Melville Intermediate - School Speech Finals 2012

Last Friday we held the 2012 Melville Intermediate School Speech Finals at School during assembly.  Our 2012 topic was 'Sustainability: Cow Farts Cost Money' which is what every student had learnt in class last term.  Every student from Melville Intermediate School had to preform a speech and these are the four finalists.  First is Riley from Room Eight:

One of the other four finalists was Morgan from Room Two, this is his speech here:

All the speeches for the finals were filmed on Friday by Brae from Room Five.

Melville Intermediate - Possum Encounters?

If you've had an encounter with Possums we'd appreciate contact with you about this if possible. We're studying sustainability this term and one of the themes that were looking at is conservation.

Were looking for anyone from New Zealand or elsewhere for that matter, who've had experiences with Possums, at home, on the farm or at school even. If you have could you please leave a comment to us, if you've got pictures or other media forms, even better!

In New Zealand they're a substantial pest, with between 30 and 70 million in the country, estimated to be eating 9 million tonnes of vegetation a night! You can check out more about Possums by reading here.