Say It! Southbrook, Spring 2022

Say It! Southbrook Spring Edition 2022

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Table of Contents Page Number Teoteo Collaborative Matariki Art

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Winter Sports Tournament

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Speeches in Aoraki

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Literacy in Teoteo

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Te Awa Celebration Trip to Move-X

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Writing in Ngahere

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Art from Around the School

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Jumping June and Cycle Safety

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Languages

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Art from Around the School

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Writing in Ngā Manu Nui

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Writing in Te Awa

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Market Day in Aoraki

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Art from Around the School

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Shave for a Cure

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Spread a Little Kindness

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A huge thank you to our reporters and researchers: Bianca, Sophia, Emilia, Ashton, Casey, Jayden, Hinano, Emilia and Addison And to our editors: Ollie, Caitlin, Sadie and Kate

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Teoteo’s Matariki collaborative art

Hiyori Shibuya Year 4

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Winter Sports Tournament Netball

By Bianca Gibson, Sophia Bruce, and Casey Adams-Harper On Tuesday 5th July, our Year 5/6 team went to the winter sports tournament. We had loads of fun. We competed in 6, 10 minute games and we got 3 wins, 2 loses and 1 tie. We even made it to the finals and our team came second over all. The best part was getting into the finals and coming second overall. At the end Marcella (Valentina’s mum) got hot chips and let us wear Oodies to keep us warm, they were very warm!

We went on the bus with Aoraki. Tonya (Anna's mum) was the coach. She had been training us very hard for the big day. In between games we would play piggy in the middle and a little bit of half court Netball. We would also have food and water in between games and we played an emoji card game which was pretty fun.

Hockey

By Ollie Read The year 7/8 hockey team was already mynute but on the day of the tournament only three of us arrived ready to go with all of our gear. We needed at least 6 players to make a full team, so we went to the tournament hoping that there would be a few people from other schools willing to join the Southbrook team. Overall we did pretty good coming third place thanks to a few very kind people who decided to leave their team and join ours so we didn’t have to forfeit. I think we had a blast in the end. The worst part was waiting an hour and a half for the bus to come and get us.

Rugby

By Angus Croteau The Year 7/8 Rugby team walked down to Southbrook Park to play in the 10 a-side tournament. During the day we played 5 games. We had a couple of close games and we scored some great tries. Between games we kicked a ball around and had some fun. Baz (Amiri’s dad) was our coach and he was very supportive and was a great coach. Sadly we came away without a win but we had a great day.

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Speeches in Aoraki Written by Oliver Read This is my experience with the Rotary Speech Competition.

Last term the teachers made an announcement telling us that in in 5 days we will be having our speech competition. We were all very nervous that we only had 5 days to write and practice our speeches. Luckily Miss Meredith was very understanding of our nerves and made sure we got su cient time to work on them. I remember having a lot of fun writing and practicing with all of my friends that were doing it also.

When the time came to go in front of the class I was super scared a part of me was doubting that I could even do it. My hands were shaking so much I didn't think I would be able to hold the cue cards. But I did. Though I thought everyone did an amazing job, only one person could go to the semi finals. When I found out I had won and was going to the semi finals in a week, a mixture of excitement and nervousness was rushing through me. I knew I had to get that speech a heck of a lot better. So I practiced a lot and had practically memorised it with the only thing I needed being bullet points reminding me of the next thing to say. I felt pretty confident that the semi finals would go even better than the one in Aoraki.

The speeches at the semi finals were pretty good. One was about the history of cats. I thought that was pretty funny. When they called out my name to say I was moving on to the finals I was super excited. The woman who had been judging our speeches left me one note. She told me to get rid of my cue cards so I did.

On the night of the finals I reached a whole new level of nervousness. This was the final man! I had to take this super seriously even though I was hyperventilating big time. I listened to all of the speeches and felt very empathetic for those before me because I knew exactly how they were feeling.

When I eventually went up to the stage a sense of calm came over me and I spoke. When they called out the winners I thought they all deserved their places but I was also proud of myself because I still got fourth. It was a pretty cool experience that I will never forget and would definitely recommend to anyone who will have this opportunity in the coming years.

Here is the speech I wrote: Imagine you are having a terrible day. Your cat died, your mum yelled at you for hitting your little brother and spilled your lunch all over the ground. As you are

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walking down the street, someone smiles at you and you smile back. For some reason, you suddenly feel just a little better than you did before. Hi My names Ollie and today I'm talking to you about endorphins.

So, what are these endorphins? Maybe you have heard of this word before, maybe you haven’t. They are considered to be one of the most important chemicals in the brain as they are a happy drug that your body produces naturally. To explain a little more, your brain is full of hormones and chemicals that rush around controlling every single feeling. Among the many there are endorphins. These endorphins trigger almost all happy emotions that you feel.

They can be triggered in many di erent ways. For me, Music definitely releases the most endorphins into my brain, it's an instant, guaranteed way to feel that hit of happiness. It's that feeling when your favourite song comes on the radio and you start singing along. Or when you nail an entire guitar piece without making a single mistake.

Something else that gives you a little high on endorphins is exercise. I know when I play a game with my friends I am happier. Not only am I spending time with the people I care about but I can also unleash my competitive side. I know you’re wondering how else you can get access to these magical things. For you, maybe its being creative by making art or writing and seeing it displayed proudly on the wall, spending time dancing with your friends with the music so loud your speakers blow up, or that amazing feeling when you accomplish something. This one is my favourite. Sometimes all you need is some nice sweet chocolate, crazy as it sounds this also promotes endorphins. The list could go on and on and on. There are endless amounts of things that boost endorphins, some are weird but many are acts that all of us make day to day. Even the small act of smiling releases endorphins in your brain.

Why are these endorphins so important? Well according to WebMD those who have a lack of endorphins tend to feel low and are far more prone to depression and anxiety disorders. Those who have a substantial amount of endorphins are seen to be considerably happier and more tolerant to pain. They are our body’s natural pain killer. Whether its mental or physical endorphins will act as adrenaline pushing you further. Actively tricking your nervous system into thinking that your body is fine. With mental pain obviously it makes you happier, even if it is just for a fleeting moment. Interestingly, endorphins also promote a boost of a chemical called dopamine. This chemical is somewhat similar to endorphins; they both are mood boosters and heighten your pain tolerance.

The di erence comes when you take a look at how dopamine is released.

Imagine you're trying to train your dog to fetch a ball every time your dog brings it back. You give them a treat. Dopamine is similar to that. it's a reward system every time you do something good dopamine gets released. Another way dopamine can be released is by a medication named morphine which tricks that reward system into releasing dopamine. I would not recommend this method.

In conclusion it's clear that endorphins are intrinsic to our happiness with scientific proof showing that people who have a low amount of these endorphins are unhappy and people that have a more substantial amount are happier. So thank you for your time and now you know a little bit more about endorphins.

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Literacy in Teoteo

Harper is really proud that she has learnt to write her name

Izzy is identifying beginning, middle and ends sounds to help her spell

Savannah is a star writing the Stage 1 sounds

Tyrell is concentrating hard at writing the ‘a’ sound

Grace is working hard at learning her Heart Words

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Te Awa Celebration Trip to Move-X

By Sophia Bruce and Casey Harper Every term in Te Awa we have a celebration day where we get to go on a fun day trip to somewhere like Mega Air or QEII. Everyone had to earn at least 4000 Banqer dollars to be able to go on the trip. This term we went to Move-X where there is an ice skating rink, a foam pit and lots of trampolines. On the week of the celebration we had di erent ways to earn some extra Banqer dollars by getting tokens and helping out around the space. When we got there we listened to a sta member telling us all the rules. A lot of people liked ice skating and jumping into the foam pit. Some of us went on the rope even Miss Parker had a go!

There was a fake Lamborghini which we found out was really hard. A lot of people thought it was going to be soft but it wasn't.

A lot of people fell over on the ice but Miss Parker would help us up, Miss Parker was really good at ice skating. Most of the parents that came spent their time on the trampolines. Emma and Leyton’s Dad did lots of flips. When we left everyone had foam stuck to their clothing.

Luckily we got to wear mufti so we didn't have to wash our school uniform. When we got back to school Miss Parker had brought our whole class pizza from Dominoes. We all got 3 pieces each. We had a super chilled out afternoon watching movies or doing drawing. We were all so exhausted.

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Writing in Ngahere Magic Fairy Kingdom There was once a magical Fairy Kingdom in the sky. And then all of a sudden there was smoke and then all of a sudden BANG! There was a plane crash!

By Brittany Watson Year 4

The Floating Castle Once there was a floating castle. It was surrounded by smoke. The clouds covered the castle. Around the castle grew tall trees and green grass. It was a cool place to live in. The castle got cursed by a witch.

Now the castle is stuck in the air for 10 thousand years.

By Amber Nguyen Year 4

Mr Sun The sun is going down The lights are going o in town The people are going to bed And some are hitting their head Here comes the night Some waking up and turning on the light The sun is coming back The worker is picking up their sack.

Mikayla Noah Year 4

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Magic Bubbles I see a girl holding a bubble maker. Her name is Emily and her sister's name is Rosie. Rosie has beautiful blonde hair. Rosie is wearing a red dress because she could not find her dress that is black with red roses.

The black dress with red roses is beautiful. Rosie is holding two suitcases one brown and one black. Emily is holding a giant bubble wand. She put it into the liquid, she dipped and scooped and dipped and scooped so she had just had enough because she really wanted some for next time because her grandmother made it and her grandmother is a witch. Sadly her grandmother died when Rosie and Emily were just babies. The can for the bubble mixture was red and blue but it slowly faded away Abigail Hennessey Year 4

Floating Bubbles One day there were two girls and their names were Miley and Ayla. They lived in a big house but two years later they had to move so they packed all their stu . They tried to find a house to live in but it was too hard so they went back to their old house but there were people living there. They went back to look for a house when it started to get dark but again they did not find a house. Then it started to rain so they ran when suddenly Miley tripped over a big log. Miley looked up and there was a big tree house so they had to live in it for now. But they started to get hungry. They had a nap and when they woke up it wasn't raining any more so they went to try to find some food then they found a really, really big house so they knocked on the door then someone came to the door. Miley and Ayla said they are hungry. The lady gave Miley and Ayla a bubble gum mixture. Miley and Ayla went for a walk and they took the bubble gum mixture then Miley made a bubble over Ayla, Ayla felt so weird then Miley made a bubble over her then they were floating away. They floated up up and up and they could not pop it but they started to go down, down and down. When they finally got back down to the ground the bubbles popped. They were in a Magical Castle.

Chloe Coppen Year 4

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Jumping June

By Sophia Bruce, Bianca Gibson and Casey Adams-Harper In June the whole school did something called jumping June. Jumping June is where you would get a skipping rope and skip for donations. We had to get our parents to set up a Jumping June page and ask family and friends to donate. They could then put our account on Facebook or social media and people would donate to you. All the donations would go to the Heart Foundation. We could set a goal to aim for or we could just make as much possible. When we were done raising money we could choose a prize from whatever category we reached. We could even choose big prizes such as technology and other cool stu , if we raised enough! It was a great way for us to learn how to skip or even learn some new tricks.

Cycle Safety

By Jayden O

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In term 2 our year 6’s took part in a 2 day course called Cycle Safety.

This course helped the kids get more confident on their bikes. On the first day we played games and learnt all the road rules for our big day the following day. We did slow races, where the last person to get over the finish line wins. We played hot chips - a game where we bike around passing some pool noodles and the people at the end who have the noodles lose. Then at the end of the day we did a small test to help make sure of who would go on the road and who would stay at school.

On day 2 we all went out with excitement in the air. We were split into two groups. My group went out to Marshall Street near the school. We practiced how to get o our bikes safely then we went all around Rangiora doing little courses. We had a snack break at Southbrook Park, then we went o for a fun ride and when we arrived at school, we went home.

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Languages

By Caitlin Schluter This Term in Aoraki, we are lucky enough to have learnt languages in Aoraki.

The three di erent languages we could learn were French, German and Korean. Mrs Marsh’s whanau (Maukatere) did German, Miss Meridith’s whanau (Tawera) learnt Korean and Ms Davy’s whanau (Otarama) did French. The first week we did a multichoice quiz about the main country that we were learning about. All of the classes learnt quite a few interesting facts about their selected country. An example of this is Albert Einstein is German, Korea has the most plastic surgeries out of all countries and a French person can marry a deceased person if they wanted to.

In the second week, Tawera did a Kahoot about Korea, and Maukatere did another quiz about Germany. Otarama played a game called Buzz which was an opportunity to learn their numbers in French. Right now in all of the classes, we are learning greetings, the alphabet and basic phrases in our set language. We have all had heaps of fun learning about new languages, countries and some peculiar facts about di erent places or people.

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Belle Harris Year 7

Sharnii-Rose Year 2

Indi Year 3 Rico Year 2

Aoraki Gra ti Art

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Writing in Ngā Manu Nui This man will not stop snoring! I can not sleep and I want to sleep somewhere else. I have tried all the cures in the book. It is hard work curing the snoring!

Shared Writing by the Tui Manu Group

The flies tried to land on my pie! “Keep them away” cries my mum. And she squashed them to bits until not one fly came in the house.

Blake, Year 2 The baby chick was scared and he wanted another mother. He went to fox. He went to hare. It started raining. He felt sad. The mum hugged the chick with her wings and feathers.

Shared Writing by the Kereru Manu Group The flies tried to land on my pie! “Keep them away” cries my mum. The flies try to get mum!

Jack A, Year 3 Tim had a pie shop. “I’m Tim, I have a pie shop.”

“Oh no!” said Tim. “Magpies! Get the magpies! Stop now, magpies!”

Flynn, Year 2 The flies tried to land on my pie! “Keep them away” cries my mum. The fly tried and tried to eat the pie and the flies got squashed.

Harvey, Year 2

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Writing in Te Awa

Charlotte Bruce Year 6

Savannah Gibson Year 5

Josiah Lewis Year 6

Victoria Thoms Year 6

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Market day in Aoraki

By Addison Perry, Emilia Stanger and Janaya Taylor For the last two weeks of term two, Aoraki split into three groups. Some planned a market day, some made their own online game while others did challenges in Minecraft.

In the marketing group, Miss Meredith was teaching about creating a product to sell, how to figure out your budget and how to stay within that budget. We then had to create that product ready to sell on our Market Day. Some of the things the students were making were, slime, plushie keychains, decorated mugs, lip balm, stickers, stre\ ] s balls , jewellery and baking.

A lot of people's things got stolen, especially the slime. On the day of the market, people set up their tables in a circle in one of the learning spaces. Everyone paid $2 to rent a table and some chairs. We got to make our own posters to put at the front of our tables. Other Learning Spaces got to come in and also buy our products.

The day was heaps of fun and I think we all learned valuable lessons about money

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Holly Russell Year 7

Sadie Perry Year 8 Alice Year 2

Emilia Stanger Year 7

Jack Year 3 Harvey Year 2

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Shave For a Cure Kate Buchanan and Ollie Read On the 26th of August we had a crazy hair day and mufti day which was on the day of Da odil Day. The main event of this was Shave for a cCure in which we had 5 lovely volunteers who shaved their hair for those in need struggling with cancer. Those people were Ollie Read, Novee Wotherspoon, Jamie Tuuta, Mr Blackmore and a special guest Dan Gordon the mayor of Rangiora, who we didn't know was going to be there. There was so much crazy hair from our supporters in the school. We had to bring a gold coin to take part. We ended up making $1,220 which we have given to the Cancer Society.

I asked Ollie some questions about the day 1.iWhy did you want to shave your head?

In my life there a few people who are su ering from cancer and this was my way of showing my support to them (plus I got a free haircut) 2.iWhat was going through your mind at the time.

A mixture of nerves and excitement I was also scared that my hair would look dreadful.

I asked Kate about some questions too 1. How did you find planning for the big day?

Well we made flyers and posters to let people know about the event but it was hard work and we were worried there wouldn’t be much support.

2. What was your favourite part of the day?

My favorite part was coordinating outfits with my friends (we came as da odils but with fairy wings) The day overall was a massive success and I would totally recommend doing something like this to support the cause.

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