Jensen's letter to the editor

I read a book called Doctor in the house. Then we pretended we were the main character, the little girl and wrote a letter to the editor about why they should have not taken the photo of dad. It's should be ILLEGAL to take photo's of people with out permission and we are trying to see what it would be like to be the girl from the story. 

We're going on a field trip!

Some of the learners from Hub 8 wrote this wonderful letter to ask for permission for a field trip we are planning for our concept learning. It's an awesome sample of collaborative persuasive letter writing.

23 May 2016

Dear Miss Martin,

We are writing to you because we need permission to go to Mission Bay on the 9th of June 2016.

We chose as a hub that collaboration is the learner quality  that we need to work on the most. Then we looked at a range of places and Mission Bay had most the votes, so we decided that we would go to Mission Bay.

The trip is for our concept learning and we believe this trip will strengthen our ability to work collaboratively within a group of people who we usually don't work with. It will also construct new relationships with our fellow classmates.

We are currently collaboratively working on the E.O.T.C, R.A.M’s and the organisation of the transport to Mission Bay, including plan and lastly, a race in the fountain with our mini wakas. We had built these mini-wakas for this specific reason for our concept learning as well.

The things we did to plan to go to Mission Bay were that we had to make a healthy lunch and  decided on what collaborative games we were going to play. Also we went on a  preparational trip to the Wetlands so we know what to expect, here we had practiced playing our own collaborative games.

Once we have your approval we will write and send letters to the parents to inform them of the coming trip. We are really looking forward to getting permission to go to Mission Bay. This will be such a great learning opportunity.

Yours sincerely,

Learning Hub 8.

(Written by Shanya, Austen, Carmen, Brittany and Isaac)

Austen's letter to John key.

Austen

81 Tihi St

Stonefields School

AUCKLAND

John Key

Prime Minister

Parliament Building

Wellington

New Zealand

6160

17 March 2016

Dear John Key,

My name is Austen and I am in year five at Stonefields School,Auckland

I think that the flag should be changed to the new flag.

I think that it should be changed because the  silver fern represents the new Zealand sports teams and our countries. I also think we should have the southern cross because it shows where we are in the world and our position on the globe. I also like the colors. Black because it is the national color and blue because it represent's the blue water and skies.

I also think we should change the flag because it looks too much like Australia's flag. Another reason is out of the 53 people in the commonwealth only four still have the union jack. We are also an independent country and the we have evolved since the current flag was elected.   

Yours Sincerely

Austen.

Letter to John Key - By: Aashna

Aashna

81 Tihi St

Stonefields School

AUCKLAND

John Key

Prime Minister

Parliament Building

Wellington

New Zealand

6160

17 March 2016

Dear John Key,

My name is Aashna, I am 10 years old, I am a year 6 from Stonefields School. I sent this letter to you just to give you my opinion around the New Zealand flag. I think that we should change it, I have 3 reasons why.

Firstly, I think the current flag looks to much like Australia's flag and lot's of people from other countries get confused with the flags.

Secondly, I think that we should change the flag since we don't really belong to England anymore.

Thirdly, I think that we should change the flag since the new flag has a black bit that represents heaps of our sports teams like Black Caps, All Blacks, Tall Blacks, Black Ferns, Black Sticks and so on.

That is why I want to change the current New Zealand flag.

Yours Sincerely

Aashna

My Flag Argument - I Disagree - by Cooper

Cooper K

81 Tihi St

Stonefields School

AUCKLAND

John Key

Prime Minister

Parliament Building

Wellington

New Zealand

6160

17 March 2016

Dear John Key,

My name is Cooper and I am a Year 6 in Stonefields School. I am a female and have the best friends that I could ever imagine. I am very curious about your thinkings and your thoughts.

I firstly think that the money that is going to the flag should have gone to charities like cancer or the poor. Secondly I think that we should leave the flag or change it to one of the old flags that would be much better. I also think that you should have listened to us first and gave us a option to change the flag to a new flag or a old flag.

Secondly what I know is that we are changing the flag because it was your decision and you think that it looks like Australia's and it does. I know that you think it is okay to change the flag, Why do you think that ? I also know that there were a bunch of flag entries. How on earth did you narrow it down to 5 ?

Thirdly I wonder if the people who created these flags are taking back what they did and started thinking that the money could have gone to something more then a flag like the people. I also wonder what you John Key was thinking in the first place to waste all that money and a dumb flag that we already have. Did you think wise enough or were you just goofing around? I have so many questions. I Cooper hope you have read this letter personally and not let your helpers do it for you. Please do write back or call me in.

Yours Sincerely

Cooper K

Letter to John Key - By Holly

Holly .C

81 Tihi St

Stonefields School

AUCKLAND

John Key

Prime Minister

Parliament Building

Wellington

New Zealand

6160

17 March 2016

Dear John Key,

My name is Holly I just moved to Stonefields and im 10-11 years old I love your support for New Zealand and I will talk about how I like and dislike the flags. I just want to say I would like younger people to be able to vote for the flag only because it's gonna be our future flag , The older people voting aren't  going to be here much longer and it's gonna be new world with it.

I love the new flag , and how we have black for the New Zealand teams but honestly I don't like it that much because we have had the anzac's march under the New Zealand flag and stand for our Island. I wish we didn't have the old one because it is so bland and kinda old. Honestly I would like a flag with the Fern underneath the Union Jack and the background a lighter blue.

If you had extra money I would say to help the poor by buying a massive plot of land and build a homeless hotel. It will help the street wanderers and maybe there would be less accidents. It will save lives and you will be a very loved Prime Minister.

Yours Sincerely

Holly . C

holly

Letter to John Key By Vera

Hi my name is Vera and this is my letter to John Key, I hope you enjoy!

Vera J

81 Tihi St

Stonefields School

AUCKLAND

John Key

Prime Minister

Parliament Building

Wellington

New Zealand

6160

17 March 2016

Dear John Key,

Hi my name is Vera, I am 10 years old and I am a year 6 student from Stonefields school. I am just sending you this letter to give you my perspective around the New Zealand flag.

Firstly, I believe that we should change the New Zealand flag because it looks way too similar to Australia's flag, and some other people around the world sometimes gets confused with the 2 flag.

Secondly, I believe that we should change the flag because we don't follow most of the rules under the british, and that we are not really under the british government anymore.

Thirdly I think we should change the flag because I think it should have the colour black, on the flag because it is our national color, and most of New Zealand's sports team has black in their name.

This is why I believe that we should change the New Zealand Flag.

Yours Sincerely

Vera J