Writing

L.I to structure and write and explanation

For writing we looked at explanations. An explanation is how or why something is thew way it is. The structure of an explanation is TIIC which stands for Title, Introduction, Information and Conclusion. Our explanation was about plastic pollution and how it effects our marine life.

Why plastic pollution is

a problem for our coastlines

Did you know plastic pollution is a big problem to our ocean and marine life? Plastic pollution is taking over our coastlines. Plastic pollution is an environmental issue that affects our ocean, marine life and land. Many of our oceans are polluted with plastic. Think about Thailand, their oceans are so polluted that it changed from normal looking water to pitch black.

When the plastic washes up into the water, seabirds and marine animals mistake it for food. They also get caught up in plastic and the rubbish which ends up deforming the marine animals. There are pictures of turtles who’s shells have been deformed because they have been caught up in the plastic. Do you feel good about that?

When you litter your rubbish it goes to the water system and leads to the ocean. It gets washed up on our coastlines. Then it degrades into small pieces of plastic that get washed into the ocean. Seabirds and marine animals mistake it for food or get caught up in the plastic who then get deformed. 

If you see a piece of plastic just take some time to pick it up and put it in the bin. A small action could make a big change. So use the rubbish bin.

Kiwi can

L.I to follow through with what you say

For Kiwi Can our topic was Responsibility. The catch phrase is "Responsible is what I am, that's the way of Kiwi Can.Our energizer was counting to 21 and we cold say up to three numbers. We talked about how following though with what you say will benefit you. Our activity was called goal setting, here we had to write three things that we were going to learn or improve at and how. My three things were Getting better at soccer by practicing and learning more skills, learning the 12 times table by practicing whenever I could, my last one was waking up early by going to bed early.

Kiwi Can

L.I to doing things without being asked

For Kiwi Can we had a new topic, it was Responsibility. Responsibility is having a duty that you need to deal with. This weeks catch phrase was: Responsible is what I am, that the way of Kiwi Can. We also spoke as a group about what being responsible is. Lastly we did an activity that involved responsibility. Using a skipping ropes we had to  balance a ball by working as a group. Once it was balanced we performed simple tasks like walk to the window without the ball dropping.