Homework Item 13.

2008 ELECTIONS

(newspaper editorial homework)

I think Labour should be our government because…


1. If it was not for labor we would not have our railways and we would have sent troops to go and fight.

2. Helen Clark said this about climate change ’’For generations Kiwis have grown up in New Zealand enjoying our beaches, our unique bush, and our wildlife. Climate change is one of the greatest challenges to the environment we all know and love so much. We don’t have time to waste. Labour is determined to make sure that we continue to protect the New Zealand way of life for our children and our grandchildren. That’s why Labour is committed to real measures to meet the challenge of climate change’’.

3. Helen has agreed that she will lower prices of our GPs and doctors.

4. Helen Clark will give you warmer homes by expanding the retrofitting in your home.

5. Labour believes that workers deserve a fair reward for the contribution they make.

6. Labour have made sure that all New Zealanders are entitled to four weeks holiday a year.
Labour said ‘’We are proud Kiwis and committed to continuing to support our unique and independent voice, at home and abroad’’.

7. Our national identity is unique and we must protect it for the future. Our children need to grow up knowing who we are and what we stand for. Whether this is through our arts and culture, our writers, musicians, film-makers and television producers, our sports people or whether it is through our nuclear-free position, taking a stand on the war in Iraq or our groundbreaking free trade agreement with China, New Zealand and New Zealanders can stand tall said Labour.

8. Labour believe our health system is a core part of kiwi life. We don’t privatise this sort of necessity and have ambulance staff check our pockets for insurance cards before they act.

9. Labour will always fight health privatisation.

10. Labour is dedicated to ensuring our youngest Kiwis get the best start possible to their education through quality early childhood education.


By Chris Dawson

Movie review:WALL.E

WALL.E is a great movie for people five years or older. It is about a little robot named WALL.E and he is left on Earth to clean up all the rubbish, because all the humans have gone up to space and got really lazy. Then 700 years pass and all the humans get very fat. One day, after WALL.E has finished cleaning for the day, he met a little robot named EVE (pronounced EVE-A). She has been sent down to look for a special plant. WALL.E then finds the plant and takes it to EVE, but then a whole army of bad robots take the plant and WALL.E goes to find it for EVE. I can’t tell you more, so you should just go to the movies and watch it... Watch out for our poll on this movie on http//:thorringtontimes.blogspot.com/
By Jakob Purcell

Room 14's Totem Poles

I have interviewed Annabel Philips from Room 14 to ask her these questions about their totem poles displayed on the corner of room 14 on their windowsill.
LS: Why did you make the totem poles?
AP: We made them because Linda McIntyre designed them and then our
student teacher Ms Farmer wanted to make some poles, just like the ones by the jetty.
LS: How did you make them?
AP: First of all there was just a wooden pole, and then we painted pictures and put on the background colour. Then Mrs Wilson thought they would look good with tops, so we made some out of paper mache. We also outlined the pictures with vivid.
LS: Why were they outside on Wednesday, last term? We were interested to know why.
AP: Because they were being varnished and they were out there to dry.
LS: Will you use the totem poles for a project or role play?
AP: Probably not. They’re just art.
By Laura Sutherland