Ella's Help Me Column

Dear Ella,

All my friends are in the band and I’m the only one who isn’t. I don't know what to do because I don't know how to play an instrument. What can I do?

From Lonely

Dear Lonely,

I think that you should have a day to yourself, read a book or something.
Hope it works for you!

From Ella

My Trip to Ferrymead

On a sunny warm Wednesday we got off the rumbling red bus at Ferrymead we got our olden day clothes on and went to see the boys in their strange clothes for morning tea.

Then we began to act like we were in the olden days. First we went and played games because they used to skip with ropes in the olden days and then we went to school and my friends and me played Ring Around the Rosie and when Miss Black rung the bell she checked our fingernails to see if there was any dirt.

After that we went in and we sang God Save Our King and then we had lunch. Once we finished our lunch we waited loudly for the bus to arrive.

The End

By Hannah Lynn, Room 11

Chess Tournament

On Friday 15 August, Thorrington School sent three chess teams to The Press Chess Tournament. We sent in two teams for the A-grade and one for the B-grade. The teams had four people in each team. The C team came third in their division, the B team came fourth, and the A team came first! The A team players are: Board one - Lochlan Boddy, Board two - Thomas Moot, Board three - Cameron Avery and Board four - Aaron Gyles. The A team went to the Canterburies on 22 August and played against six of the top teams in Canterbury!
By Aaron Gyles

David Beckham

David Robert Joseph Beckham was born on the 2 May 1975 and is 33; he was born in Leytonstone, London, England. He is arguably one of the best football players of all times and his normal playing position is right midfield. In 2004 David was the highest paid footballer AND he was Google's most searched of all sports topics in 2003 and 2004. Beckham’s career began when he signed a professional contract with Manchester United, making his first team debut in 1994 aged 17. During his time in the team, Manchester United won the Premier League title six times, the FA cup twice and the UEFA Champions League once in 1999. He then left Manchester United and joined Rael Madrid in 2003 where he stayed for four seasons. While at Madrid, Beckham became the first British footballer to play 100 Champion League matches. In January 2007 it was announced that Beckham would leave Rael Madrid and sign a five year contract with Los Angeles Galaxy. He currently plays for and is captain of Los Angeles Galaxy. He is also a member of the England national team. Beckham also earned his 100th cap for England against France in March 2008!
By Chris Dawson

Olympics

The Olympics have just started, it is so exciting to hear that over 200 New Zealand athletes are going to compete in the Beijing Olympics this year. The Olympics only happen every four years, so there have only been two Olympics during the period of time I have been alive. There are three
different medals athletes can win – 1st gold, 2nd silver and 3rd bronze. The Olympics have been on about 24 times. I hope New Zealand win lots of gold medals, and that’s the end of my article.

By Meg Davidson

Amazing Visit to Ferrymead

The most exiting thing is happening, our whole school is going to Ferrymead!!! It’s the only thing our class ever talks about. A lot of people say that the teachers were allowed to give people the cane they whack it down on a desk and it makes a loud thwack!!!!
It was a wicked and interesting experience.
IT WAS SO COOL!!!!!!

By Benjamin Spencer

My 20 Word Story

One day walking home from school, I saved a girl who had fallen into a dark well by
shouting HELP!!!!! By Sita Turner

THE WINNERS OF THE WRITING COMPETITION

As you might know the Thorrington Times has been holding a writing competition. Here are the winning stories and their authors! THE WINNERS ARE: The Day Presents Fell from the Sky by Fraser Mould, Amazing Visit To Ferrymead by Ben Spencer, The Chess Tournament by Aaron Gyles, Ferrymead by Hannah Lynn, The Fabulous and Fun Aquarium by Katie Mann, My 20 Word Story by Sita Turner and Olympics by Meg Davidson.

The Fabulous And Fun Aquarium

On the second Wednesday of the holidays my sister and I went to the aquarium. We saw an octopus and I touched a crab in the touch pool. My sister and I went on a bridge. The bridge was over the eel’s tank. I went because my mum was working. The big fish was called Big Bully! He was small and Small Bully was small, too. My sister said “Look, that octopus looks scary!” But to me it wasn’t. It was really fun.
By Katie Mann

The Day Presents Fell from the Sky

It was a normal summer. It was hot. Then I heard something go clang! on the roof. I got Dad’s ladder and climbed on the roof there were millions of presents. I unwrapped the present - it was the Ben 10 set. Then I saw an evil spirit and I yelled to him and said, “You stop wrapping all the presents!” He looked at me and started a tornado but I shot them both twice with my laser gun and they died. I got 100,000 dollars. I was the richest man on Earth. The tornado and the evil spirit turned to stone and got built into a statue.
THE END
BY FRASER MOULD

Jonty's Christchurch School’s Music Festival

Now a lot of you are wondering what this poster on room 9’s window is about. It is about a Music Festival in the Town Hall that people all over Canterbury go to. It consists of many groups such as: Choirs, an Orchestra, a concert band, a recorder ensemble, plus some groups join together to make a piece. The theme is Pathways. I don’t really know what other groups are going to play but I do know that the Orchestra is going to play Pirates of the Caribbean, and I do know that the Concert Band is Playing Cartoon Symphony which Includes: 2 Bugs Bunny themes, The Simpsons,(Meet) The Flintstones, The
Jetsons, the pink panther , and Animatics. So now you know heaps about the festival but how do you get into it. A lot of people try to get in but most don’t. What you have to do is to do an audition with someone. After that they judge the best people to be in the festival. About two months after you did your audition they tell you if you were successful. Some people in Thorrington School got into this festival. The people are: Jonty Schmidt, Benny Schmidt, Mille Peate-Garratt, and Ella Somers. Jonty and Benny got in for the Concert Band, Mille got in for the junior choir, and Ella got in for the recorder
ensemble. Also all the choirs in schools go to the festival to make the massed choir. So we will see the Thorrington School choir there. The festival will be on the 15th, 16th, 17th, 21st, 22nd, and the 23rd of October. So now you know heaps about the festival and I hope you share it.
This is their website where you can see photos, everybody playing and more… http://musicfestival.school.nz/
By Jonty Schmidt

Room 11's Dream City

6 people from Room 11 spent over 2 hours of their own time to build a dream City which includes a rugby field, soccer field, hospital, police station and other city-like things. The city was created out of coloured card, paper and cello tape. the amazing looking city is very detailed with cars and people. They often thought about where things should go and the colour of the buildings and ground. It was first a little house then as more people joined in it expanded to overpopulated city!

By Room 11!

Thomas's Global Warming: Fact or fiction?

For the past few years global warming has been popping up in the news. Now we want you to have your say on what you think about global warming. There will be a new discussion every week. To enter, hand it in
to anyone in Room12. It must include why and what you
think, and your opinion might be in paper!

By Thomas Moot.