Garden

This year our school has built a raised garden. It has been so succseful that each class has their own spot. In our garden we have lettuce, marigolds, beetroot, carrots and red onions. Thank you to those people who have helped out with the edible garden.

By Jamie & Kristian
You are creating an interesting record of the progress of the edible garden. It's looking so good in such a short time!
Mrs Duffin

Fun at Whangateau

SCREECH!!!
The bus slowed down as it came over the hill, before coming to a halt at the bottom. The children raced out the doors like a stampede of elephants, and headed towards the Whangateau estuary. I paused to look at the beautiful scene around me. I could smell the salty water even from a distance, and I could hear the whisper of the wind in the trees.

I made my way to where the other kids were gathered around Mr Grace, the marine biologist who would guide us around Horseshoe Island. We split into two groups, and our group made our way towards the little island in the distance. My feet sank into the mud, like little people slipping into quicksand.

We stopped to look at the holes made by eagle rays that had chosen to feed off the cockles. They were now full of water- and made perfect puddles for jumping in! The mangrove trees we saw, towered high over us, as the little oysters clung to their branches, like a baby monkey clinging to its mother. The plants had long, fragile branches, and leaves as green as grass.

I headed back to the mainland with the rest of my group, water dripping from my clothes like I was a tap. I had learnt so much today about water-life, I felt like a marine biology book! As I boarded the bus again, I took one last look at this beautiful place, before the bus started up, and crawled over the hill again.

By Aimee Stevens

Comment: Very well written, Aimee. I love your use of similes and adjectives.
Mrs Duffin

Our edible garden

We planted orange and green marigold that stand out in the sun.Our lettuce are green and some are red. We just planted them today. Our chives are long strips that are green. Hopefully we will be able to eat them when they mature.
By Eru

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The Gladwrap Challenge

Our class has carried out a survey to find out how many students use gladwrap in their lunches. A huge majority do. A small minority use alternatives like small reusable plastic containers and lunch roll paper instead.
Gladwrap is a huge problem at school. It makes up a lot of of rubbish, especially the rubbish that ends up flying around in our grounds. We know a lot of it finds its way into the paddocks of the farm next door. This must be a concern for Mr Mason as it is possible his cows may eat it.
Gladwrap takes a long time to break down- 1000 years. We really want to influence people to use alternatives. This is our challenge to everyone at school. In two weeks time we will do another survey to see if we have made a difference.
Please help us to achieve our goal.

Rules, rights and responsibilities

We have discussed how we can have a harmonious classroom environment this year and we have made a classrom treaty to refer to. It states our rights and responsibilities. Each member of the class has signed it and we will refer to the treaty when we need to.

Rights and Responsibilities

Everybody in this world
Are entitled to their rights
The right to eat
The right to drink
The right to sleep at night
And in our class (which Ill use as a demonstration)
We all have the right
To a quality education
The right to express Our opinions and ideas
And to be treated fairly
By all of our peers
But with these rights
Come responsibilities
To always try our best
Say thank you and please
To work as exceptionally as a busy bee
Always own up to what we have done
But a right and responsibility
IS TO ALWAYS HAVE FUN!!! By Aimee Stevens