༻✧Carbon Footprint Pledge👣

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       I pledge to do the following:

• Conserve energy every chance I get. 

• Conserve my water every chance I get.

• Use efficient light bulbs and turn off every chance I get.

• Only eat meat sometimes.
  
• Check labels and try to buy local food.
  
• Only buying what I need and not buying a bunch of things I like.
  
• Travel by plane less.
  
• To Compost and recycle more.
  
• Try to bike and walk every chance I get.|
  
• Live in a 1-2 bedroom house.

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Team Reflection

This week in our P.E Hurumanu we have been Playing Kick Long Ball and Bench Ball. We played these games in the School Gym. We played these games in the school gym because we were learning to work together in a team.

Our first activity was Kick Long Ball. For this activity, I rated my self as a two.
To achieve at level two, we have to show that we can sometimes contribute to the game, we sometimes need the teacher to remind us to contribute to the game.
During the first game of kick long ball, I showed that I am working at level two by not contributing as much as I could have, and the teacher had to remind me sometimes that I was in a team game and that I had to contribute a bit more. These examples show that I have met the standard for level two.

Our second activity was bench ball. For this activity, I rated my self as a three.
To achieve at level three, we have to show that we can consistently contribute to the game, we included ourself in the team activity, and we use positive words to encourage our team.
During the first game of bench ball, I showed that I am working at level three by supporting one of my team members, Taylor when he tried to catch the ball and dropped it. I also showed that I worked at level three by constantly getting involved in my game.  These examples show that I have met the standard for level three.

Next week I am aiming to work at level four. To make sure that I am working that level I am going to work on contributing more to the game and not being told to contribute more to the game by a teacher or team member.

Polluting Marine Life!

Polluting Marine Life!

By Heaven

Problems With Plastic

The ocean is a wonderful place but every year 8 million tons of plastic is being dumped into the ocean. There are also 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean.

Which Animals Hurt

Over 1 million marine creatures,birds and other animals die each year from plastic and trash. Marine animals are most often the victims of plastic so that includes Turtles,Dolphins,Fish,Sharks and crocodiles.  

Sea Turtles

Did you know there are 7 species of sea turtles in the world.We are also killing an estimated 4,600 turtles every year because of fishers.

Dophins

Dolphins are important to the environment because they are able to be good natural indicators of the environment health. As they are high predators and they eat several species of fish and squid that usually contaminates the ocean.If there is plastic in dolphins food chain there are also plastic in our food chain.

Seals

Did you know mother seals tell which seal pup is there seal pup by the seal pups sent so if the seal pup has oil on its fur its mother can't find it and the seal pup would be all alone. There are 35 species of seals in the whole world.

Seabirds

Did you know 1 million seabirds die from eating or getting caught in plastic each year. There has also been 276 bits of plastic in 1 90 day old chick.

Our Ocean

Our ocean may only look like a huge patch of water but it is more than that is one of the essentials we use to survive. The ocean is also where dolphins, sharks,turtles and much more.

Conclusion  - How People Can Help?

The ocean is the future of your kids. We need to do something today. A little change can change your kids future. Help the ocean today by banning plastic in the whole world. The world can be a better place if we make little changes.The ocean is the past and the future.

Stopping pollution is the best solution!

The earth does not belong to us we belong to the earth!