Oscar's Battle Field

It was a boiling day but I could hear airplane engines roaring in the sky and airplanes shooting   at each other. Tanks rumbling across the battle field firing their cannons at each other and you could even feel the vibrations.

    During the night sir screamed at us saying we need back up now so the men ran outside with their guns and took cover and started shooting.

In the middle of the battle field their are landmines some people got hurt. Everyday people tried to cross over the landmine field, unsuccessfully.

The war is over, its time to leave.

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My War Journal

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My War Journal

The Battle Field

10th July 1915, I have been here for what seems like years but it has only been two months.
My body tingles with fear. I can hear aeroplanes buzzing up above. BANG! BANG! The airplanes drivers job is to drop bombs all over the place. Right now an aeroplane just dropped down because of all the weight onboard.

I'm firing my gun and thinking the same thing over and over again, will I die? I do not want to die.
I miss my family. Are they ok? I never thought I'd say this but I am really excited to fight in the war now. I don't know why but I just am. BOOMM! SCREAMM! My mate is crying because his brother just got shot by a German in the stomach. I hope that doesn't happen to me. I can taste smoke from all of the fires. There is fire bursting everywhere! I can see airlifts, lots of people dying and sadly animals dying too.

I feel upset, proud and scared all at the same time. Also I feel stressed and worried. One reason is because if we don't win the war our country would be destroyed. Everyone is screaming including me. I am yelling for bombs to drop and for people to fire their guns. I feel around me, muddy but rock hard ground rubs against my fingers. Someone fired their gun and only just misses me. It makes dust go everywhere. I am busy telling an aeroplane to drop that I do not notice a bullet heading my way. I get shot in the arm and I'm rushed into an ambulance and driven away.

At War

The ground starts shaking because of the huge, green Tanks. I hide behind a broken down tree waiting to shoot, feeling absolutely horrible because I'm so worried I'm going to die.

I saw flashes from guns firing bullets that speed past me. The ground is muddy and wet and my feet start to sink. I see people running and getting shot. I saw bodies on the ground and blood. I saw people getting pulled into the rip when they try to swim to shore.

As I jump up to shoot I wonder where my family is. I wonder if they are going to live. I think to myself I can't die and I don't want to die. There are so many things I haven't done yet like ride a roller-coaster, go on a plane, rid a car. So I better live.

I'm extremely scared as I drop to the ground bleeding and then an ambulance comes. I feel the rain pouring on me. And i'm really tired because I didn't get much sleep last night.

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9th April 1915, I am sitting in the ambulance driving. Around me planes are crashing, grenades blowing up every thing in their path. I am constantly stopping for people who need medical assistance. Out of the distance I heard a dog whistle, many soldiers used this as a way to communicate with each other. We stop again. The noise is deafening. There are bombs exploding every where, grenades as well. People are abandoning dead trucks, planes `and trenches are being made.

I can smell medicine from the back of the truck, it was spilt a couple of days ago when we went over a rock. You have to scream over the noise. I say to my partner I heard a dog whistle earlier. Where from? from the west she says, lets go! I drove off to the west.

We found him he was being looked after by his brother. It was a wound so we fixed it. He went off with his brother to defend our country.

The day slowly ended.
we went back to base and had dinner.

Thank you for reading my story!
Yours sincerely Esther  

Battle Field

15th of July 1915. My leg is wounded i'm in a ditch, finally the other soldiers have found me. They put me on a table with wheels and rushed me to the ambulance.

The nurse put a bandage on my leg. 1 month later I was out and about shooting my enemies like there was nothing else to do except fight for my country.

I felt something vibrating and trees getting smashed over like a giant was kicking them down but it was a TANK!

My team told me to come and jump down in the trench with them so as I did that I shot as many people as I could shoot.

Luckily I saw a huge rocket coming straight to my face, I ducked then I told my men we need to dig our way out of here so we dug as fast as we could.

Once we could all fit in the hole we barricaded the entrance, then we dug for quite a while. We finally started digging up and that was were our base was.

If our enemies came through the hole we would have our guns ready.

It was a hard day today with all of the lost lives. When can we go home? Nobody knows.

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Congratulations to our Room 14 Black Caps!

Today the Year 6s had their Black Cap ceremony. They were really proud of themselves and had to work very hard to get their Black Caps.

Some of their jobs included: Road patrol, trialling Black Cap duty, gate duty, shop lunches, welcoming guests into our school, wet day monitors, emptying bins, and P.E shed monitors.

Take a look at these fabulous Black Caps below!

 Jett

 Daniel

 Tamsyn

 Krystal

 Shayleah

 Kadence

 Ishtar

Oscar

Jorja

Kaitlynn

Hayden

We are all very proud of you Black Caps!

Congratulations to our Room 14 PAL leaders

In Room 14 we have 4 very special students that were awarded with PAL certificates at our assembly today. Here's what they have to say about their new role at our school.

Esther

Cole

Tyler

Deluca

A PAL is someone that is trustworthy and responsible. PAL stands for Physical Activity Leader. At lunchtime there will be groups of 2 or 3 people and they get to choose a class to play a game with. The PAL leaders get all of the gear they need to set up a successful game for children to play during their break times. 

We went to the Pettigrew Green Arena to train and learn how to sort out problems and learn new games to play. 

We are excited to start our new role next term!

From your new Room 14 Leaders

Esther, Deluca, Tyler, and Cole

Mahora Magic

Over the term I have been playing Miniball for Mahora Magic. We had our last game on Tuesday and we played against Te Mata. The score was 34-33 to us!

At our assembly today we were presented with our certificates for winning the Year 5 and 6 Miniball Division.

Cole Whateley

I have been playing Miniball for the past 4 years and I really enjoy it. I cannot wait to play again when the next season starts.