My Experience - Pirates Of The Curry Bean ! ! ! By P.B

For the past few weeks we have been working on our production. The pirates of the Curry bean. There are brave sailors, loving families, fearless natives and grosse rats, cheeky monkeys and mean nasty pirates. But, I'm here to talk about my experience. I have had loads of fun acting and performing for Mrs Foot and the senior school and I'm lucky because I got the main female role, yeah thats right me! I'm the lead and when I found out that I was Pearl I was so excited that when I got home that same day I jumped up and down and side to side, and it took me hours to calm down. Its been a great time for me to learn more about acting and getting to know how productions work because I only came here this year. Its an amazing opportunity and I've loved it.  Being the lead is very nerve racking because most of it is focused on you and... what if you make a mistake and you choke or something? What if you fall over? It would be so embarrassing. But I think I'll be good!  And I was.    

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Speech-Being Dennis the Menace for a day. C.S

Dennis the Menace for a Day

Have you ever watched your cat stretch out, fast asleep in the sunshine and thought to yourself, “It’s a cats life”.

I have, that’s why my speech is about swapping places with my cat Dennis the Menace for a day.  

The first reason I want to be my cat Dennis the Menace for a day is, I wouldn’t have to work too hard.  I could sleep 16 to 18 hours per day so I can keep my stress levels down.

I wouldn’t have to get a job to get money because humans give cats homes and food.

I also wouldn’t have to do homework and go to school.

If no one gave me food to eat, my natural instincts would kick in, I could catch birds, lizards, fish and bugs to eat every now and then.

Another reason why I want to swop places with Dennis the Menace is, he has fantastic balance, agility and athletic skills.

Cats can jump 5 X their height.  My cat can jump from our outdoor table to the roof with expertise.

I could climb up a tree so I could see prey. My cat jumps into my tree house to watch birds and mice.

Cats can survive falling from high places.  I could run40 KM in short distances, that is great to catch prey.

In long distances cats can run 30km, I could get away from a dog if a dog got off its lead.

Another reason I want to swop places with Dennis the Menace is, he can see in the dark.

Cats can see in light 6 X darker than humans.

They can go to the toilet in the dark without turning on the light and saving electricity, or if they are hungry they can hunt for a mouse in the night, or a bird, a lizard, a fish or a bug.

If I mistakably woke a dog in the night the dog wouldn’t even see me.

I think being my cat Dennis the Menace for a day will be the best day of my life.

Speech-Safe Boating K J

My family and I are a boating and fishing family. We love to go out on to the ocean and enjoy its gifts. The only problem is .... other fools who just go out on the sea and don’t know what to do to keep themselves safe. My speech is about why everyone who owns a boat should have a boat licence.

The first reason is people should get their boat serviced. People should get their boat serviced because something might happen to the boat that you don’t know about. For example, once when we were about to launch our boat the motor wouldn’t rise up because a cord got trapped and stopped moving. Servicing the boat fixed it. I want to tell you a story about Bob the bumbling boatman. Bob brought a boat and decided to take it for a run but he hadn’t got it serviced first, silly Bob. So the day Bob went out to sea, suddenly the motor stopped ... oh no what am I going to do?

If you get a boat licence this will mean you get educated well on the rules of boating. A guy called Kyle brought a boat but before he got a boat licence he learnt the following:

·       Courses on safe boating

·       How to be a responsible skipper

·       Tell someone where you’re going and when you will be back

·       Making sure everyone is wearing a life jacket

·       Carry spare fuel, oars, a bailer, fire extinguisher and flares

·       Take two types of phones, marine and cell phone

·       Know the area you are boating in

·       Check the weather forecast

·       Keep a look out at all times

So Kyle has learnt a lot to be safe and what has Bob learnt, ummmm nothing, still nothing, nada, zero, not a chance, no one ringing here, nope, not today, no one’s home!

Everyone wants to enjoy themselves when they go out in a boat. Kyle has done the education so he and his mates can go and enjoy themselves. Bob hasn’t done the education and isn’t having so much fun. There’s so many things that you can enjoy on the sea safely if you had done a licence. While Bob has broken down and has no phone, no oars and is going nowhere, Kyle is off to go fishing for extra big snapper and kingfish. Then, diving for scallops (mmm yummy) and to finish the day go wakeboarding with his friends.

So in conclusion, while Kyle and his family and friends can enjoy boating safely on the water because he has done a licence, Bob is a danger to himself and to others because he hasn’t done any education. Now do you want to be like silly Bob or would you rather be like Kyle?     

Speech-Why should we write speeches? J Z

Another year, another bunch of boring speeches. It’s the time of the year to write your speech. This is my third year listening to your boring speeches. Enough chit chat, time to talk about boring, boring speeches.

Speeches can be so boring and annoying. I even surveyed my class and 20 out of 21 people said that yes speeches are boring. I mean look at how many speeches we’ve had to listen to today. (Yawn)    Hands up if you are actually still awake. No one? Yeah... I didn’t think so. According to survey, two people said that it was because you had to do a lot of writing and planning. Another said it was because ideas are hard to think of. People just can’t even be bothered to use expression, emphasis and gestures; I mean standing on its own is tiring and we need to relax because we are all hard workers. There was another person who said that you had to find a lot of evidence. Evidence? Proof? ...Tiring.

Speeches can be sooo stressful, look at me now; I’m having stage fright and heart palpitations. My heart is pounding right now. Can you hear it? (Boom Boom Bom Bom) My knees are shaking hard core. People who get stage fright usually have the symptoms of: dry mouth, tight throat and sweaty hands. Yup that’s me. You also need to get the timing perfect at 3 minutes that is if you want to write a speech but three minutes that is way too hard. You could speak too fast or too slow and it just takes too much effort.

Speeches are such a waste of time. We could be doing something else such as spelling, P.E., maths, you know the fun stuff. I mean it’s still learning and exercising so why can’t we just do that? We’ll also have to make cue cards which take a while and this means you have to write it all over again. If you use technology you’ll type it on the computer which takes forever with single finger typing and print it on the cards. You even have to cut it out unfortunately I can’t cut straight! Speeches only help in one way when you’re older, and that is getting you a job at an interview. We use a speech when we want this job and persuade interviewers why we should get it. You use reasons to back up why you should get this job like your skills, experience, dedication and enthusiasm.

Wait a minute maybe speeches are not so bad after all. We know they’re boring and stressful but if they eventually get you a job and riches, I guess it’s all worth it. So if you want a job, go write a speech.                                                                 BOOM!

Speeches B.N.

We have been learning about speeches. This is what I've learnt.  Some people get nervous before they do their speech and in the middle of it they stop and get nervous to say it and they don't want to say their speech, like me! On Monday I didn't want to say my speech because I felt nervous and I wanted to go last
so I wouldn't laugh at my speech all the way though. I did some actions like staring straight and pounding my chest. Ther's no need to be nervous, all you need to do is get it done and over with. You have to get evidence and back it up, it's pretty easy but people get fed up with it. You put it on cue cards. The one thing I hate about  cue cards is they have to be the same size! Thank you for reading By B.N.

Speeches S.T.P

We have been learning about speeches. This is what I've learnt. I've learnt that each paragraph must be about the same topic only, and the paragraphs must have a lead in sentence that tells people what you are going to talk about. You can't only have personal anecdotes in your speech, you also have to have evidence(proof), internet reasearch and surveys. You need to have an intro(introduction), a conclusion and lots of evidence. A lot of people get stage-fright and stage-fright is given to many people who have to write a speech.This is all the information I have learnt. Thank you for reading. By S.T.P

We are going to be having a visit from author John Parker in the library this Wednesday. You can read all about him and see some of the books he has written on display in the library. Maybe you can even have a question ready for him!