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We are a year 5/6 (9-10 year olds) class from Bairds Mainfreight Primary School in Auckland, NZ.

You can see some of our learning that took place in Room 12 in 2010 and 2011.

NB: I have moved to a new school now so this blog is no longer active. You are still welcome to comment and look at the great fun we had over the past two years.

Thank you for all the lovely comments :)
Tara T-J
Contact : (@taratj on Twitter)


Wednesday, May 25, 2011

After School News Crew Week 4

The BMPS NEWS CREW had to shoot everything inside on this rainy rainy day. Luckily we have a green screen to brighten everyone up!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

should the onc-ler chop down trees

I strongly believe that the once-ler should not be allowed to chop down trees.Because it is harmful to the people who live there, and it causes pollution and there will be no oxygen.

Firstly it is harmful to the people who live there can you imagine if somebody destroyed your property? You won't have food and shelter because it has been taken away.

Secondly it causes pollution. Do you think it is alright if your lake, river or sea was polluted? You could probably die! Pollution makes water poisoness and yucky.

Thirdly there will be no oxygen because trees provide oxygen and with no oxygen you will die.

Therefore i strongly believe that the once-ler should NOT chop down trees Because it is harmful to the people who live there, and it causes pollution and there will be no oxygen.

Monday, May 16, 2011

wiremus broken thumb

This happened by me playing soccer on Friday.It was from me standing on the
soccer ball and falling over and landing on.It is badly bruised and the nurse told
me that it was broken too.She said that one of the bones had a crack in it.My dad
was very sad because i have basketball for my school next week and he was looking
forward to seeing me play.I have to have the cast on for 4 weeks.

Should the Once-ler chop down the trees

I believe that the once-Ler should be allowed to cut down the truffula trees.This is because the Thneeds make him rich.It makes more space in the land and it will make more useful stuff.

Firstly the Thneeds make him rich, because some people need thneeds to keep them warm and comfy.The thneeds are nice around cozy,warm fire's.

Secondly, I think that if there were more space in the land the Bar-ba loots can play more game, and there would be some more space to make a road for the cars to drive along.

Finally, the Thneeds make alot of useful things like paper,jumpers,jackets,pajamas,scarfs,rain coats,and all sorts of useful things you can think of.

There fore I strongly believe that the Once-ler should be allowed to cut down the truffula trees because the Thneeds make the Once-ler rich.There would be more space in the land, and the Thneeds make more useful things.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Should the once-ler be aloud to cut down the trees?

I strongly believe the once-ler should not cut down the trees. Its because the barbaloots will have no shade, no food and also not enough oxygen.

Firstly the once-ler should not cut down the trees because the barbaloots will have nothing to eat and will have to leave the land. Also food helps us to survive.

Secondly because the barbaloots wont have any shade. Trees give us shade to protect us from the sun. If there were no shade we would have sunburn and the worsts SKIN CANCER!!! which you could die from.

Thirdly because the barbaloots wont have enough oxygen. Oxygen helps us to breathe. If the trees were cut down the barbaloots wont be able to breathe properly.

Therefore I strongly believe the once-ler should not cut down the trees because there will be no food, no shade and also not enough oxygen.
Introduction
I can prove that Mr Onceller should be aloud to cut the trees down because he can give the barbaloots space,donate money to the hungry barabaloots and NO-ONE CAN STOP HIM


Should Mr Onceller be aloud to cut the trees down?
Well,Firstly I can prove he should cut the trees down because he can give the barbaloots space,for example,if he wasn't aloud to cut the trees down,the poor barbaloots would bump into nearly every tree and be hurt.

Secondly I believe that the Onceller should be aloud to cut the trees down because he can make heaps of money for his family and if he has some money left,he can donate the money to the hungry barbaloots.For example if he was not aloud to cut the trees down,his poor family and the poor barbaloots would have to look for their own food.


Finally i strongly believe that Mr Onceller should be aloud to cut the trees down because NO-ONE CAN STOP HIM



Conclusion
Therefore I have proved that Mr Onceller SHOULD CUT THE TREES TO MAKE THNEEDS

By Zanitha

Monday, May 9, 2011

the once-ler should be able to cut down the trees

We looked at this blog where the students wrote arguments about the Lorax. We are trying this out ourselves.

This is Mele's argument, she is arguing that the Oncler should be able to chop down trees. She is nearly finished it and is working on her conclusion

Have a read:

I really believe that that the once-ler SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CUT DOWN TREES.
This is because he is helping other people who need thneeds. When he cuts down the trees it helps makes the houses which provides shade and privacy and there is no law against it!


Firstly, I TRULY believe that the once-ler should be allowed to cut down the trees because
if he didn't then there wont be any thneeds for the people and they would get cold and very
sad. For an example if there was winter and the people had no clothes to wear they would get very very sick and may end up in the hospital!!!


Secondly people think that the trees provide shade and shelter. Well that is true BUT when we cut down the trees then we can make them into houses which provides shade and also provides privacy!!! My point is that if we all lived under the tree then it will provide shade but no privacy
and that would be very very embarrassing, and if it was raining it would actually go through the trees and make you wet and that is my point.


Finally I STRONGLY believe that the once-ler should be allowed to cut down the trees
because IT IS NOT AGAINST THE LAW! So since it is not against the law then that
means he is not doing anything wrong therefore he should be allowed to cut down the trees!!!







therefore i believe that the once-ler should be allowed to cut down the trees because
he is helping other people, he is helping to provide shade and privacy and
it is not against the law!
what if you had no money and had to look for a job and finally you found one but
people keep on criticizing you?
would you like that?
people are just trying to make money here! what is so bad about that?

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Sunday, May 1, 2011

World Cafe ReDuce ReUse ReCycle





Today we tried the World Cafe approach to learn about Reducing, Reusing and Recycling

In the world cafe we gott into groups of 4-5
Answer questions on the big piece of paper
After two minutes the oldest or youngest kids had to swap
Then the blue hats had to swap
Then the hair-tie people had to swap

When we swapped we shared the information we got in the other group.
(by Wiremu)

We learned:

Reduce
having smaller showers
walking to school
going on a boat instead of a plane
Use a blanket instead of a heater
Bike instead of car

Reuse

Use a tyre to make a swing
Wear hand-me-down clothes
Make a car our of a box
Use glass jar to save money in
Use glass jar to keep pens in
Use scraps to make compost
Get a long cylinder can as a piggy bank
Turn real hair into a wig
Reuse icecream containers as lunch box

Recycle

Put recyclable material into the recycle bin
Recycle the good parts of old computers
We discovered we had questions about recycling:
What do they do with the glass?
What do they do with the plastic?
How do they recycle petrol?
How can we recycle water?