When we got to school we had morning tea and then we jumped on a bunch of busses our bus was full of room nine kids and room two kids.The bus is filled with excitement and chatty kids. We left without Mr. Gray!When we got there we waited for a while then we went upstairs and waited by the bar watching waves of kids explode through the doors.We finally entered and took are seats and one the big screen there were trivia questions about music.Then the show began the people in the orchestra appeared slowly and then this man in a pink suit called chris appeared and talked to us about emotions because that was what the show was about then we carried on with the show we sang his song and listened to some beautiful music. Then we left and walked slowly back into are busses and again without mr Gray. Here are some pics of us at christruch town hall.Do you play an instrument? 

On the 19th of October most of the school went to The Chch Town Hall and other school from Chch to listen to a performance of The NZSO (New Zealand Symphony Orchestra). They Played a variety of songs all representing different emotions, like anger or excitement. The show lasted around 1 hour or two. Sadly we missed out on our morning tea play time, so I wasn’t too happy about that. Overall I think the performance was pretty boring in my opinion. Especially because none of the songs had any words in them, except one.

Do you like orchestra performances?

Last Monday, the whole school  went to the Orchestra at the town hall. It was about the feelings like excited,Lonely , Anger and  I lot more.Their was a lot of schools Their.It was really cool to watch.Here is a Photos!! Have you ever been to the town hall?And what for?

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This week NBC went to the orchestra thew whole school split up into different busses to the town hall. We all went inside the town hall and waited for the orchestra to start. Chris  was  telling us about how the songs tell us different emotions. It was super fun and we learnt a song that they played. have you ever seen a orchestra if so  was it fun?

All the NBC seniors had Athletics day in term 4 week 2.At NBC year 4 – 8 do Athletics day but only year 5-8 top 2 people can go to the next competition called Zones.I made it to zones for shot put, long jump, high jump, 1500 meters and relays but i had to drop one event so I chose to lave shot put.My favourite part of the day was definitely the high jump.Overall I thought it was a super fun day.

Whats your favourite Athletics event ?

On Monday the whole school went to the town hall to see the NZSO ( New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ) Perform. There performance was called How Do I Feel and it was all about emotions. They created a piece of music for each emotion in this book that was called How Do I Feel and it had beautiful illustrations that were shown on a big screen as well as the emotion it was. While they were preforming we did small actions to represent the emotion and when everyone did it at the same time it looked really cool because there were lots of other schools too. I personally really liked the performance I think it was really cool.

Whats an emotion you often feel? Let me know.

Week 2, 19th of October was a beautiful sunny morning! It felt like we had just arrived at school then left on the bus. Class by class we squished onto each bus, there were around 5-7 buses to transport our school to the town hall. We were the first school to turn up, it was really quiet for a few minutes, then suddenly, bus after bus surrounded our school packed with loud and bright students.

We made our way upstairs where we waited for a while to be guided to our seats, then finally we were taken to our seats at the middle top of the hall. We watched other schools slowly take their seats below and next to us. Then suddenly a group of students began chanting ” CHRIS, CHRIS, CHRIS ¨ This confused our school because we had no idea who Chris was?

A man appeared from behind the curtain, who I assumed was Chris because of the applause the students chanting gave him. He was wearing a vibrant pink suit, that stood out like a neon sign in a dim alleyway. He talked about what we were all doing here together, about how music can have emotions without words, but mostly about this book called how do I feel. There are different emotions on each page, and the orchestra played music that matched the emotion. For anger, it was loud, and tense music! We were told to bang our feet on the ground, which created rumbles as loud as an earthquake! We made an emotions song as well, that was super catchy!

I loved my experience at the town hall, interacting with other schools, learning about how music can have emotions and listening to the orchestra come together.

Have you been to the town hall before? What’s your favourite instrument?

Hello there! On Tuesday we did athletics. It was not very fun but that is because I am not the best at the stuff that was there, I also sat out for high jump for two reasons, I had very sore legs and knees and also because this one time that I did do it I almost put out my back, because I landed on the pole and it rolled on my back which hurt VERY bad. But anyways, there was high jump, long jump, discus, shot-put, sprints and more that I forgot. I really enjoyed discus though, even if I did not get into zones. I reckon I should have gotten into zones though, very rude of them not to put me into zones.

Question: Have you ever gotten into zones? If so what did you get in for?

Last Friday in all rooms we had the science roadshow and it was amazing so here is my quick review plus i liked it all i reckon what i was expecting to see was more about how Ernest Rutherford invented that green stuff its in his den below the school if you go to the school in town but other than that i loved it  Thanks – Zavian

On the 19th of October 2026 me and my school New Brighton Catholic had a trip to the town hall to listen to the NZSO/ New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. The NZSO did a show here in Christchurch about feelings, mainly about the book (How Do I Feel) by Rebekah Lipp and illustration by Craig Phillips. They performed a variety of song that make a melody that describes each feeling and emotions. The songs they played made a tune and melody that floated through the hall and made it soothing calming and sometimes scary.

• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee (representing jittery excitement)
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 (specifically showcasing triumphant energy)
• Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture
• An Original Song: A custom piece composed for the show that the audience of students sang along with the NZSO
  It was such a  fun time and I had so much fun listening and connecting the music and feelings

Have you ever gone to a Orchestra performance and had to think about how it makes you feel.