Springston School

Hello I am Milly and I am a Year 8 at Springston School. For my inquiry I had to answer the question ‘Why do people smoke and what are the effects of smoking?’ I researched this and then made my podcast to try to convince people not to smoke. I hope you like my podcast! 3:56 minutes, 2.2MB, AAC file

Springston students enjoy a regular 'Wheels Day'. Taylor and Emily explain how this works. Do send them a comment if you have a Wheels Day at your school! 1:29 minutes, 740 KB, mp3

Ashley's fable shows how delaying tactics may be useful. 1:19 minutes, 1.3 MB, mp3

Hannah S. tells this interesting story, involving some puppies. 1:00 minutes, 940 KB, mp3

This fable is retold by Hannah B., age 13. This story is about how to overcome the problem of bullying. 1:47 minutes, 1.7 MB, mp3

Amy-Leigh, age 11, retells this fable. Listen to the story, and see if you can figure out the moral before you hear it at the end. 1:08 minutes, 1.1 MB, mp3

Year 7 and 8 students have been retelling Aesop's Fables into a modern context. For sharing, some students have recorded their stories into Garageband and added sound effects and music. This first story is told by Henry, age 13. 0:55 minutes, 859.2 KB, mp3

Adam interviews his Nana, Pam Hall, about primary school in the late 1940s. This episode is the last in our Oral History series – we hope you have enjoyed them all! What have you learned about primary school days in the past? Are things very different now? 7:19 minutes, 5.1 MB, mp3.

Zak interviews his Nana, Jocelyn Baird. Jocelyn went to primary school in the early 1950s. 10:11 minutes, 7 MB mp3.

Kachina interviews her Great-Grandmother, Gladys Morris, in another of our Oral Histories. This interview is another that investigates memories of primary school in the 1930s and early 1940s. Listen to what happened one day when a boy got the strap! 5:08 minutes, 4.8 MB, mp3.

In this Oral History, Shania interviews her Grandfather, Bill Andrews, about his memories of primary school in the late 1930s and early 1940s in Christchurch, New Zealand. 6:32 minutes, 6 MB, mp3

Ms Singleton’s Room 5 students (Years 5 and 6, ages 9 and 10) have been learning about the past, and have discussed some of the ways in which we can preserve the past. Some of them have been able to look more closely at oral history, and have decided to record some of the stories of their own grandparents. They were most interested to find out about life at primary school for their grandparents and as a group developed some questions, and put them into a logical sequence. They practised their interviewing skills and learnt how to use an mp3 recorder, and Garageband on the school’s Macbooks. Then away they went with the recorders to carry out their interviews with their grandparents.

Ryan, Libby and Scott have made a report on the senior school's visit to hear the New Zealand Army Band. 1:57 minutes, 1.8MB, AAC/m4a (Originally uploaded 18 June 2007

A PMI (de Bono's Plus, Minus and Interesting thinking tool) reflection about podcasting and how it helps develop oral language. After participating in an online conference, Time4 Online, where educators in a workshop have been discussing how podcasting can help extend oral language, and considering whether there are different benefits between scripting or speaking ad lib in a podcast, I thought I'd ask my students what they thought. This podcast was created by a group who have created one podcast of their own already this term (see the 3 episodes prior to this one). I put them on the spot somewhat to create this one! 10:19 minutes, 9.7MB (Originally uploaded 4 June 2007)

Milly and Libby want to tell you about the music lessons you can have at Springston School. They put their interviewing skills to work in this podcast. 5:11 minutes, 2.4MB. (Originally uploaded 4 June 2007)

Springston School students Charlotte and Caitlin have put together a podcast featuring a QUIZ to test your knowledge on our school! 1:23 minutes, 1.2MB (Originally uploaded 16 May 2007)