Highlights of 2018

It is nearly the end of the school year there is only three days left until the summer holidays because it is getting so close to the end of the year we had to write down two academic highlights so that is two highlights about our learning and what we have been doing this year. We also had to write two other highlights. Here are my 2018 highlights. Enjoy :)

Highlights of 2018!

One of my two academic highlights of 2018 for me has been my science fair project I am really proud of it because it got a bronze award and it took me ages and I am really proud of the end result. My other academic highlight for 2018 has been weeding and mulching at hamanatua stream because it gives me something to be proud of.

Two highlights for me this year have been working in the garden b Another highlight for me this year has been my awesome because I love weeding, planting and harvesting. My final highlight for 2018 has been my awesome classroom, room 1!

Photo or Faux Toe

On wednesday oka Maria came in she talked to us about how to tell if something is an actual photo or a Faux Toe. Koka maria gave us a website to use called pixler so we could photoshop some photos of our own ENJOY! (I chose a calico cat to photoshop)   :) 

Smart Media

Last week koka Maria came in and taught us about smart media. What we had to do was create a word art about ourselves one for at school and one for at home. Here are my word arts. Enjoy!

At school:                                                                  

   At home:                                                                                   

An Unexpected Visitor

We heard a knock at the door of our classroom we looked to see who it was and it was Meng Foon the mayor of Gisborne. He called in because he was waiting down at Hamanatua stream for us. He didn't know that we had postponed it because of the rain. When he came in we told him about our actions speak louder than words project.
The mayor kindly let us have a photo with him here it is to prove it!

Hamanatua Stream

This term our focus has been actions speak louder than words. We have been doing projects down at hamanatua stream. My groups project was signage. We created signs to put down at hamanatua stream. We were meant to  have an open day but we had to postpone it because the weather was bad. We were recently down there planting, here are some  photos.

Why we should Ban Plastic bags!

Over the last term we have been writing speeches in room 1. Last week I shared my speech with  my class. Although I didn't get into the finals with my speech I am really proud of it. Here's my speech, hope you enjoy.  :)

                    Why We Should Ban PLastic Bags!

Did you know that you can never actually ‘throw away’ a plastic bag? They just sit around in our environment for 500 to 1000 years slowly breaking down and killing our animals. Hi I’m Hazel and I’m here to tell you what plastic bags are doing to our environment and what we can use instead of them.

Did you know that one trillion to five trillion plastic bags are used each year, that's about 160,000 a second! If you throw your plastic bags into a landfill they can mix with other materials when it rains. That then creates a toxic sludge called leachate. Leachate then leaks into the ground. Then it mixes with our groundwater, rivers and streams polluting them and killing the creatures living in them. Did you know that only 2.5 percent of water on earth is drinkable. If this keeps happening then what will we drink?

So who invented plastic bags? Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented plastic in 1907. Over 8 million tonnes of plastic is dumped into our oceans each year. Over 10,000 marine creatures are killed each year by plastic. By 2050 there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish. Most plastic bags are waterproof and photodegradable this means that they slowly break down into smaller pieces with the help of sunlight. Fish then eat the smaller pieces of plastic, we then catch the fish and eat them. ‘GREAT’ so that means that were eating plastic to.

Why use plastic bags when there are plenty more eco friendly options? You could always use tote bags/cloth bags, boxes, eco friendly bags, paper bags, kete you could even bring a bucket or wheel barrow to the supermarket or just say no to bags altogether. Shops are making plastic bags cost 10 to 15 cents the use of plastic bags has dropped and is still slowly dropping. Do you or anyone you  know ever make unexpected purchases and you bye so much that you just have to take a plastic bag? Well there's an easy solution to that too. The solution is to keep a stash of tote bags or reusable bags hidden away in your car or truck, just incase. By 2020 New Zealand IS going to be  single use plastic bag free, Don't you think that's awesome?! Countdown is already on their way to becoming plastic bag free hopefully paknsave will soon follow them to becoming plastic bag free.

So,what do you think about plastic bags now, would you like to use them? It's not plastics fault it's ours. Bye Im Hazel and I strongly believe that we should ban plastic bags, what do you think?

Introduction to Room 4 at Blaketown School

Today in room 1 we did an intro to introduce room 4 to us, room 4  is in Blaketown School Blaketown School is in Greymouth. Room 4 is going to be our new blogging class we will be checking out their learning and leaving positive and helpful comments. Here's my intro to room 4, I hope you enjoy! :)