Don't Litter

In Room 9 we've been learning about persuasive language. We've designed ads and written arguments. Here is Emma's argument about the problems caused by litter:

I believe littering is silly. Just because they can’t be bothered some people drop rubbish while they’re out walking, out their windows, and at the beach. We have rubbish bins to stop people from littering.

Firstly it’s polluting. People just drop there rubbish everywhere. There are plenty of rubbish bins around so people should put their rubbish in there. When people drop rubbish on sand it goes out to sea and the poor fish get sick. Also, oil spills from ships can make birds sick.

Secondly, people litter beside the plants, which can poison them. The plants need water and sunlight, not rubbish! When you drop your rubbish at a junk yard, the gas goes down into the soil which can make the plants die. Feed them water instead.

Thirdly litter makes animals sick. Goats come along and eat anything, which can make them sick up, which is not very nice for them. It can make other animals get tummy bugs and sea creatures choke.

There are a lot of people who drop their rubbish everywhere. Do you really think littering is the best thing to do? If you’re one of those litterers out there, you are very lazy. Watch where you are dropping your rubbish.

Today We Made Spectacles of Ourselves!

Today is Wacky Wednesday! Everyone is wacky. We're raising money for Fred Hollow's foundation. It is for people in the Pacific Islands who can't see properly. We had funky hair styles and spunky glasses.

Our Rainbowland Art!

We're going to tell you about the final piece of art. First we drew our cityscape with pencil onto A3 paper. Next we outlined it with Vivid for the tiny details. After that we used Indian ink for the larger parts of the picture. The Indian ink would make them stand out on the wall. We had to be really careful not to let our sleeves touch the ink. We had to have the bottle hovering above the paper and do it slowly because we couldn't get it off if we made a mistake. We layed our work down to dry for a day. At last we dyed it. All the dyes were very colourful. The colours were blue, green, leaf gree, red, yellow, orange, and purple. They all looked awesome.

It was hard to get the dye in the right spot. -Emma

I thought the hardest part was the pencil drawing because our draft was small and we had to enlarge it for the final picture. -Millie

I thought the easiest part was the Vivid part because we just had to trace over to make it look like Indian ink. -Alfred

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Family Traditions

Earlier in the term we read a big book called Friendly Families. We found out about some interesting family traditions.
We used Kid Pix to illustrate a statement about our own family traditions.

Have a look at our work in the slide show below...