Say It! Southbrook End of 2022 Edition. by Jo Croteau

Say it! Southbrook

End of 2022 Edition

Table of Contents Page Number

Written work from Ngā Manu Nui 3

Ngā Manu Nui Visual Pepeha 4

Teoteo ’ s mahi 6 Waipara Camp 8

Ngahere Writing and Art 9

Clarrie Light Interview 10

Interview with Mrs Wells 12 Dunedin Camp 13

2022 Year 8 Class 14

Barn Dance 22

Te Awa Persuasive Writing 24

Te Awa Writing and Art 26 Christmas Jokes 27

A huge thank you to our reporters and researchers: Bianca, Sophia, Emilia, Ashton, Jayden, Hinano, Janaya and Addison

And to our editors: Ollie, Caitlin, Sadie and Kate

Written work from Ngā Manu Nui

(Inspired by Julia Donaldson ’ s book Stickman)

One night in the family tree Stickgirl was getting ready for her run Oh Stickgirl, oh Stickgirl beware of the swan Suddenly the swan picked Stick Girl up. Oh Stickgirl, oh Stickgirl beware of the girl, and she said “this is a great stick to play poosticks.” “ Three, two, one go!” and they chucked the sticks and Stickgirl got washed away. And then guess what happened to Stickgirl? She got washed to a little island and she did not know she was washed to an island and everyone there was very nice to Stickgirl and that’s when she saw her family Indi Hansen, Year 3

One hot, sunny day Stickgirl went to go for a jog to get some fresh air Then a dog came along and took Stickgirl to play fetch Next a girl came along and took her to play a game of poosticks. Stickgirl could not breathe. She ﬂoated and then she came to a beach. She swam all the way home to her family tree.

Aliyah Tuinenga, Year 2

One day Stickman went to the beach and ran into the sea. Then a bird went in fast to get Stickman and then took him into the bird's tree. He went jogging and then he went back home and he was happy

Lochie McClintock, Year 2

Stickman was sleeping but he woke up because his Stickman kids were too loud so it woke him up So he went to a dance shop and he danced, but he got kicked out because he was being cheeky So he went to go to a shop to get some cake The cake was good, it was so good he had more.

Noah James, Year 2

One day Stickman went for his morning walk then a dog came and the dog took him. Then a sign said “keep dogs on a leash.” Then a lady said “this stick is a good stick for the ﬁre.” Then Stickman saw Santa.

Harvey Stewart, Year 2

One sunny aernoon Stickgirl had a jog, but a girl found her and put her in the ﬁre. But a man said '' Ho, ho, ho I am stuck. Get me down Stick Girl,” and Stickgirl got him down

Aiz Wilson, Year 2

The Stickman lived in a very far away forest tree with his family He went to have a pie and he got lost and he was thrown by a girl He was at the beach and was being a ﬂag, a pen and an arrow He went to Santa and he was happy He lived with Santa and they had a pie and he le to ﬁnd his family. He went to the forest and he got lost in the snow and he found a dog and he ran away!

Bella Adams, Year 3

The Stickman went for a walk but a dog got Stickman and a dad went to get Stickman for a ﬂag on a castle. He did not see the water and he went in a house. There was a noise and it was Santa. Stickman was home.

Jai Perry, Year 3

Manu Nui’s Visual Pepeha

Ngā

Teoteo’s Mahi

These superstars have been learning their Stage 1 sounds

Dakota-Raven has been learning to ﬁnd the half of a shape

Daniel has been learning how to translate a shape by keeping the orientation the same way.

Manaat has been learning to create halves of a shape Lincoln’s Independent writing

Harry Elijah Jack

Lachie has been making an amazing building with a high tower.

el are making sure their class is following instructions. hers!

Willow’s dictated sentence

Waipara camp Te-Awa 2022

By Sophia and Bianca

At school we got into our car groups and drove all the way to Waipara. When we ﬁrst got to Waipara Camp we got into our cabin groups and went to our cabins. About an hour later we went into our day groups. Everyone had about 8-10 people in the groups. The activities were Water slide, faulty towers, Archery, ﬂying kiwi, giant swing, orienteering. Our cook was called Sue and she was so nice that sometimes she would let kids serve the toast or even have seconds of dessert if the teachers say.

Chloe Coppen Fletch Hogg Alex Mcqueen Isla Daly

Louis Hide

Clarrie Light

Clarrie Light is the best music teacher in the world (no I'm not biased at all). It is such a privilege being taught by him and an even bigger privilege being able to interview him. Here is just some insight into Clarrie’s very interesting life.

Q1. “What originally got you started with music”?

A1. “Well originally I was going to be an architect. But I had always liked music and when I went to university and one of my friends' brothers played guitar beautifully, that's when I changed direction to music”

“ From there I studied for about three months and then my teacher asked me to teach for her. Mind you it took a fair bit of practice 3-5 hours a day was common Then I thought well okay I want a career in teaching music and I want to study psychology to help me teach. I studied through Berklee College of Music and my skills grew like that”.

Q2. “ Did you play in any bands”?

A2. “I played with Rod Derek in the 99 club. Those were some good times. I had a lot of fun”. I did do a few of my own bands as well”.

Q3. “Was the Clarrie Light Combo your band”?

A3 “Yes and I did a few trio bands as well”

Q4. “ Did you write a song with Sandy Snowden”.

A4 “Yeah I wrote quite a few tunes with her”

Q5. “Have you ever met any famous musicians”?

A5. “Oh heck yes I used to meet all the entertainers that used to come through”

Q5. “Who were they”?

A5. “ B.B king borrowed my organ when he was here for his last time. I also met the Everly Brothers and the Kingston Trio”

Q6. “ Did you meet the Beatles”?

A6 “No I didn't, although my studio was opposite where they were playing and when they were playing you couldn’t hear a thing. I also met the Shadows and Cliff Richards way back in the day.

Q7. “ Do you have a favourite guitar”?

A7. “I have a lovely Maton guitar. It was model number 19. An Australian fellow named Bill May made them. Tommy Emmanuel plays Matons. I've met Tommy on three occasions.”

Q8. “Wow what's he like”?

A8. He's a hell of a nice guy

Q9. “Who's your favourite guitarist” ?

A9. “ Theres alot of them, a lot of great players Joe pass comes to mind he’d be number one a lot of people haven’t heard of him I think you have by accident though”.

“Joe Pass is so good he's into jazz. I like jazz. I like all styles but Joe Pass is so good”.

Q10. “What do you love about music the most”?

A10. “Well everything music has got so much colour. A world without music would be far greyer than a world without colour. There's just so much expression in music it's so good.”

Q11 “What genre of music do you like the most”?

A11. “It's all good, people say well I play country music or I play classical or I play this and that but it all has its place.”

Q12 “What is your favourite song?”

A12. “ That's a tough one. There's a difference between a song and a tune when you say a song you normally think of words when you hear a tune you hear a melody so when you hear a song sung in a different language you hear the voice as an instrument.”

“So do you believe that if you can hear the words as a melody you can decide whether a song is good or not”?

“Well the words tell a story and if you listen to a song you hear the story and the words can mean something to you the melody is sort of semi incidental but if there's no words you ' re listening to the melody.”

Q13 “What instruments can you play”?

A13. “Several, guitars lovely because its a solo instrument with such a range. Drums are good if you want to bash out harmonicas, mandolins are good, the bouzouki is good, it's a greek instrument, the sitar is an Indian instrument and the balalaika is a Russian instrument”.

“So you play a lot of instruments?”

“Well yeah I only dabbled with things like the bouzouki ” .

Q14. “What was your most rewarding thing as a teacher or a musician”.

A14. “With teaching, what I've found is it's not about how well the pupil does, it's about music being the vessel that they will develop themselves and that is so important if you ' re only going to teach the people that are brilliant you’d have to have a day job”

Q15. “What do you think is the most memorable moment of your life thus far”?

A15. “Music wise it's playing to your kids when they’re small nursery rhymes and things like that you know.”

Q16. “What impression would you like to leave on all of your students”?

A16. “I just want them to work hard with most of them. It's further down the track when they realise oh he did know what he was talking about.”

That was my interview with Clarrie Light, Written by Ollie Read

Interview with Mrs Wells

By Sophia and Bianca

1. What is your favorite movie?

The Green Mile.

2. What are your hobbies? Gardening and walking.

3. Do you have any pets?

A cat called Wigey and a dog called Bruce.

4. What's your favourite holiday destination? Melbourne.

5. Do you have a favorite sport? No.

6. How long have you been working at Southbrook School?

Over 20 years.

7. What is the funniest thing you ' ve ever done?

No clue.

8. What is your favorite song?

Shotgun.

9.What is your favourite food/drink?

Roast chicken.

Dunedin Camp

By Kate Buchannan and Sadie Perry

In term three the year 7 & 8 students went to Dunedin for their school camp. This was a fantastic opportunity for Aoraki to learn lots of really cool history, especially Larnach castle. Where we got to compare an old castle with a modern castle ‘ Riverstone’ it was very interesting to see what an old castle’s purpose was and a modern castle's purpose. We had an amazing time at Moana pools, late at night. We spent most of our time going down the hydroslides. We got lots of actuation photos with really cool facial expressions. We got to learn heaps of stuff at the museum where we got to go into the butterfly enclosure and the Planetarium, as well as learning about climate change through science. We got to have an amazing experience on the Monarch cruise where one of the groups were lucky enough to see a whale and the time that we went was the nesting season of the albatross where we got to see some of the chicks first flight. We all had a blast and have all made lots of memoirs from this school camp that we are going to remember forever.

Barn Dance

This term, our school organised a barn dance which was heaps of fun. Every learning area featured a dance, and some even featured two. We all practised for around 3-4 weeks in buildup. On the day (Wednesday 9th of November) we all came to school dressed up in our checkered shirts and overalls, ready to show off our groovy moves to the parents and family.

The dance was held in the school hall, and it was decorated with hay bails and some other stuff you could ﬁnd in a barn. It was in the aernoon, and it was open for anyone to come. This year, we had a big show of people with two whole bleachers full plus a number of seats. Aer we entered the hall and everyone took their seats, Kapa Haka was announced and performed for us. They showed off their skills at poi, sang two songs and did an impactful haka. It was an overall amazing performance, and we even got to see the Kapa Haka crew in their stylish new uniforms.

As for the dances, Teoteo went ﬁrst with their adorable hamster dance that everyone fawned over. Next Ngā Manu Nui went. They aimed high, and decided they wanted to do an extra dance. First there was the Boot-scootin boogie which made everyone chuckle, and then there was the classic Cotton Eye Joe. Aer that, Te Awa presented their fast-paced hip-hop routine of the Hoedown Throwdown by Hannah Montana that everyone was impressed with. Then, Ngahere showed everyone their capability at dancing with their two dances called the Gitup and the Electric Slide. Last, but not least, we had our senior class, Aoraki perform their traditional-style barn dance for us. Aer that, our amazing Year 6 announcers gave us permission to leave, and our school day ﬁnished.

By Caitlin Schluter

Awa’s Persuasive Writing

Why we should take school sports equipment home

Why would taking your school's sports equipment home be a good idea? (with teachers permission)....I'm going to tell you why we should be able to take stuff home out of the sports shed. Firstly because: you would have to sign in and out when you get something out and some kids' homes don't have enough money to buy their kids a bouncy ball.

Secondly: Like I said people don't have enough money to buy one ball and if you think oh it's just a ball NO it's not just a ball. We don't want people to just be living inside all their life. They need to go outside and get fresh air and vitamin D from the sun. And lastly: If you think they will get stolen we will plant security cameras and tell the students that if you steal you will not be able to get anything out for a whole month or week and the same if you don't return . it will depend on how bad it is though. I have discussed in my main three points that is stolen if the equipment got stolen we will install cameras, that children's parents dont have the money to buy sports equipment and lastly that you have to sign in and out so the sports equipment wont get stolen and they won't be able to get anything out for a while. I hope I have convinced you to let us get some sports equipment out from the sports shed to take home.

By Shaylee Eastmond

Snakes are the worstpets

When it comes to pets, snakes are no doubt the worst ones and here's why … Snakes are vicious, unforgiving and cruel and they actually lack the part of the brain that feels love. Snakes can shed their skin meaning that if you own a pet snake you will have to clean their cage multiple times leading to several bites. Snakes are weak to the cold meaning that if you turn your aircon on it will not be happy. In conclusion: your snake will not love you, will make a mess, and hates the cold.

By Eli H-W

Littering sucks!

I don't think that people should litter. Did you know at least 100,000 marine mammals die every year from plastic in their habitat? 1,000 of them are turtles. Sad, right? So today I will talk about whyI don't think people should litter.

If we don't stop littering the world will die. Litter can be harmful to people, animals and the natural environment as it can threaten their existence and evolution

Litter from food and drinks can even increase the chance of animal attacks.

Littering can be expensive to clean up so then we won’t have enough money to build buildings.

Littering affects farming so there won’t be any crops and then we won’t have any food because it poisons the soil.

So today I talked to you about littering and why I think we shouldn’t litter.

By Shea Hill

We should choose what days we come to school

By choosing what days to go to school you can be less distracted, more comfortable and take breaks. So today I am here to talk to you about choosing what days to go to school.

By choosing what days to go to school, the days that kids don’t go to school kids have to do an hour of work from home so kids still have to do some school work.

Kids will be less distracted because they can make a distraction free learning space at home and be less distracted by other children.

Kids will also get less tired by being able to take breaks whenever they want.

So today I have come to the conclusion that kids get less tired by choosing what days to go to school.

By Olly Chapman