what we have done in term four music

this a video about sound and pitch 

social media

positive and negative comments

today we learnt about positive and negative comments 

poetry anthology

How's it been in quarantine?

           How it's been in quarantine?

My quarantine has been very eventful. IN the first week, we were enjoying going for walks in the town and waving to friends. Lots of baking got done and it was a very noisy house because my brother and sisters came to stay with us from Dunedin. 

Then the disasters started to happen ... while Mum, Dad, and Kieryn were out walking, a huge wood pigeon flew through and broke our kitchen window. Dad had to put a board over the glass and Shannon and I made a cool picture of Mount Cook to cover the wood and make our view a bit better.

Then I hurt my ankle and started getting terrible stomach pains. Mum had to call an ambulance because they thought it might have been appendicitis. I had my first ride in an ambulance and luckily I was able to come home that day to my own bed. 

I have had fun being able to catch up with my friends on video calls, but I can't wait to see them at school.  

digital foot print

SLJ wk 3 day 2 act 1

SLJ wk 2 day 4 act 3

SLJ wk2 day 5 act 3

wk 2 day 5 act 2

SLJ week 2 day 2 #2

Climate Change
Is one of the biggest problems facing the world.
Isn’t being addressed quickly enough.
Is a threat to our future.

I support the Prime Minister’s views on climate change and think she will lead the change that needs to take place.

This is the Franz Joseph Glacier which is about 2 hours drive away and it is melting away with Climate Change.

SLJ week 2 day 2 #1

SLJ week 2 day 1 #3

Dear Prime Minister, Jacinta Ardern

I think you are a very down to earth Prime Minister for our country so I am hoping that you might be able to have some input to the problem I am writing about.

I live in a small town called Ross on the West Coast in the South Island. Ross is a Gold town and attracts lots of visitors and tourists. Our local councils have spent a lot of money getting things up and running for these visitors. We have amazing Wilderness trails, fantastic bike tracks and we are even having some awesome public toilets built. I feel proud to be able to speak of these things, however, there is one issue that desperately needs attention and that is what I am writing to you about.

My parents pay rates for our property and while they get to see all the tourist upgrades happening, they are not seeing projects happen that will benefit us. I am talking about our footpaths! They are in such a poor condition, that locals walk on the road because it is easier to walk on (it is certainly now safer though). People with mobility scooters can’t ride on them because they are so uneven, rough and full of potholes. Several people have fallen over on them because of their terrible condition.

I know we have to look after the tourists because they bring money into our country, but what about the local people who fund these projects? Surely they are entitled to have a safe environment around their homes. This is a photo of the state of the footpaths.

Thank you for reading my letter and I hope you can help me do something about our footpath problems.

From Bella.

SLJ week 2 day 1 # 2

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SLJ week 1 day 5 #3

SLJ week 1 day 5 #2

SLJ week 1 day 5 #1