Teachers Go On Strike

Yesterday 50,000 teachers went to Auckland City to walk up Queen Street to protest for better pay and other conditions. Before they went marching up Queen Street some teachers had to organise where they were going to walk, so they can block up some roads so no drivers can go through.

Not only marching for a better pay, but the teachers were also protesting for more teachers. Reason being is because some teachers at Ruapotaka School has been saying that New Zealand needs more teachers. They are so worried because that because, if they are going to retire in the next few years then there will not be enough teachers to teach the children.

I think that if there will be no more teachers then there would be no more doctors, police, pilots and all other jobs. But, some people would think that being is a bad job, but what they don't know is that there would no other good jobs if there were no teachers to teach how to do that job.

Hosting The School Assembly

Yesterday we had our first school wide assembly of 2019 hosted by students, Leanah, Jessica, Tristan and I. We were the chosen ones but only because our teacher knew that we were not shy.

After singing the national anthem, we sang our version of the New Zealand National Anthem we made during our inquiry research. After that, the adults said their notices. Mrs Hamilton was talking about how we are going to have a sausage sizzle on Friday. The other teachers were talking about sports equipment being broken and how a student was using his initiative and brought a child back to school when this parents weren't home.

I was a little bit nervous, but when we were singing the nerves went away.