Henry Ford (Model T)

For reading in our class we have been learning about pollution and we have read a book called "driving into the future" which is about electric cars and petrol cars, we had to look up the difference about the cars. I chose to learn more about Henry Ford and the car he had invented which is the Model T car.

Analysing food

About 3 weeks ago on March the 9th we went to New world just around the corner. We have been learning more about food for thought. When we arrived at new world we got put into 2 groups and we went around the supermarket and started looking at some foods and we had to look at the foods to see if overall it's actually healthy for your body or if it's not healthy at all.

Argument on plastic in our environment

Argument on Plastic in our school

The impact of plastic on our environment is repulsive. You need to understand
the impact that plastic rubbish has an impact on our oceans. Scientists have
discovered and believe that in 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in
our oceans “There are more pieces of microplastic in the sea than there are
stars in our galaxy” So let’s make a change about this big situation, that a lot
of people don’t care about our world. I vehemently believe and encourage others
that we must all put our rubbish in the right bin and use less of plastic and more
reusable items.  

Families could try and reduce using plastic bags, glad wrap, and aluminium foil.
So families from our school should now start reusing items for lunch like reusable
ziplock bags or reusable containers. Also Families could create a litter free lunch
box by not using plastic items. In my opinion, I suggest that all families should
start buying lunch boxes that have little compartments in them. I think that
having these lunch boxes at our school is a good choice and it could make a
big difference.

For example, in your lunchbox with little compartments you could have things in it
like fruits, nuts, or sandwiches. Another name for these types of foods are known
as “nude foods”. Nude foods are foods that are not wrapped up in plastic, such
as glad wrap, plastic wrappers, etc.   

In my opinion, if I was a parent I would absolutely agree on buying this lunchbox
because it is a lot cleaner, cheaper and would make our school a better environment. Our school would look a lot cleaner with less plastic laying around our school than usual. Overall would you want to live in a world full of plastic everywhere you go? If not, then why keep littering? What’s the point on trying to reduce using plastic if everyone is just throwing their rubbish everywhere like our world is a big fat dumpstar.

Do you want to reduce using plastic? I do, all I want is for everyone to be around
a safe and litter free school. Do you want to make a change? Well I strongly
believe that everybody can help make a big difference and make our surroundings
a better space to be around everyday. At the end of the day I am trying to get a
message out to everyone, so that each and everyone of you can put some effort
into making our school a better, cleaner, healthier and a litter free school.

I am quite disgusted to even be on this earth, seeing people purposely throwing
their rubbish on the ground as if it’s a rubbish bin, seeing people walk past plastic
rubbish on the ground as if it’s invisible. This is horrific and it’s really disturbing.
Sometimes just seeing people doing this, always makes you think twice about what
you are doing. One piece of rubbish, could kill sea and land animals all around our
world. Animals could risk becoming extinct due to the rubbish that they consume.

Plastic can also block our sewage system. These wrappers can pollute our
water as they cannot decompose. We could get very sick if our water is not clean.
I am really passionate about having a clean environment, where plastic is not
polluting our oceans and sea animals can swim freely.

So I suggest you start using less plastic, and start thinking more on
how to make our environment a litter free school. STOP ruining God’s wonderful
creation that he has given us to live and to protect, and to also stop hurting
God’s precious land and sea animals that we are killing daily.
DO YOU WANT TO SAVE OUR EARTH FROM PLASTIC? So start now and make
a difference by just doing something little as in not leaving your own rubbish
behind and if you see a plastic rubbish on the floor “see a need, respond and
pick it up”. “Serve God and grow” Respect God’s beautiful creation because
God did not make us come into this world to damage and to ruin his creation.
Be the bigger person and do what is right. Keep our environment clean today.

Softball Reflection

Woohoo!! Yesterday on Thursday we went to the May Road War Memorial Park.

We went to an all girls softball tournament with two year 6 girls Charlee and Tiana.

We were so lucky that it was a good day. It was meant to be raining but it ended up being 
sunny and hot. There were also boys from Wesley Intermediate that was counting all of our
points. I had a feeling that it was going to rain, but it didn't luckily. It was an amazing day to 
spend out of school and to do sports. We went in a nine seater van. We saw so many 
schools when we arrived. It was quite a muggy Thursday morning but later on in the day it 
started getting really hot and I could smell people’s sweat. In the morning when we arrived at 
the softball tournament, we got all our gear out of the van and started walking. As we were

walking the grass was so wet like a big puddle that it got into my shoes.  

The girls that attended this tournament was Charlee, Tiana, Havana, Meron, Ferah, Karla,
Melianna, A.J, Sayonara, and myself. When we arrived at the competition we went to find a

spot and then we started practising passing, catching and hitting the ball. After all that we

started our game. Our first game was against Ponsonby Intermediate. The scores were 7

to them and 4 to us, so we lost but at the end of the day it’s just a game and everyone's a winner.
There was eight of us girls plus the two year 6 girls. We also had a draw with St Joseph's
Onehunga School and that was our second game of the day. After our second
game we had a little break for only about 5 minutes. I think it goes for every time we

finished a game.

Our third game was against Mt Roskill Intermediate the scores were 6 to C.T.K and

7 to Mt Roskill, so it was a really close game and anyone could have won. So far we

had lost 2 games and drew 1 game. Our pitchers were Charlee and Havana. Ferah

also had a go at pitching the ball and overall I think that our 2 main pitchers did good

and also Ferah did good for her first try at pitching the ball. Overall I think it was an

amazing time at my first softball tournament and I really enjoyed playing and having

fun with my peers. I am definitely going to start playing softball in my spare time !!