Our Response

Mrs. Doherty, we have come up with some very persuasive letters to convince you that we need to keep colours at Hobsonville School. We really hope that you will change your mind and allow us to keep our school colourful! We would be very interested to hear your response before we leave for the holidays, please!

Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I strongly believe that we should definitely not have to change the colours at Hobsonville School.
Firstly, I will feel sad if all the lovely and happy colours have gone.
Secondly, if we paint the grass, it might kill the grass.
Thirdly, we might fall from the playground.
Lastly, we might not find our classroom.
You should definitely not take our rainbow colours away.
Isabella

Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I think that we should definitely not have our colours taken away from Room 18 students.
Firstly, I definitely do not agree with you Mrs. Doherty because all the colours are so beautiful.
Secondly, I do not want the school all black because we like all the amazing colours in the whole entire world.
Thirdly, I think that we must not have all our bags, our books, and our uniforms turned black.
Lastly, all the colours are so exciting to us.
I don't agree with you, Mrs. Doherty. We must not have our school all black.

Armani


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
You should not ban colours because how will we see all the stuff on the wall?
Firstly, we might lose our jumpers if we take them off.
Secondly, if we paint the grass black, it will kill it.
Thirdly, when everyone gets to school, the teacher's crossing vest will be lost in all the other black stuff.
Lastly, if someone is just new to this school, they might not know where to go because of the numbers on the doorway.

Karea


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I think the school should be colourful because then people will come to this school.
Firstly, when people are playing soccer they won't be able to to find the black ball in the black grass.
Secondly, we won't know what teacher is on duty.
Thirdly, we won't like out uniform.
I definitely think the school should be colourful.

Ethan


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I definitely think we should not have the colours taken away from the school.
Firstly, if the jackets that the teachers wear are black, we will not know if they are on duty.
Secondly, we will not go to school because it is all black.
Thirdly, all the bags will be black and we will not know who's is who's.

Grace


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I definitely think we should have colours at school.
Firstly, we wouldn't be able to to see the duty teachers without their colourful vests.
Secondly, we would lose our uniform in the black grass.
Thirdly, it would be difficult to know which is the which and which bookbag is which and which tote tray is mine.
Lastly, if the grass was painted black it would kill the grass and that would not be good at all!
So I think that we should keep the colours this way.

Georgia


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I think we should have colours at school.
Firstly, we won't know which bookbags are ours because our name is black and our book bags would be black. So we can't see out bookbags. It will be all black!
Secondly, if you paint the grass black, it will kill the grass.
Thirdly, it will look yucky and it will be boring and the kids will moan to their mother that they don't want to go to school.
I definitely do not want to have the school black.

Chanice


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I strongly believe that Hobsonville School should not ban colours.
Firstly, we wouldn't be able to see the duty teacher's vests.
Secondly, if we paint the grass black, we might kill it.
Thirdly, we might fall off the playground.
Lastly, our food is colourful, so what will we eat?
Room 18 does not want colours banned.

Jalen


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I don't think colours should be taken away from Hobsonville School!
Firstly, we couldn't see the things around us.
Secondly, we won't see the playground!
Thirdly, we woldn't see the classroom!
Lastly, we wouldn't see the whiteboard.
I definitely think colours shouldn't be taken away.

Isaak


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I think that colours should not be banned.
Firstly, if we paint the grass black, it might die.
Secondly, our food is colourful, so what would we have to eat?
Thirdly, it would be hard.
Lastly, the trees might die.

Min


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I didn't know you like black.
I definitely think the whole school should be colourful.
Firstly, I want the whole playground to be colourful because it make me happy and it makes me feel so beautiful.

James


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I think that colours should not be banned.
Firstly, we might not be able to read books with coloured writing.
Secondly, if you paint the grass, it will die.
Thirdly, we won't see anything.
Lastly, we'll get sick of it.
I think that colours should not be banned.

Marica


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I strongly think that we should definitely not make the school black.
Firstly, we won't know which schoolbag is ours.

Ruhi


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I strongly believe that Hobsonville School should not ban colours.
Firstly, we might not be able to read books with coloured writing.
Secondly, if we paint the grass black it might kill it.
Thirdly, we don't want to change the colour of our hair and our eyes.
Lastly, school wold be dull and boring without colours. Children wouldn't want to come to school anymore.
I strongly believe that Hobsonville School should not ban colours.

Nicole


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
It is felt be all the children in Room 18, Hobby MUST not ban colours.
Firstly, we would have to have burnt food like burnt strawberries and burnt grapes. YUCK!
Secondly, if we paint the grass black it might kill it and that wouldn't be good at all!
Thirdly, it would be way harder to find out who's bag was who's!
Lastly, it would be really difficult to find out which teachers were on duty without their colourful vests on. So what would we do if someone was hurt? And we could fall off the playground if it was all black!
So Mrs. Doherty, that's why Room 18 thinks that Hobby must not be all black.

Callum


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
We must have colours at Hobsonville School.
Firstly, classroom displays wouldn't be very interesting for people to look at.
Secondly, people might hate the colour black and they might not come to school. The school might turn into a big yucky school because no one will be able to pick up rubbish.
Thirdly, people might be sad when the colours go.
Lastly, if you paint the grass black, it might kill it.
We must not paint the school black.

Ryan


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
We must not have colours banned at Hobsonville School.
Firstly, if you paint the grass black it will kill it.
Secondly, we wouldn't be able to see the bright coloured vests that the duty teachers wear.
Thirdly, we might fall off the playground.
Lastly, we might not be able to find our school bags.
We must not have colours banned at Hobsonville School.

Aaron


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I strongly believe that Hobsonville School colours should not be taken.
Firstly, we might not be able to read books with coloured writing.
Secondly, we all have coloured food, so what will we eat?
Thirdly, I want the whole playground to be colourful because it makes me feel happy.
Lastly, we will not be able to do publishing because the whole paper will be black.
So we all want the school to be colourful. Do you agree or disagree?

Nicholas


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I strongly believe that Hobsonville School should not ban colours.
Firstly, we definitely don't want black and white all over the school.
Secondly, we will feel sad if all the lovely happy bright colours are taken away from the school.
Thirdly, classroom displays wouldn't be very interesting for people.
Lastly, we might not be able to read books with coloured writing.
That's why I think that Mrs. Doherty shouldn't paint the school black and white.

Piper


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I definitely think that Hobsonville School should have colours.
Firstly, it is be fun and exciting.
Secondly, we would not know where to put our stuff.
Thirdly, if we paint the grass black, it might kill it.
Lastly, people wouldn't come to school.
I definitely think that Hobsonville School should have colours.

Madeline


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I think that colours should not change to black.
Firstly, if we paint the grass black, it might kill it.
Secondly, I will feel sad if all the lovely happy bright colours are taken away from the school. Bright colours cheer you up and make you happy.
Thirdly, our food is colourful so what would we have to eat?
Lastly, we might not be able to read books with coloured writing.
I think that colours should not change to black.

Joshua H


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
We think that colours should not be banned.
Firstly, if your shoes come off, you wouldn't be able to find them in all the black.
Secondly, you wouldn't be able to read books.
Thirdly, if you want to play Buzz, you can't because you can't see the numbers in the black.
Lastly, you can't see anything.

Flynn


Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I strongly believe that Hobsonville School should not ban colours.
Firstly, we will miss the lovely colours.
Secondly, if we paint the grass black, it might kill it.
Thirdly, we couldn't do our publishing because it'd be all black.
Lastly, black wouldn't be exciting.
Black would not be interesting.

Joshua V



And Mrs. Doherty, you do have one supporter. The rest of us hope he doesn't convince you to keep your decision as-is!

Dear Mrs. Doherty,
I definitely think that black should be at school.
Firstly, we will look like an All Black.
Secondly, if we play armies, we will be camouflage.
Thirdly, you might be a fan of the All Blacks.
Lastly, we can dye our hair black.

Nathan