Mr. Cooke is the principal of Melville Intermediate School in Hamilton, New Zealand. He takes pride in his school and ensures all students are happy. The school has class gardens, a large hall for assemblies, options classes for talents, a library, sports fields, and a canteen. It also has uniforms, year 7 day camp, and year 8 week-long camp. The teachers and students are friendly and welcoming to new students.

1. BY ATELA

2. Mr Cooke is the principle of Melville Intermediate School. He is
very proud of his school and welcomes any one who wants to
learn. He makes sure that everyone is happy at his school.
David Cooke has also put in class
gardens, so now every every student
has a plant. Also the students learn
how to take care of plants and what
we can do to help the planet.
We have a hall in our school, and its
pretty big so don’t worry everyone
can fit in. We have assemblies and
performances in there too.

3. People in our school have many talents, that’s why we have
options. They are for when you have a talent and you want
to show it, or if you want to learn new skills. We have
baking, art, sewing and many more. But we also have tutor
classes. That’s the main class you stay in and learn. We also
have technology blocks were we learn skills like music,
computers and lots more. Its pretty much like options.
This is our library ,it has a variety of books, there is also
books about new Zealand. You can also study in there
and read too. But you have to remember that you have to
be quiet in that room.

4. Our school has many rooms and a huge fields. We do
have school rules too. Our school is located in mount
view road Melville Hamilton New Zealand. We have a
playground and lots of counts. We have kind teachers
who support us and we have great receptionist. The
students in this school are very kind to. So you will
make friends really easy. We are a enviro school and
we also have student councilors . So now the kids
have choices with the school too. Our school also has
netball and basketball courts.
At the front of our school we have many trees and New
Zealand's flag. Also in our school we have a canteen so you
can buy food at lunch time. There are a variety of food you
can buy such as dinks, popcorn and many others.

5. At Melville Intermediate school we have uniforms.
Now they are something we have to wear everyday
and on our shirts we have integrity written on it. The
only day you don’t have to wear uniform is when its
mufti day and you don’t have to wear it to camp.
Mufti day it a day when you can wear what ever you
want, but you have to take a $1 coin. We don’t only
were shirts and skirts/shorts at our school we also
have jerseys, sunhats for when its hot and beanies for
when its cold. Also we have to have proper footwear.
So on terms one and four we have to have sandals and
on terms three and two we have to have black shoes.

6. If you are a year seven you go on a one day camp where you do lots of fun activities,
such as cooking your own food and lots of fun games. But if you are a year eight you
go on a week camp where you will do lots of exciting stuff. When you go to the
year seven camp all you need to bring is some lunch and your togs so you can go
down the awesome water slide. Then theirs the year eight one but you will get a
gear list so don’t worry. Also you don’t go alone you go with your teachers and
friends, and the cost is only $20.

7. Our teachers Are very kind
and sporty, they teach us
students many things. Also
the students are friendly and
very kind to new people. At
Melville Intermediate we
have year seven teachers and
year eight teachers. At our
school we have talented
teachers and students too.
New students feel very
welcomed because of our
kindness. But the best thing
about teachers is that they
look after us.

8. In New Zealand there are many things to see like our native birds such as the Kiwi.