Volume & Capacity

No Need For Plastic!!

As part of our topic we have been learning about reducing waste. To help the environment with this my class made fabric bags to use instead of plastic bags. We also made lots of beeswax wraps. Beeswax wrap is used instead of glad wrap. Hopefully it helps the environment a little as we are not using plastic. I learnt how to make a beeswax cloth and hopefully I can make some more at home to help the environment. I enjoyed making these because they are so handy.

All you have to do is put fabric with grated beeswax on baking paper
and put another layer of baking paper on top of that. You then have to iron it and melt the wax into the cloth. For the fabric bags we had to cut out our pattern and then sew it. Here are some photo`s.

Were To Next?

Where To Next?  Connected, Level 4

Turning Old into New

Literacy

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and the negative of
positive impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify and explain some of the issues facing our environment today
• identify some of the negative impacts humans are having on the environment
• identify some positive actions people are taking both here and around the world to try
• and help look after our environment.  
• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own lives to help our
• environment.
• learn about our local bush track and creek and identify some ways in which we can
• help to look after (kaitiakitanga) these areas.

Reading Learning Goals

-I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

-I am learning to use illustrations, text boxes, charts and graphs to help me make inferences
so I get more information from the text.

-I am learning to use more than one text, in print or electronic formats, to gather and check the
accuracy of information.

-I am learning to read a wide range of texts (e.g. encyclopaedias, websites, newspapers)  
to gather and check information on a topic.

-I am learning to explain why the author has written a text.

-I am learning to read and understand text that contains academic and topic-specific vocabulary.

Read the text, ‘Turning Old Into New’ and then complete the following activities.

1. Why is recycling a good idea? Recycling is a good Idea because it gets reused and we
2. don't have to throw it out.

2. How many tons of rubbish do New Zealanders send to landfills every year? New
3. Zealanders spend 2.5 million tonnes of rubbish to dumps each year.

3. When rubbish breaks down what gas does it produce?  What environmental problem
4. does this contribute to? Its produces CO2 and Methane. It contributes to global warming.

4. Complete this sentence:  Everything we use is made from  Earth`s__________        
5. Natural____________ Recources_____________

5. Explain where these resources come from;

Wood: Wood comes from trees or plants.

Metal: Metal comes from rocks that have been mined underground.

Plastic: Plastic comes from Oil.

6) How does oil form? Oil comes from Plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.

7) What are some of the things glass can be recycled into?  Windows, More bottles, Glasses.                                                                     

8) What are some of the things cardboard can be recycled into? Books, More cardboard and
Paper

9) What can plastic with the number 1 be recycled into? CD`s, Carpet, Containers. They are
Poisoning our underwater sea life and wrecking our sea life.

10)  Attach a google drawing here that explains how number 1 plastics can be turned into
clothing.

11) What are microfibres and what is the problem with them?They are poisoning our sea life
and wrecking the food chain. Microfibers are tiny fibres from our clothing.

12) What is Earth Overshoot day?Earth Overshoot day is when we reach the limit of
resources we should have used over that year. In 2017 it was August the 2nd.

Glossary - Write what these words mean

Atoms:The smallest particle of a substance that can exist by itself or be combined with
other atoms to form a molecule.

Carded:Aligned in the same direction.

Global Warming:A gradual increase in the earth's temperature.

Malt: Barley or other grain used for beer.

Natural resources: Materials found in nature.

Synthetic: something that is made by people and is the result of combining different chemicals.

In class we will be working on projects looking at issues around rubbish and what we can
do to help reduce this problem.  

Video Links

NZ Recycling Crises

Diver Filming Swimming Through Plastic

The Pacific Garbage Patch

Play Summary

Play Summary - Term 3 Weeks 1-2

For the next two weeks you are working in groups to practise and perform
a play. This is using our oral language and reading skills in literacy.
Our key competency focus is participating and contributing.

For writing your task is to summarise the main events in your play
in three paragraphs. You must plan your writing first but it is up to
you how you do your planning.
 You must also write a fourth paragraph about your experience
of practising and performing your play.

Yr 6

I am learning to organise my text into paragraphs which begin with a main idea
and contain supporting information/detail.

I am learning to make links across paragraphs.

I am learning to use basic punctuation accurately.

I am learning to use dialogue punctuation accurately.

Yr 7

I am learning to use a range of different planning styles.

I am learning to plan my writing to suit the purpose of my writing.

I am learning to organise my ideas into paragraphs where the ideas are clearly
related and where there are links within and between paragraphs.

I am learning to use basic punctuation accurately in my writing.

I am learning to use complex punctuation to enhance
my writing e.g. colons : and semi-colons ; , and parentheses ().

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can/have

-summarised the play in three paragraphs

-made links across my paragraphs

-used some basic and complex punctuation correctly (speech marks).

Once you have finished your writing highlight these success criteria green
if you have met them and can show them in your work. Highlight green in your
work where you have met these success criteria.

Maui and the giant Ika

Long long ago before Aotearoa there was a man called Maui.
Maui asked his brothers if he can go fishing with them.
His brothers all said, “No!”
That night Maui made a plan and made a  fishing line.
While he is doing that he chants a karakia.
He then gets the jaw bone of his grandmother….

Early that morning, Maui hides in his brothers waka unseen.
When the brothers are far out at Moana
Maui jumps out and surprises his brothers.
The brothers then fish and while they are fishing Maui chants
a Karakia and the brothers pull up heaps of Ika.

Maui starts fishing with the jaw bone of his grandmother, and calls
his karakia. Maui suddenly gets a great big; giant bite at the end of the string.
With great will he pulls up a giant stingray and his brothers all
start arguing about what piece they want. They cut pieces out
of the stingray. They stingray now lies as the North Island of Aotearoa.

THE END

When my group did our play one thing we did well was
bringing things for costumes. As a team the first part of
each session the boys started off yelling and not focused.
But by 10 minutes of each practise time, we were into the practise.
I think we ended up working well together in the end.
Our play went well when we performed but I think the
play needed more acting and less talking.
Everyone in our team participated by have
lines and acting in the play.
Everybody contributed by bringing in at least one thing.  
We all also contributed by giving ideas to the play.
One thing I would like to improve is have more acting,
and everybody starting to practise as soon as we have been
let to go to practise!