What's all the fuss about the green turtle?

Today we watched a documentary on the television programme 'Sunday'.  We watched it on TV on demand.  It was about the green turtle which is endangered.
We found out that 85% of our rubbish goes through the storm water drains and into the sea around New Zealand.  The green turtles are swallowing or getting tangled up in plastic bags.  The bags look like jellyfish and they try to eat them.  The plastic gets stuck inside them and they usually die.

The green turtle has been around for over 100 million years.  We need to be more careful about using plastic.

These are the questions we asked:

What do you do with your plastic rubbish?

Can we choose food that isn't wrapped in so much plastic?

the green turtle

the green turtle is endangered.watch tv programmesunday.by brooklyn grant

find  out  what  is  happening  to  our  turtles.

Find out what is happening to our turtles by watching TV on demand.

Kaleb.

The green turtle

We found out about the green turtle by watching TV on demand.  they are dying because of all the plastic in the sea. 

We have to make sure we are careful about using plastic.

Ford.

The green turtles are getting sick and dying.  We need to pick up our rubbish so they don't swallow it.

Matthew.

Help the green turtle

Please pick up your rubbish because the turtles are swallowing it and dying.

Brooklyn Lord.

the green turtle

We have just learned about a  green turtle that is dying from the plastic rubbish. We need to help the turtle by picking up the plastic.

from dani and amelia

Pick up your rubbish please

We have ben learning about green turtles.  They are dying because of our rubbish in the sea. Please  pickup rubbish!!

from emily and mia

Everybody the green turtle is dying because of all the plastic bottles and rubbish in the sea.  They have been around for over 100 million years and we don't want to lose them. 

Try not to use so much plastic.

Jonathan.

The green turtle is endangered

Hey every body the green turtle is dying because of our plastic rubbish being washed down the stormwater drains and into the sea.

Watch Sunday on TV on demand to find out more.

Keishivah.

Room 9's Base Camp

You might be wondering why Room 9 spent a day outside building a makeshift shelter from tarpaulins and poles!

We have been focusing on Sir Edmund Hillary for our Role Models Inquiry and we decided to make our own 'Base Camp', just as Sir Edmund did with his group of mountaineers at the base of Mount Everest.  We experienced much hotter conditions and the only thing icy were our iceblocks! We spent the day competing in groups, doing physical activity challenges like commando crawling under a tarp, running without stopping (everyone succeeded!), hula hooping and kicking soccer balls.  In the afternoon, we built our own mini tents using twigs and string.  We needed to problem solve for this one!

A big thank you to Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Morrell for lending us the equipment we needed.