Speech

BYOD

Have you ever thought about how we could save trees if we use technology? Well, I’m going to tell you how. We need to have bring your own device at our school. If you listen I will talk to you about how we can save trees, how students will enjoy learning about technology, and how the school can save money.

If we stop using paper and start using bring your own device, schools would save trees. Did you know that our school uses 1,200 reams of papper a year. Each ream has 500 sheets of paper. So our school uses 600,000 sheets of paper in just one year. In Auckland there are 538 primary and secondary schools. If all the schools in Auckland used as much paper as we do, the city would use 322,800,000 sheets of paper a year. That means Auckland would use 16,140 trees per year.

If our school stops using their own technology and we start using BYOD the school will be able to save money. Firstly the school spends too  much money on technology. Our school uses 100,000 dollars on technology a year. The school spends money on new iPads, computers, Chrome books and iPods. Also it costs money to repair the technology and keep the wifi up. If we had BYOD, the school wouldn’t have to keep all this technology and we could spend that money on other things.

Finally I will tell you why students will enjoy learning with BYOD. We will not need to wait to use technology. If we have BYOD students will get excited and will want to learn. Also if we work on google docs with a buddy and don’t sit together we will still be able to work on it at the same time, and see what the other person has done.

For these reasons I believe that our school should have bring your own device.

The bridge

Once long ago in the forest there was a bridge the bridge was very old. So many animals lived in that forest. That forest was like a zoo because, all sorts of animals lived there. 

One day a Zebra and a Cow were walking across the bridge at the same time but they were both walking different ways. So they bumbed into each other. They both wanted there own way. So they pushed each other.

Five minutes later a baby chicken came behined  the cow and tapped  it on the back. The Cow looked, then the Cow picked the baby Chicken up and threw it away. Then a mouse tapped the Zebra on the back. The Zebra turned around picked the mouse up and though it away. 

The baby chicken started to untie one side of the rope. And on the other side the mouse did the same thing. When both of them finshed the wooden bridge turned and, the Zebra and the Cow fell into the water. 

And then the baby chicken and the mouse walked across the bridge. They saw each other they stopped. The baby chicken went on it's tippy toes, and the mouse went under. Then they waved good bye and they went on walking.

THE END!!!

Report on winter field day

Yesterday on Tuesday the 18th August 2015 did winter field day. Winter field day was at different places. Netball was at Windmill court. There were Rugby, Soccer, Hockey and Netball teams. At winter field day there would only be winter sports.

At windmill court the year five A netball team plus Eve played five games. They played Vicki Ave two times new market and two more schools. They won all there games but the first and last game. It was a year six team.I think the meadowbank school A team did very well.

Charlotte was one of the girls who played netball in the A team. She was goal A and goal S. I asked Charlotte about the netball game. She said that the game was good. Most of the games she was goal A and goal S.

Overall I think all the people who played netball did well.