Monday, December 5, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Oh I Love this Earth
Well I love this earth
And I don’t want to hurt it
So this is what I’m gonna do
Gonna take good care of what’s already here
Tell others to do that too.
Gonna turn off the water when I brush my teeth
And rinse my brush when it’s done
But I won’t let the water go drip, drip, drip
And tighten the faucet with my thumb
I’m gonna turn off the lights when I leave the room
And close that freezer door
The refrigerator too-
Cos you know it’s true
Being smart is really cool.
I’m gonna sort out the trash
in 3 different batches
To help the recycling man
There’s plastic
and glass
and the paper too
And icky stuff stuck to the pan
Oh I love this earth
And I don’t want to hurt it
So this is what I’m gonna do
I’m gonna take good care of what’s already here
And hope you will do that too
Gonna keep the streams clean
And the water too
So the fishes and whales
can swim
And the clean ocean water and the rivers and the ponds
So we all can jump right in.
Oh I love this earth
and I don’t want to hurt it
So this is what I’m gonna do
I’m gonna take good care of what’s already here
And hope you will do that too
And I hope you will do that too.
And I don’t want to hurt it
So this is what I’m gonna do
Gonna take good care of what’s already here
Tell others to do that too.
Gonna turn off the water when I brush my teeth
And rinse my brush when it’s done
But I won’t let the water go drip, drip, drip
And tighten the faucet with my thumb
I’m gonna turn off the lights when I leave the room
And close that freezer door
The refrigerator too-
Cos you know it’s true
Being smart is really cool.
I’m gonna sort out the trash
in 3 different batches
To help the recycling man
There’s plastic
and glass
and the paper too
And icky stuff stuck to the pan
Oh I love this earth
And I don’t want to hurt it
So this is what I’m gonna do
I’m gonna take good care of what’s already here
And hope you will do that too
Gonna keep the streams clean
And the water too
So the fishes and whales
can swim
And the clean ocean water and the rivers and the ponds
So we all can jump right in.
Oh I love this earth
and I don’t want to hurt it
So this is what I’m gonna do
I’m gonna take good care of what’s already here
And hope you will do that too
And I hope you will do that too.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Our visit to Nga Manu Nature Reserve
A week later and we've been thinking...
Charlotte liked the eels in the display cases
Rhiannon like the ginormous eel
Rosalia saw a giant weta
Jordan liked going through the kiwi house
Jack saw the hills that he flies over when he was in the lookout tower
Oliver liked the nocturnal house because he saw his first ever live kiwi
Paigeliked the eels and the ducklings
Anais liked learning facts about eels and seeing them be fed
Samara liked holding the duckling and feeding the ducks
Abbey liked seeing everything of Nga Manu from the lookout tower
Sara remember the duck biting her finger!
Kees liked going up to the lookout tower and seeing the sea
Sophie liked the view from the lookout tower
Memphis liked the baby ducks
Dana fed a paradise duck and it attacked her
Charlotte liked the eels in the display cases
Rhiannon like the ginormous eel
Rosalia saw a giant weta
Jordan liked going through the kiwi house
Jack saw the hills that he flies over when he was in the lookout tower
Oliver liked the nocturnal house because he saw his first ever live kiwi
Paigeliked the eels and the ducklings
Anais liked learning facts about eels and seeing them be fed
Samara liked holding the duckling and feeding the ducks
Abbey liked seeing everything of Nga Manu from the lookout tower
Sara remember the duck biting her finger!
Kees liked going up to the lookout tower and seeing the sea
Sophie liked the view from the lookout tower
Memphis liked the baby ducks
Dana fed a paradise duck and it attacked her
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Ways we use water
Toilets
Water troughs for animals
Cleaning teeth
Washing dishes
Washing clothes
Showers
Baths
Car washes
Fish tanks
Swimming pools
Cooking
Putting out fires
Watering gardens
Fountains
Hydro power
Cooling car engines
Drinking
Making products like glass, paper
sterilising
washing floors
painting
leisure activities- swimming, canoeing, kayaking
fishing
sprinklers
fish tanks
ice
washing paintbrushes
melting chocolate
washing food
Water colour pencils
water slides
water bslloons
water coller
spa
ink and dyes
yoghurts
wetting hair to make easier to comb
Water troughs for animals
Cleaning teeth
Washing dishes
Washing clothes
Showers
Baths
Car washes
Fish tanks
Swimming pools
Cooking
Putting out fires
Watering gardens
Fountains
Hydro power
Cooling car engines
Drinking
Making products like glass, paper
sterilising
washing floors
painting
leisure activities- swimming, canoeing, kayaking
fishing
sprinklers
fish tanks
ice
washing paintbrushes
melting chocolate
washing food
Water colour pencils
water slides
water bslloons
water coller
spa
ink and dyes
yoghurts
wetting hair to make easier to comb
News fom the Envirokids
In Sheep years Shrek was over 100 years and in human years he was only 16- Anneke
In England damage is being done to the environment with lots of fires and looting and damaging peoples' property- Meg
5 keas were found dead on an Arthur's Pass picnic bench. They are an aendangered species. They think someone shot them- Dana
Down Makino Rd someone knocked letterboxes and trees down last night. -Charlotte
A wind storm at Bunnythorpe knocked a sign- Paige
I saw dead seabirds in the sand dunes at Himatangi- Anais
At Waikawa Beach we saw about 30 dead seabirds under a log- Kezia
In England damage is being done to the environment with lots of fires and looting and damaging peoples' property- Meg
5 keas were found dead on an Arthur's Pass picnic bench. They are an aendangered species. They think someone shot them- Dana
Down Makino Rd someone knocked letterboxes and trees down last night. -Charlotte
A wind storm at Bunnythorpe knocked a sign- Paige
I saw dead seabirds in the sand dunes at Himatangi- Anais
At Waikawa Beach we saw about 30 dead seabirds under a log- Kezia
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Being Green
Being green means...
caring for people's lives - Meg
picking up litter and recycling and using the 3 R's- Molly
helping Mum weed the garden- Kezia
using things again- Rosalia
Planting things and following the green part of the rainbow- Paige
helping any living thing - Charlotte
caring for the environment- Olliver
gardening and doing lots of enviro jobs like collecting can tabs- Sophie
makes me wish I had the power to heal things- Samara
helping animals that need help like dolphins- Memphis
helping other people by planting gardens and also saving energy- Rhiannon
caring for the environment, for endangered animals and eating healthy stuff that you have grown- Dana
not leaving litter about, recycling things- Arwen
doing my class job- Anais
caring for people's lives - Meg
picking up litter and recycling and using the 3 R's- Molly
helping Mum weed the garden- Kezia
using things again- Rosalia
Planting things and following the green part of the rainbow- Paige
helping any living thing - Charlotte
caring for the environment- Olliver
gardening and doing lots of enviro jobs like collecting can tabs- Sophie
makes me wish I had the power to heal things- Samara
helping animals that need help like dolphins- Memphis
helping other people by planting gardens and also saving energy- Rhiannon
caring for the environment, for endangered animals and eating healthy stuff that you have grown- Dana
not leaving litter about, recycling things- Arwen
doing my class job- Anais
Trouble with Weather
We have had lots of bad weather with storms and tornado warnings. The bad weather is travelling right over New Zealand. The wind blew the lid off Dana's rabbit hutch and luckily they weren't in there. A thunderstorm hit a tree near Samara's farm and it fell over and crushed the fence. Anais's tramp flipped over and broke their washing line. Some lightening nearly struck Kezia's house. It was right above them. When the thunder and lightning hit Paige had no power for a couple of hours. The lightning went right beside Olliver's house and their windows went blue. In Wellington there was a hailstorm and hail was the size of golf balls and it broke a bike in half. In Waikenanae there was a tornando. Water got into Meg's phone cable and her neighbourhood didn't have any phones for a while. The hailstones frightened Paige's cat who had to sleep inside. A plane from Auckland got hit with lightning and it had to make an emergency landing. Rosalia's car got a little smash in their window from the hail.
Bad weather affects animals who might lose their habitat and the wind blows away their food. Trees can be blown over and die. Lightning can hit trees and break them. Rain causes landslides and floods gardens and lawns. So bad weather does affect the environment.
Bad weather affects animals who might lose their habitat and the wind blows away their food. Trees can be blown over and die. Lightning can hit trees and break them. Rain causes landslides and floods gardens and lawns. So bad weather does affect the environment.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
The Leatherback Turtle
Learn about this beautiful creature- it is the largest animal that a human can safely get up close to!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Paige's News
At Paige's house they have made a garden and a roundabout out of old tyres.It is like a circle with flowers and roses planted inside the tyres. The tyres are not being wasted.
Meg's News
At ASAP out the back there are heaps of tyres that kids like to play in and build things out of- like a house with seats and tables in it. Meg is impressed that they are reusing tyres instead of taking them to the dump.
Molly's News
There was a cliff rock that fell down onto a house in Ohope. An 18 year old boy was killed. There had been lots of rain and slips. An older man escaped.
Oliver's News
An Emeperor penguin has come onto New Zealand shores. This is very rare. It has travelled from Antarctica. They say it must have been travelling since February. It is very, very fat.
Does anybody know exactly how far it has swum? If you do, post a comment to let us know.
Does anybody know exactly how far it has swum? If you do, post a comment to let us know.
Use the right bin!
Today we checked all the bins around the school.Some were great BUT we found plastic in food scrap bins and we found food in the big rubbish bins!
We want all the food scraps to feed our worms and to feed animals- like Mrs Duff's chickens and Mrs Rogers' chickens.
The Envirokids will be checking. We ask everyone to make the right choice and follow the green part of the rainbow.Please put the right things in the right bins.
Thank you from the Envirokids
We want all the food scraps to feed our worms and to feed animals- like Mrs Duff's chickens and Mrs Rogers' chickens.
The Envirokids will be checking. We ask everyone to make the right choice and follow the green part of the rainbow.Please put the right things in the right bins.
Thank you from the Envirokids
What is the Environment?
We've been thinking...
Anneke and Molly- The evironment is what we live in. It is inside our ozone layer and all around the atmosphere.It is what animals live in and we need to look after it. The environment is part of our life. The environment needs our help.
Meg and Paige- the environment is our life and it is our future. It is trees, plants and everything else. Animals need the environment. The environment is our world.
Samara and Anais- it is a safe place for native creatures where they can build their homes.
Rhiannon and Charlotte- it is a family of animals, bugs, people and creatures. It is a forest with native animals in it.
Memphis and Arwen and Oliver- It is our friend and it is green and it is our family.The Earth is our environment.
Sophie and Kezia- It is all the land and all the sea and all the sisters and brothers of us, like animals and plants.
Anneke and Molly- The evironment is what we live in. It is inside our ozone layer and all around the atmosphere.It is what animals live in and we need to look after it. The environment is part of our life. The environment needs our help.
Meg and Paige- the environment is our life and it is our future. It is trees, plants and everything else. Animals need the environment. The environment is our world.
Samara and Anais- it is a safe place for native creatures where they can build their homes.
Rhiannon and Charlotte- it is a family of animals, bugs, people and creatures. It is a forest with native animals in it.
Memphis and Arwen and Oliver- It is our friend and it is green and it is our family.The Earth is our environment.
Sophie and Kezia- It is all the land and all the sea and all the sisters and brothers of us, like animals and plants.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
2011 International Year of Forests
This year we are celebrating how important forests are for life on earth. Check out this film which is the official International Year of the Forest film. It is called 'Of Forests and Men'.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
A Biopetrol made from algae!
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/video.cfm?c_id=39&gal_cid=39&gallery_id=117623 Check this link out to watch a video about some work that French and Spanish scientists are working on. Thay are the biggest test tubes I've ever seen!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Wisdom the 60 year old albatross
Wisdom is the oldest known wild bird in the USA.She lives on Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, near Hawaii.
Can you beleive she has a healthy chick at her age? She has probably raised 30 to 35 chicks in her lifetime.
Even more amazing than this is that she has recently survived the tsunami that hit her island following Japan's 9.0 magnitude earthquake.Thousands of birds died. It is not known whether her chick survived.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/4796364/Ancient-albatross-survives-tsunami
Can you beleive she has a healthy chick at her age? She has probably raised 30 to 35 chicks in her lifetime.
Even more amazing than this is that she has recently survived the tsunami that hit her island following Japan's 9.0 magnitude earthquake.Thousands of birds died. It is not known whether her chick survived.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/4796364/Ancient-albatross-survives-tsunami
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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