Why the England Referee was unfair


By Elise
Team 14, Fendalton School
October 2007

When the All Blacks lost to France in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal the New Zealand supporters were watching in shock as the French celebrated. The players, supporters and coaches were all gutted and disappointed with our loss. No other country would have been as disappointed as we were. This is the earliest the All Blacks have ever been out of the Rugby World Cup.

I think the England referee was unfair because he was on the side of the French team so that the English team would get to play an easier team in the semi-final.
In the first half Luke Macalister got sent off for 10 minutes for what looked like a high tackle but wasn't. The referee was definitely on the French side because a fair referee wouldn't pull up one side for nothing.

During the second half the referee didn't see a forward pass from the French that scored a try, which was also converted. If the referee had seen this forward pass, then the All Blacks would have won and had a chance of getting through to the finals.

Everybody is blaming the loss all on the All blacks and the coaches but it was partly the All blacks bad team work but most of it was unfair refereeing. The final score was 18-20 to France. The All Blacks now have to wait another 4 years to have another try at getting the title of the Rugby World Cup. All we can do now is hope that the refereeing is fair unlike this year’s quarterfinal.

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Hi my name is Elise and I am from Fendalton School in New Zealand. I am 10 years old and Year 6.

This term for inquiry we are making people aware about Global Warming - what it is and what will happen if we don't make a change now. Could I please use this image below for my Inquiry? I will be sure that it will have your website address on it so people will know where I got this great image from. Could you please email me with your answer at elise.batt@fendalton.school.nz My teacher email address is rob.clarke@fendalton.school.nz
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Abseiling letter

Dear Blue Skies Abseiling & Rock Climbing Team,

Thankyou very much for instructing us on the rock climbing wall and the abseiling tower.
It was lots of fun trying things that we don't usually do. I can't wait to go abseiling again. When we went on the 8m tower for the fist time I was really freaked but going down on the secound and third time it wasn't as scary. Going down the16m tower was very scary on your first time. Going down backwards was even more scary.

We hope that you have a great time going Abseiling down the 100m cliff face.We all had a great experience and wish you luck for future abseiling.

I am sure that anyone else that has been abseiling or rock climbing with you had a great time. We hope you enjoyed the BBQ dinner we provided you.

Thanks Again

Elise Batt
On behalf of Room 14 Fendalton School

Here is a podcast thanking you...

Gymnastics

This is my Gymnastics Certificate from Christchurch School of Gymnastics. My Favourite part of Gym was the Trampoline and Pit.

Key Competency Reflection 2007

Attributes I have shown progress in

• Technology - I think I have improved in technolgy this year because I have been a Tech Wizard and learnt things from other tech wizards.

• Active listening- I think I have improved heaps in listening because now I am listening and then asking questions if I need to. I am also respecting others more than I used to.

• Goal Setter- I think got better in goal setting and achieving the goals I know this because I have set lots of goals and I have improved heaps in the areas. Like my active listening goal.

• Respects- I think I have improved in this area because I have been listening and respecting others more when they are talking

• Reflects-I think I have improved in reflecting because I am doing quality reflections for my goals and things I have learnt.

Attributes I am still working on

• Self motivated- I think I have got better in this but still need a bit more work because I give up sometimes when things are getting to hard.
  
• Can put things into practice- I think that I am quite good at this because most of my goals that I set have been achieved.
  
• Maths- I think I have improved heaps in Maths because now I am understanding things better than I was.
• Contributes- I think I have improved in this but still need a bit more work because I give ideas most of the time but some of the time the ideas are a bit silly.

A very fine story about a cat.

Millie – Our Cool School Cat

Millie is a cat. Not an ordinary cat. The only ordinary thing about Millie is that she lives with a family. The Brownie Family. The Brownie family live next door to Fendalton School. Every morning when the Brownie children head off to school Millie wants to be like everyone else and go to school too.
So she packs her school bag. She opens up her blankie and puts in her kittly-scrumbly-chunks and a little bottle of milk and wraps them up and heads off to school. She joins in classes and is a great listener.

Millie spends a lot of time in the principal’s office. Not because she is naughty, but because she absolutely loves our Principal, Cheryl Doig. Millie loves to snuggle into Cheryl even at Cheryl’s grumpiest of times. Millie also bats her paw on Cheryl’s dangly earrings. This always cheers Cheryl up.

Millie likes school so much that sometimes she goes in the evening just before it is all locked up. One evening she went into Cheryl’s office but Cheryl wasn’t there so Millie decided to wait for her. She curled up on Cheryl’s chair and went to sleep. When she woke up it was very dark and quiet so she jumped up onto the desk to look out the window. This set the alarm off. The next minute she saw the police. She was not at all frightened as she was no ordinary cat. The police had a good look around and soon found Millie. The policeman yelled out ‘I’ve found the burglar over here. It’s a cat burglar!!’ He took Millie outside so she could go home. ‘Off you go, you dizzy cat.’

But Millie is not just a cat burglar, she is also a hero. One Monday morning Millie saw smoke coming out of the school village building. Within a minute Millie was well aware of the danger. She knew she needed to let everyone know. She started to meow loudly and brush herself against the legs of Mr McKinnel the caretaker. “What are you up to you dizzy cat?’ asked Mr McKinnell. ‘Do you want me to follow you?’ Millie meowed even louder and Mr McKinnell followed her to where he could smell smoke. Then the alarms went off. Mr McKinnell called the fire brigade and all the children assembled outside on the courts. Thanks to Millie no-one was hurt!!

Millie is a stylish cat. One night, when the school PTA held a “What To Wear” fundraising evening, Millie could not resist going. She was already in her very fashionable clothes (her beautiful fur coat). She headed off to the evening. When the host asked for some models Millie was up there as quick as a flash strutting in front of the audience. She was great!! Everybody clapped except the Head of the PTA. She just shook her head and said, ‘that dizzy cat!’

Millie has a great relationship with Cheryl. But one day Cheryl decided it was time to go. Millie knew she would miss her. The PTA held a farewell party for Cheryl with lots of people coming to say goodbye, and of course, Millie came too. Lots of the people gave speeches and Millie gave some sad meows. At the end of the evening Millie’s Mum, Mrs Brownie, took Millie home but there was no going home for Millie. She wouldn’t give up. She just kept coming back again.

She is no dizzy cat. She’s a burglar, a hero, a model and a great friend. She is our cool, school cat.
This story is based on a true story.

To the editor,

I think that rabbits are the best pet.
I think this because they are easy to take care of because you don’t have to pick up it’s poo like a dog, and your garden won’t have holes in it. You also don’t have to walk it.

Another good thing about rabbits is that your neighbours will not get annoyed with you because rabbits don’t bark.
They also don’t cause any trouble in the neighbourhood it does not run free like most pets. Rabbits are defiantly the best pet because they don’t come inside your house so it won’t ruin your couches and carpet.

They are small pets so you can hold them. And if you have small children rabbits are suitable for them.
I think that rabbits are the best pet to have because if you are temporarily doing construction they only take a small amount of your garden and very easy to move.

Because all of those fantastic reasons I think that you should have a pet rabbit.
I hope this has persuaded you to have a pet rabbit.

Elise Batt