Ukulele lesson

On Wednesday we started to learn how to play the ukulele. Every Wednesday for five weeks we will have a lesson with Alison. We learnt all the parts of the ukulele and how to care for it.  I struggled a bit with putting my fingers in the frets but it was fun. I could play a song at end of the session. The thing I could do a bit better is pay a bit more attention to the teacher.

Endemic bird, plan or animal

Two weeks ago my classroom  Te Ngahere have been learning about native and endemic birds ,trees, insects and animals. All our literacy groups were allowed to choose which one we wanted to learn about.  My group chose New Zealand gecko. The first presentation was not the best but the second presentation was a lot better because we got accurate information from the DOC website. I enjoyed learning and helping my group with our  presentation about the gecko .

Bay Bush Action

Last week in Te Ngahere two visitors came to our class to help us become trappers for a rat and mouse free school in Paihia. We have been learning about what endemic and native animals are.  They brought along with them some pests and endemic birds like the possum, hedgehog, kiwi, and some photos of animals. We got some traps to trap the rats and mice. We used bait to attract the rats and mice to come into the traps that we set and gloves to pick up the dead mice or rats that are in the traps. We put some traps along the fence line of our school. We were unable to go up the bush last week because of the weather.

Persuasive Writing

In Te Ngahere we had to write a persuasive piece of writing about Reduce,Reuse,Recycle and we had to find some  information about Reduce,Reuse,Recycle. We are trying to convince the supermarkets and people to stop using plastic bags.

Should Plastic Bag be Use In Supermarket ?

I think plastic bags are a waste of time and money. They are only used for around 10 minutes and then just thrown away. Some plastic bags have flown into the ocean and the marine life are either getting tangled up in them or dying because of them. If we do stop making plastic bags, it will help stop global warming. Icebergs won’t melt down and all the penguins, seals and polar bears will not fall off the icebergs.

Did you know that they produce around 5 Trillion plastic bags each year? That is enough to go round the world 7 times. Plastic bags need loads of sun to break down into small pieces and it takes them 1,000 years to break down.  The supermarkets have tried giving discounts for being your own bag but it hasn't work out.  They have also charged people for not bring your own bags but it didn't work.  

Writing Goals Term 4

Last week in Te Ngahere we had to set our writing goals. We looked at the the rubric to choose our own writing goals. We had the choice of R4,R5 or R6 and I needed to achieve my goals. My goals are below.

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