School Fair

On Friday night Lawrence Area School had our school fair. Everyone had a wonderful time for many different reasons. Some of the students in room 4 have written about school fair for Quick Write and their writing has been included here along with some photos of the evening.

I jump out of the truck. I run into the gym. I see what activities there are. There is a balloon popping one and a golf one but I didn't do it. - Max

Last Friday I went to the school fair and I went to balloon pop and then to the princess room. It was amazing. Then I popped the balloon and I won a prize. I chose a drink bottle and a red throwing toy. Then I saw Rylee and I played with her and Connie, then we all went on the fire engine three times. Then there was fireworks and I scared Mrs O by saying "BOO!" - Venessa

Wee-oo, wee-oo! Beep, beep! The mini fire truck was going. The candy floss machine was going. I go up and get some more jellies with Mrs O up at the school. I got lucky on the pop the balloon. I love school fair. Then boom, boom! The fireworks were going. I really like school fair. - Alex

Dear Diary
Wow the school fair was a-ma-zing!!! I even won a box of biscuits off Mr. Howell and his chocolate stand. At the bottom of the tin is a place where you can put a candle and it shines through the windows. Thank you Mr Howell. But the firewroks was my favourite,

signed Toby

I see thousands of people. I go look round to see what there is. There's candy floss from room 3. There was 'pop the balloon' by room 6 and 'jelly and ice-cream' by room 4. The very first thing I got was candy floss. There were three different colours of candy floss. There was blue, white and pink. Later on I saw a fire engine but it was little and I went on that tonnes of times. I became a princess by Ashley. You made a crown, you made a wand with Ashley and then you got your nails painted by Mrs Kenny. Then you got glitter on your face and you got lollies and punch and a picture to colour in. Lucky last it was the fireworks. The were fan-tab-u-lous! - Connie

BANG! A balloon just popped. Now it's time for my prize. Score! Dream chocolate. Then I had a go at the coin toss game and then I went to the fire truck with George. He lost $2.00 and then we got given some sparklers. 2 boys got 2 sparklers and put it on a glow stick then it set on fire. Then the big fireworks cracked off. I can't wait till next time. - William

9th November 2012. It's school fair at six o'clock. I don't know what to wear. I'm so crazy right now. Ahh, finally something to wear. I get in the car and head to the fair. There are heaps of people. There's some I know from Waitahuna and Lawrence. It is so much fun having the fireworks and hanging out with my friends and going out on the fire truck was fun too. It was cool too because it was my Mum's birthday, so awesome. I ate chips and drank 3 drinks. It was fun doing balloon pop, coin toss and the chocolate wheel. - Regen

On Friday was the school fair. Room 4 was selling jelly and ice-cream with 100's and 1000's on top. I wonder how much money we raised? I went on the mini fire truck. It went beep-beep. I was also a bit annoyed because when I went on babies were on and they cried and cried. Now can you see how fun the school fair was? Last of all was boom, boom, boom, the fireworks started. Lots of colours, like green, purple and red filled the sky. Then we went home to sleep. - Lucie

"Mum, Mum, where should I go first?" The candy floss stall? The jelly and ice-cream? Or the coin throw? Then Mum said "Go to whatever you want to." So I went to the coin throw, room 7's stall. The coin throw was really fun because we got 4 poker chips for $2.00. Then I had to stay behind a line and throw a poker chip into a container that had a little sign on it saying 1, 2, 3 or 4. I got a poker chip in a container that said 2 and 3. The prizes I got were a little tin of mints with a hi-lighter and the other prize was a pen and a pencil. - Kate

Fun, fun, fun, fun, so cool, school fair. What am I going to do first? Coin toss? Jelly and ice-cream? Meet up with my friends? Or just wander? I will just wander. Then I smell the juicy smell of fireworks getting ready, like 3 hours later. - Rubie

I hear  laughing and kids begging for money. I've only got ten dollars. What to buy? There's too many things to do. Boom! goes the fireworks. "Wow! They were awesome fireworks," I said. - Hamish

As I walked into the amazing school fair I saw candy floss, jelly and ice-cream, a little fire engine and much, much more. The school fair smelled and looked delicious. The school fair went for ages. I enjoyed the school fair, especially the ending that was amazing to watch. I really wanted to stay and I wish the school fair never ended. I love school fairs. - Jay

As I run staright to the school fair I can smell jelly and ice-cream. I can hear the siren of the fire truck. I walk into the gym. I see the books, the white elephant stall, the pop the balloon and the candy floss stall. What will I do first, as I look down at my money. I go to the jelly and ice-cream stall and choose my jelly and choose my sprinkles. Once I had finished it I went to the book stall and Mum bought me a book. Mum let me go and get some candy floss. I saw Jessica and Shannon there. We had to wait a long time. I shared it with Lucie. After me and Connie went on the fire engine. Then the fireworks went off and it was very colourful. - Abby

I ran as fast as I could to beat Shannon from getting to the front of the line for candy floss, but I got there first. Then I saw Abby coming to get some candy floss too. We had to wait and wait for a long time. Suddenly I got my candy floss. It was sitting in my hand while I was staring at the jellybean jar. Then I went to the fairy princess grotto. I got my nails done, my face done, and made a crown and a pretty wand. I went to the fire engine and all the room 7 boys were chasing the fire engine. When almost all of the fun things had happened there were sparklers and firewroks. Boom, boom, pop, boom, boom, pop. Lots of wonderful colours pop in the sky making a wonderful sight to see. In the end I wasn't scared about the fireworks any more. - Jessica

The smell of candy floss floats through the air, followed by ice-cream and mouth-watering jelly. The stench of oil from the BBQ makes its way into the sky. Screaming, laughing, crying, balloons popping and talking, this is what I hear. Stalls are everywhere. This is the school fair!!!

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Bang, bang, boom, boom! Ahhhhh, 5 years olds screaming, fireworks booming, parents chattering. This is what I hear. The smell of smoke is what I smell. - Lucy W