Liz van der laarse

  

today liz van der laarse came into the classroom she told us what inspired her and she also answered theses questions but we will get to that soon. so she told us that she is writing a book but she does not now the name of it yet because she is still writing it. so what inspired her she was doing a hike and her husband cut a thing that looked like asparagus but it turned out to be supple-jack. OK time for the questions.

how old were you when you started writing? -50 years old.

is there going to be a movie of your book?-no. 

the Day at the wetlands

on Friday, Totara class went to the wetlands with Nikau .

  

my speech Alice

Do you wake up in the morning and think it's Friday? Great Imagine, all that stuff you can do just on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Like spending more time with your family and friends And if you're really sick that means you can have More time to get better.


I have a better idea. We could go to school an extra 2 hours a day so that we could have Fridays off. Although it means more work for the teachers it also means the teacher's can have 3 days off.


Imagine, the impact on writing, reading and maths just by having two more hours a day of school and only going to school 4 days a week wouldn't it be amazing? And for those who have homework it also means you have more time to study it and more chances that you will get the answers right.


Fridays are the least productive day of the school week. Funday friday, enviroday, free writing fridays. All these Fridays we may as well be at home making tree huts with our mates. While The teachers can be at the beach drinking cocktails and swimming in blue waters.


I am sure that many people in NZ get sick on Fridays. then you will have time to get a doctor's appointment and get better quicker. For Example last term I took Thursday and Friday off because the America’s cup finals was on. so we head off at 5:oo am in the morning to Auckland for a family road trip. it Was a long road trip. When we got to Auckland I felt very special to do this because none of my classmates took two days off school. No boady went on a boat to watch the america cup on a boat in my class. Do you know anyone who went to the america cup on a boat? Yes new zealand did win and yes Blair tuke did squirt champagne all over the Emirates team new zealand sailing boat and yes it was a $3 million dollar sailing boat.


It also means that you can visit your loved ones that are far away from you. For Example I have little cousins so little they are not even born yet. So they are really not my cousins yet. But the real story is that they live in Auckland. That's where I was born ready to face the world at 6am. Ok time to get back to the story. So my future cousins live in Auckland so it would be good to have Fridays optional so me, Mum and Dad we can visit them once a month or something. Also my other cousins live in Christchurch and I have never been down there to see them. Thay have only come up here.


So Fridays should be optional to everybody. I Hope you liked my speech