Salmon On The Run In Twizel

More than 2,000 salmon have escaped into a canal system in Twizel, Canterbury. The salmon have escaped from a local salmon farm and swam into a nearby canal.

 Fisherman in Twizel are taking advantage of the opportunity catching as many salmon as they can.I feel that this is crazy that salmon from a local farm has escaped into a nearby canal.

How ever many of them breaching regulations. Fishing rules state that fisherman are not allowed to take more than 2 salmon each day but people warned who took more than their share could face criminal charges.

Fungal Disease Killing Kakapo

A fungal disease is the reason why seven kakapo have died in the last few months. There are 35 kakapo in hospital around the nation.

There are only 160 kakapo left in New Zealand. The sick birds are in the hospitals and being given their favourite plant to eat, also having medical treatments twice a day.

It's sad to hear that 35 kakapos in hospital but their being treated their favourite food.

First Day Of Wood Works

Last week was the first day of wood works. Mr Grundee showed us dangerous tools that could kill you. Then he showed us some designs he did and some that his own students work. Then he told us to draw 8 different styles of the designs he had done. After he told us to do that he showed some designs, that Saint Piers kids and our school did. Some of the designs they mostly did was trucks, jeeps, pianos and many more.

Teachers Undertake Mega Strike

In total around 50,000 teachers went on strike. Some failed to turn up to school. Several teacher's went on strike because they don't get paid enough money. Or not enough teacher's for the future.

Most school's are closed due to this event. On Wednesday many teacher's from different schools walked through various streets and main cities, demanding more teachers or a higher pay rise. The government has given most teachers a 3 percent higher pay rise.

The Pike River Mine Re-Entered

After the incident that happened in the pike river mine. The mine has been re-entered, The pike river mine agency has confirmed. Three people check the mine  and came back. It's the first step in a $36m plan to explore the 2.3km long entry tunnel.

The pike river mine disaster was a coal mining accident that began on 19 November 2010 in the pike river mine, 46 kilometres northeast of Grey mouth.

Sam Verlinden

This musician is a singer that makes songs for example he showed us yesterday at assembly Jumble. He got his talent from reading. He practised and practised reading many different books his all time favourite was spy books.

The reading helped him sing. All of those skills helped him make his own songs and he makes 800 dollars a year. He inspired us to read more and more about his story of how he became a musician and how he succeeded.

The Start Of Term 2

Today is the start of a new term. This term is going to be exciting because events that contains sport like soccer and many more different sports are mainly inportant. This term might be a good start for some students and they might succeed and be better than before. Term 2 is like a adventure that you go through and you have ups and downs. Term 2 might be exciting for students to succeed.