good work Jahdan. Ok everyone walk in a single file line to the wharf”.

I had to hang back with Soph at the back of the line to make sure that no one fell behind. Mean while in The Bay me and M.S Joy were having a conversation about xbox and other stuff E.G ( xbox games swimming and sports) until we got to the wharf. I looked over the side of the wharf, I could see the Casteaux with Rastus as our skipper.
One by one we slowly hopped on the boat that is going to take us out to see the racing yachts leave. I jumped on and I began to have a we snoop around the big blue boat docked up at the wharf. The engine started throttle on and away we go!!!
15 Minutes later I looked at all the yachts that were all lined up all along at the front of The Bay. Moments later... Bang!!! The race began, if Revs didn’t show off so much they would be in the lead but look at them now they’re in last place what a shame.

“Truxton Surreal and E Copellia are neck and neck, Surreal’s taking the lead wait now it’s Truxton”.

“Now Surreal is back in fist place, wow here comes E Copellia By golly the three boats are evenly matched. I’ve never seen a performance this good in my life!!!”

 The three boats stayed neck and neck until I could no longer see them and not long after that the other Yachts vanished too so we turned back to the Island and went home.
By Jahdan.

SSANZ YACHT RACE

 SSANZ YACHT RACE

BEEEPP!! As the last whistle blew the yachts snatched the breaths of wind to hurtle through the starting passage. 

Mostly everyone was going for Surreal BUT Truxton took the lead. As they drew closer to the Titi Islands, Rastus turned the Casteaux’s radar on, tracking their every move. 

The Casteaux moved along the fleet of yachts leaving Vingilot in its wake.The incredibly fast Truxton was showing off, setting a wonderful pace. 

Cameron & Tim - crew of Surreal - were eager to get the lead but their hopes were dashed because Truxton were pulling the lead out into deeper water. 

As soon as the yachts were no more than dots on the horizon we accelerated back to the wharf.  As we approached our destination we played standing long jump. THUMP!!

By Sophie C.

Athletics

SHOT PUT

“Hopefully I’m not LAST again” I groan. 

“Sophie C., Halfmoon Bay” the Lady says. 

“Right here” I call.  As I line up I can see people having their throws already.

As I pick up the shot it feels really light. Nah! Definitely not two kilograms!  I raise the shot to my neck.  3 2 1  Thump!  As the shot crashes to the ground it passes the flag with ‘3 Girls’.  It’s probably six meters or something like that.  

 

“WOW! You are good!” my friend exclaims.

“Really? It’s only six meters” I reply.

“NO it’s not, it’s 7.23 meters” the Lady announces. 

“7.23, thats my PB” I blurt. The words stumble out of my mouth. 

When I finish I sprint over to Mum.  “Mum guess what; I bet my PB!” I shout.

One hour later, “Ten Girls Shot Put ... Sophie C. Halfmoon Bay third.”

 

By Sophie C.

Jahdan's running movie 2012

12 Year old boys 100m run.
 As we take our places at the start of the race we have a few minutes to get ready for the sprint of our lives.
We got into our lanes ready to start sprinting for the chance to go to Southland. Everyone was eager to run. We all sounded like racing cars burning their wheels on the track.
3 2 1 GO!!! I heave my legs it was as if my legs were missiles ready to hit it’s target at the finish line.  At the 50m mark I started to fall behind so I used the adrenalin I had left, then I sped right back up to 2nd place. I am confident that I might win the race. I only had one chance left so I launched my legs and it felt like my speed limit just went up to a hundred km per hour. The race has finished and a huge load of pain shot up my leg but I didn’t care. I just was glad that I made it to Southland by coming 2nd place. Now that the race was over I had to limp to the rest of the events for the rest of day.... and get my foot wrapped up in bandages and the rest of the day was hell on Earth!!!!!
By JAHDAN 

Hanging friends

I liked putting on the beads and painting.  I need to make sure the picture fits right next time.

By George

HMB SCHOOL TRIATHLON

                   

Wash those hands!!!

YACHT RACE

Chug chug on Rastas’s boat with sixteen energetic children with six inside chatting to him and I think they might have annoyed him because they were chatting to him a little bit too much but when the yachts went past we had to go outside to wave goodbye to them.When the race started a horn sounded. Revs was last past the starting line because they were showing off too much.
by Harry

Shot Put

                                                          Shot Put

As I was lining up for shot put it was exiting. I was nervous. I was in first place, after that second, then last, next 4th.  My arm was sore.  I was getting hungry. “Hey how did you get in front of me?” I said to Harry. I felt confident.  I sent the shot put flying. I was happy. I was prouder than ever.
              

 By George.