100 WC 3rd November

 

“This is the Old Melbourne Gaol.” Says the tour guide, ushering us inside.

We step inside the big wooden doors into the cold building.

We pass all the locked doors, bodies of the most terrifying criminals rotting inside.

We pass a massive rusty cannon positioned in the corner.

The guide leads us into a room with a big door and a tiny window with bars over it. 

Suddenly the door slams shut and a lock clicks.

The guide slams on the door yelling.

We peek out the window with the steel bars.

3 or 4 men dressed in rags sprint away from our cell and towards the big loaded cannon.

Why we Should have and Indoor Court

Tuesday 1st September 2020 

 To Mr Gary Kircher 

 My name is Ella Fraser and I am a Year 8 student at Oamaru Intermediate School. Every Saturday morning I play netball at the North Otago netball courts on Taward Street. I strongly think that Oamaru should have an indoor court, like the Edgar Centre in Dunedin. For reasons like it will decrease the amount of injury on court, it will increase the variety of sport played indoor, and if we can get regional teams to play at the centre, it will inspire young players to be the best they can be. 

 Firstly, if it is raining, or the weather is too rough, netball games will have to be cancelled, incase of injury. But if we have indoor courts, Saturday sport won’t have to be cancelled, because we will have a warm, dry court and it will be safe for the players. Ankle, wrist, hand and knee injuries often occur in netball when you slip over or land funny. So if the court is dry, no one will slip over, and no one will get hurt. 

Secondly, there could be a variety of sports played at the centre, not just netball. There could be basketball too, and even indoor cricket. Sometimes, my team and I go to Dunedin, Balclutha, or even Christchurch for netball tournaments. It costs lots of money to get down there, to pay for petrol, food, and the expenses for actually playing. It would save families lots of money if we have a court to play in tournaments here, in Oamaru. 

 My next reason is if regional teams like the Southern Steel, Central Pulse, or Mainland Tactix came to play in our indoor court, lots of young players could go to the game. It would inspire them a lot- i know it would inspire me HEAPS to watch Jane Watson play! Maybe one lucky kid might meet their hero! Again, it would also save some money, if we didn’t have to drive all the way to Dunedin to see the game. 

And lastly, I feel that the old Mitre 10 building would make a perfect sized indoor court. We don’t need it to be as big as the one in Dunedin, just 4-5 courts is enough. If we do decide to use this building, it would save the government a lot of money because the structure of the building is already there. You won't have to get all the equipment to concrete all the floors and walls. We could even fundraise money to contribute with the costs of building the courts. 

 So in conclusion, I feel that the Oamaru community would benefit from the idea of building an indoor court because of the reasons I have just provided you with. It will decrease the amount of injury on court, it will increase the variety of sport played indoor, and if we can get regional teams to play at the centre, it will inspire young players and maybe, just maybe, they will meet some of their heroes. Wouldn’t that be amazing? 

Yours sincerely, Ella

100 Word Challenge- Ella

I walk through the front garden of my house, the spiky bushes lining the pathway scratching my dirty Nikes. I leap up the steps and onto the deck, the sun staring down at me like a tiger, staring down at its prey. I go through the door, dumping my schoolbag in the corner. “Mum, I’m home!” I call into the kitchen. As I walk in and grab an apple out of the bowl, I excitedly tell Mum about my day. “... and then… wait Mum?” I realise she is not in the kitchen. “Mum? Mum?” I yell starting to panic. Where is she? And then I see it. The glinting silver knife on the table. Dripping with fresh blood.

Why Should We Drink Water?

Did you know that 60% of our bodies are water? That’s more than half. Or that we lose 2-3 Liters of water each day? Drinking water is very important. It keeps us alive! Humans can last only 3 or 4 days without drinking water, and if we don’t drink enough, we get dehydrated. If we drink too much water, even though it isn’t common, your kidneys can’t handle the extra water. The sodium levels in your blood are lowered which, in some very rare cases, can be life threatening. Water keeps us alive. Plants need water to get the nutrients they need. If plants like veggies and fruit didn’t get watered we would have no healthy food. Animals need water just like us so if they didn’t get any, we wouldn’t have meat, milk, cheese, butter, or, you know, animals! If we don't drink enough water, we get dehydrated. When you are dehydrated, your body doesn’t have enough body fluids like water in our bodies, and we can’t do normal body functions easily. Drinking water has many health benefits. Your brain is made up of 75% water, so you need to keep those levels up. If you drink water, it improves your mood, and helps you learn better. It also helps maintain blood pressure, controls your body temperature, and flushes body waist. The amount of water you are supposed to drink per day varies. If you are in a hotter climate you should drink more water than people in a colder climate. Scientists say that women should drink 2.7 litres of water a day and men should drink 3.7. That is roughly 8-10 200ml cups a day. We lose 2-3 liters of water each day just by breathing, sweating, and even sleeping, so we need to put that water back into our systems. So in conclusion, drinking water is very important, and it can damage you if you drink way too much, or way too less. It also has health benefits, and is vital to our environment, and to us.

My School- Ella

I groan and roll out of bed, landing hard on the floor in the process. Well that hurt. My alarm is blaring through my head and I smack it to make it stop. It doesn't. Pulling the plug out of the socket, I grap up my freshly ironed blue kilt and red polo shirt and head to the shower.

Tugging my hair brush through my wet blonde hair, I half run half walk into the kitchen and snatch the WeetBix out of the pantry. As I inhale my breakfast, I carefully push my chromebook into my school bag and my lunch, which thankfully I made last night. My P.E gear is at the bottom of my bag as well as my netball shoes, because netball trials are today. Yay!

I brush my teeth and grab my phone and now I'm in the car. Jumping out of the door, I flourish my hand to Mum and run into the school gates. The Oamaru Intermediate School logo greets me, as I walk as fast as my big clompy black school shoes can take me. Carefully putting my phone in the phone box and my bag in my locker, I get my pencil case and chromebook out and sit down at my desk. The bell rings. Phew, that was close!
                                                                                                                                                                 
I go to Oamaru Intermediate School and I love it. My teacher is Miss Taylor, who is 100% awesome. There is so many cool opportunities for anyone and everyone. My favourite part of the school year is the James Hargest College exchange, when OIS and JHC have a sports exchange. I met lots new friends there. I really enjoy going to school, but I can't go because of covid-19. The way we do school now has changed. My teacher is at school working and 90% of us are at home doing school online. I would much rather be doing school, well, at school!

100 Word Challenge

A dull purplish hue covers the everlasting sky, as the moon rises from the ground like a dead body rising from a cold coffin. The tall boney tree is a skeleton, with long dark fingers reaching out to strangle me.
A thick layer of fog creeps along the ground like a murderer, and hopeful blades of grass peer through it, trying not to drown. Trying to survive. The moon glares at me with its fiery amber glow, disappointment and anger dripping from it. Its the eye of a tiger, snarling at me, its prey, from its place in the sky.

My World Record- Ella

IF I WERE TO BREAK A WORLD RECORD IT WOULD BE FOR THE WORST COOK...

If you asked my family and friends, they would agree, I AM NOT A COOK. No way.
I can make chicken noodles and that's it. Well I can make other things but I either almost set the kitchen on fire or the food isn't edible and we have to get KFC instead.

I'm definitely not the best cook, but I'm average. If your definition of average is setting the microwave on fire when you tried to soften the butter for your cookies... ahem.
I VERY strongly dislike flour. It gets EVERYWHERE. I get it more on my face and on the table than I do in the bowl. It's like the baking version of germs; once it gets on your hands, everything you touch goes white! The spoon, the table, the apron, the door handle, even the cloth you use to try get it off!
Anyway, enough about flour...

Even when someone tries to help me, it still doesn't work!
I think maybe I should stick with netball...