Road Safety Week

WALT: write within the persuasive writing structure.

Kea Patrol

I strongly believe that Kea patrol should remain in the afternoons. I think this
because Kea patrol helps people cross a State Highway which is extremely busy,
Kea patrol keeps everyone safe when crossing the chaotic main road and stops
accidents from happening.

Firstly, No one could disagree that kea patrol helps people cross a State Highway
safely.  I think this because kea patrol lets everyone cross at the same time so
traffic doesn’t have to keep stopping. Kea patrol also makes sure everyone crosses
the main road at the same time. Everyone would agree that  having primary school
age children cross anywhere and pop out from between cars is unsafe. Many schools
are on main roads so it is important that kids cross the road safely. Many cars,
motorbikes, gigantic trucks and camper vans come flying past our school. This is
dangerous! Students are still learning about road safety so they have to be
extremely careful. When we are on Kea patrol it is a good chance for the older
kids to be responsible role models for the juniors

Secondly, Surely you would agree that kea patrol keeps everyone safe when crossing
the threatening State Highway. Kea patrol keeps everyone safe by stopping the
traffic completely with the signs so that everyone can cross safely even if they
are excited or not paying any attention. Children  are excited to leave school and
go to sports events or after school activities with their friends. Even if someone
trips over at kea patrol they can get back up without getting run over. Without kea
patrol kids could run across the treacherous road and be hit by cars who are
pulling out from the side of the road and turning from Rata street. People also
have to watch for cars doing U-turns and cars pulling out from outside of the shop.
We also have to watch that cars are parked on either side of the road to pick up
their tired children.

Finally, Everyone would agree that kea patrol stops accidents from happening.
 Kea patrol stops accidents from happening by stopping the traffic and makes
sure everyone crosses the treacherous road at the same time.The signs we use
for kea patrol are big and bright so you can see them if the sky is dark.  
For example, if there wasn’t kea patrol and it is raining and it is harder to
see the road be because the sky is dark. If a child tries to cross a road and
the driver doesn’t them this could cause and accident. Last week an accident
happened outside of our school because the weather was raining and hard to see.
There was no kea patrol and a kid ran across the dangerous road then a car
stopped and the next car rammed into it. Having kea patrol in place would have
prevented this accident.

In conclusion I strongly believe that schools should keep kea patrol in the
afternoon. We should do this because kea patrol helps people cross the
treacherous main road, kea patrol keeps everyone safe when crossing a State
Highway and kea patrol stops accidents from happening.  

Persuasive Writing - Why We Should Have Pets

We have been having a go at writing a piece of persuasive writing. Here is my piece of writing on why it is a good idea to have pets. 

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great Sport’	Pets Are Great
Overview/ Statement of position A brief statement of your view about the topic.  What you believe or want to argue.	I strongly believe that having pets is a really great thing!
Series of Arguments Reasons Your points supporting your view about the topic.  Your arguments to support your statement and information to support these arguments. Remember -argument -supporting detail, reasons, examples	Firstly, Pets are extremely great for people with disabilities!   For example, guide dogs help their owner (who is blind ) to walk around places by leading them around. Guide dogs (or  hearing dogs) also help people that are deaf or find it hard to hear. Hearing dogs are specially trained to alert their owner if there is an emergency or an everyday sound such as a doorbell. The dog will nudge their owner and lead them to the source or to safety.
	Secondly, Pets are extremely helpful  for people that are lonely or have depression! People that are lonely normally have a pet to keep them company.  For example, if you have depression your pet will cheer you up.
	Thirdly,  pets are great for doing jobs. Dogs work in the police force to find things and to find people. For example, dogs pick up a scent of a person and go to find them. At the airport dogs sniff bags for anything bad.  For example, when I went to the international airport a dog came up to us and sniffed our bags. Finally, pets are good for warning people about medical conditions. Pets can detect if you have cancer or if you are about to have an epileptic fit. if you are about to have a stroke or if you have diabetes and you are high in sugar. Experts train dogs to sniff diseases  or medical conditions.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	In conclusion, I think that people should have pets because they are extremely great for blind and deaf people,  pets are really helpful for people that are depressed.  Pets are great for doing jobs and are extremely good for sniffing out medical conditions.  It is extremely important for people to have pets. By Sasha

Persuasive Writing - Why We Should Fix Our Field

We have been having a go at writing a piece of persuasive writing. Here is my piece of writing why we should fix our field. 

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great hākinakina (sport))’	Fix Our Field
Overview/ Statement of position A brief statement of your view about the topic.  What you believe or want to argue.	I strongly believe that we need fix our whira (field) NOW! My reasons are that the whira (field) is constantly muddy, the court and playground are getting too crowded, without the whira (field) we can’t train for hākinakina (sporting) events and we can’t hold special events. These are the reasons our whira (field) needs to be fixed NOW!
Series of Arguments Reasons Your points supporting your view about the topic.  Your arguments to support your statement and information to support these arguments. Remember -argument -supporting detail, reasons, examples	Firstly, we need to fix the whira (field) because the whira (field) is constantly muddy. When the whira (field) is muddy no one can go on it and if you do your shoe gets stuck!  There are also a lot of mud holes so you have to watch where you step. For example,  when you are having a running race you sometimes will trip up.
	Secondly, the court and the playground are  getting far too crowded! Everyone is crowded in the playground and on the court. For example,   people are getting injuries from falling over on the concrete and getting hit with P.E equipment.
	Thirdly, without a whira (field) we can’t train for hākinakina  (sports) events! No one can train for hākinakina (sport) events such as: cross country, soccer, rugby and more. At karoro wharekura (school) we like hākinakina (sport)s and we have to go somewhere else to train. For example,  the rippa rugby team has to train on the court instead of the whira (field)!
	Finally, we can’t hold special events. Now we can’t hold the gala, have a hangi or have a family fun night! The gala helps us fundraise money for the wharekura (school).  Now there won’t be as much money for shows, busses and other things.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	In conclusion we need to fix our whira (field) because the whira (field) is too muddy, the playground and court is too crowded, we can’t train for hākinakina (sports) events and we can’t hold special events. It is important  to have a good whira (field) at wharekura (school)!   BY SASHA.