Rubbish- How is it affecting our planet?

Our school theme we are researching and learning about is rubbish and it's harmful effects on our planet. In week 2 I wrote this explain piece of writing on how rubbish hurts our animals, environment and us. Here is it =)

How is rubbish affecting our earth?Rubbish is a problem being caused all around the world. But the effects it has on nature and animals is much bigger. It can spread everywhere from our bins out to the streets and into the oceans. Humans are the causes of all the pollution happening around the world. Our air, trees, water and land are all in danger from the poor decisions we made which help contribute to the cause of pollution.

 All our beautiful animals around the world are slowly dying from the effects pollution has made on them. Oil spills kill our fish, Poisoned air makes our birds sick and toxic soil kill our bugs. There are much more ways animals could die. Over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 sea mammals are killed by pollution every year. Plastic doesn’t break down, when it is thrown into the ocean it’ll be around for more than a thousand years. Sea animals mistake this plastic waste for other types of food. It can’t be digested very easily and gives them a hard time to swallow and process the plastic.

 Our whenua also gets treated very badly. When our rubbish is sent to the disposal area or landfills our waste gets put into dumping grounds to bury the rubbish. All the juices from the rubbish become toxic and soak into the soil creating a poison eco system for our bugs and worms and making our soil rotten and unhealthy. Our worms help increase the amount air and water that gets put into our grounds. When our land becomes more poison it increases the chance of plants and wildlife to die quicker.

 When we litter our rubbish ends up from the streets into our drains and out into the ocean. Our waterways become littered with rubbish and turn our water polluted and non swimmable. Fish will be at risk of dying from the unhealthy water and weeds will outgrow the water making them much bigger and the river dangerous. Currents may change as well making it either more rough or too calm. If water conditions change it make cause it to be uninhabitable for animals.

 The causes of rubbish puts our wildlife and environment in danger. What can we do to change this? Our animals are a major reason our world is staying stable. Same with our water and land. Waterways become blocked, clogged and disgusting while our soil starts to become rotten and unhealthy for our planet. A little change can make a difference.

National Young Leaders Day

A conference was held in Auckland for the National Young Leaders Day. Me and 9 others had the opportunity to go down and gather new skills and information to use as a kaiarahi or leader of our school. The experience was really fun and the speakers had very motivational speeches. The saying of the day was Me Whakaaro Rangatira which means to think like a leader. As kaiarahi of our kura we take the information we learnt as a taonga and pass them onto other students.

Sea cleaners

Our school topic is about rubbish and how it effects nature. Our literacy activity was to answer these questions about the sea cleaners. A group of people who help clean up our oceans and land to make it a better place to live in. You can visit them for more information and videos about what they do at Sea Cleaners.com
Here is my presentation on the Sea cleaners.

Sports poem

For writing we could do any style of writing about sports or the awa. I chose to do a rhyming poem about netball. Here is my presentation.

Maths problem

This was one of my maths problem I solved and presented on a Google drawing. I found the problem quite easy. Finding the answer didn't take as long as I thought it would and I decided to come up with a good answer. Here is my working.

Metaphore poem

For reading my group & I were learning about metaphors. Our task was to write metaphors about our family. I found this quiet easy and fun. This is my poem :)

Writing - Marae

For writing we tried writing an explain about why our marae is very important to our school.  This is my piece I hope you enjoy. 

I think that our marae is an important part of our school. It teaches the children about tikanga and how to be respectful in a marae. Taumata, powhiri and wananga are held in our marae as a way to pay respects. Tikanga is a very important part of maori culture and is shown mainly in our marae. Everyday taumata is held in the marae. Students have learnt to sit quietly in the marae and how to do the roles of Taumata.

 It teaches the tamariki how to pay respects in a marae.
When a taumata or powhiri is being held they learn to listen and to sit quietly. It is important that they are silent in a marae so the korero can be heard. A marae is an important part of maori culture and should be in most primary schools. Teaching children about their own culture at early ages gives them more knowledge when they’re older. The children can be taught different roles around marae such as karanga, taumata and kaimahi. Taumata is one of our very important roles at our kura. All our students are taught to stand on taumata from the ages of 5 to 13 years.

 Tikanga is very important to maori and is shown around the marae at all times. When we have powhiri we make sure our karanga is strong and our manuhiri feel welcome with our waiata and korero. When the manuhiri walk in a group of students will be walking in with them as a support. Our normal taumata will then take place and our kaumatua will say a korero. We then sing another waiata and welcome their taonga or child into our kura by bringing them over onto our side of the marae. The teachers then go in for a hareru. The child will go sit down with their classroom and will then proceed into the wharekai for a snack.

 The marae is one of the most important parts of our school. We hold our daily taumata, powhiri and wananga in their. Passed students and teachers are also hanging up as a way to pay respects to them and their whanau for their contribution to our school.