Eco warriors #habitatheroesnz

This year we have been learning about our local wetland areas. We have been concerned about the health of these areas. An area that has been damaged by huge waves from a storm is Clifton Beach. We're entering this compition because we really want to help the local environment and public areas. Please help us make our plan come to life!

Emily and I have been working in a group. We have decided to have a clean up day at Clifton Beach. We will send out some pamphlets for the day. In the pamphlets we will tell the public about the activities to make the day fun for everyone! Lately there has been some major damage to Clifton Beach, causing half the camping ground to disappear. There will be plenty of debris for us to tidy up! Come join us, we will be sure to keep you updated!

Island Of The Blue Dolphins

Island of the blue Dolphins 

By Scott O'Dell

Winner of the Newbery Medal 

The Island looks like a dolphin lying on its side. Some Russians/Aleuts came on a ship to hunt for otters on the island.

We did a few reading tasks throughout the time we have been reading this book, one of the tasks were about what fake name we would have (because on the island they have two names, a secret name and a fake name that everybody knows you by). My fake name would be Ruby because my gem stone is the Ruby gem. 

Term 2 - Fractions

Fractions, fractions, fractions! Recently in maths we have been learning about fractions. The teachers ran many different fractions workshops and each time I went to one, I had to get my passport stamped or signed. One workshop that I attended was about finding fractions of sets.

Term 2 - Reading

This term I have been reading a range of different texts. I have been learning to clarify the words I don't understand when I read. My favourite text that I have read is called Giving The Ocean A Voice and it was about cleaning up the ocean and doing it up a bit. 

Term 2 - Maths

Earlier in the term we were learning about multiplication and division. A strategy I learnt was to use my place value when adding all the numbers together at the end of a problem if I need to. This strategy helps me to add a big amount of numbers together with ease.https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rAQ2Moklo19nZ939DWZaQg1D1f-rWwZWwXhRfp_TnZ0

Term 2 - Persuasive Writing

We have been learning to write persuasive texts. To do this, we had to use our words to convince someone to believe something. Here is an example of my writing. I tried to persuade The Hawkes Bay Community to stop some of the people that are dumping rubbish, litter and nappies.

Dear Hawkes Bay Community,

I am writing to you because I think that dumping rubbish, litter and nappies is certainly not acceptable at all. Dumping rubbish anywhere causes a major impact on the environment and is very cruel and disgusting.

Can't you see that if certain types of animals, for example; birds and different insects can eat the litter and rubbish (even though they are in their very own habitat) they could get very sick, they could choke and probably even end up dying. This is a very wrong act and it should definitely never end up happening to an innocent animal’s habitat. This needs to stop immediately.

I don't know about you, but I think heaps of people love fish! And also all the fish and chip shops are going great, but it won't be for long. You see, the litter, rubbish, nappies etc, can all end up in the rivers and oceans. This can happen by dumping rubbish on land but very close to the river and could fall in, but some horrible, horrible people actually just dump it in the rivers and oceans. This causes fish to die and the food-chain to stop. 

And just remember that this is my opinion, but I'm sure everyone else thinks that this NEEDS to stop, straight away. And this is why I'm sure everyone needs to hear this message and spread it out to others too, because this is certainly not okay and no-one should ever dump rubbish, nappies and litter ever.

Term 2 - Netball

In netball, we have been learning to shoot, to balance, to chest pass and to throw and catch the ball. The skill that I have improved on the most is shooting, to learn this skill I had to take my time and measure the ball directly with the net, then I had to candy cane the ball into the hoop.