Blogging Challenge Making connections Mind Map

This is a mind map of how I connect to the world using technology.

By Ethan

Art in the dark

Yesterday room 14 and room 2 did Art in the Dark with Sustainable Coastlines. We did the leg of a sea creature. We used plastic bottles,plastic bags and bottle caps. It will be at Western Park on the 7th of November.

Come and see it!






by Nathan

Seagull

DANGER

You are about to see the most cuteset Guinea pig in the whole world 

BE PREPARED

His hobbies are

Eating his grass, snuggling  in his blankly, and eating more grass.
What he looks like?
He is furry and fluffy and he is Ginger and White .
About his awesome owner.
Seagulls awesome owner is the most coolest teacher Margaret. Margaret feeds Seagull,cuddles Seagull,cleans his cage.
How he reacts?
When he is scared he makes a putting noise
and when he is happy he jumps around everywhere.
Room 14 reacts?
 The people in room 14 is allways happy around him and I think that makes him happy as well.

By Shea and Letisha.

Post in Polish

On Ania's side of the family
I learnt a bit of polish
 (in english its Ana)
Here are some words:

Hello : Cheschs
Goodbye : papa

polish flag

Cow : crover
Sparrow : varubell
this is : toyesd
coffie : cover
no : nye
yes : tuck
poland : polski



by phoenix

Don't throw that bottle cap!

Imagine this you throw a bottle cap on the street and do you know where it ends up? It ends up in a drain. When it rains and  it goes to the sea and a sea creature like a turtle will eat it and it will die.

So, from just throwing a bottle cap on the street it ends up that a sea creature died.  

It kills the turtle because the bottle cap is made from plasic and plastic's main ingredient is oil. So it's like the turtle is drinking oil. Can we drink oil? no we can't drink oil. 

It is the same thing with everything else that is plastic like a plastic bag for example. Turtles like to eat jellyfish and a plastic bag looks like a jellyfish so they're going to eat it and die and it's happening to fish as well, what would happen if a fish eats a piece of plastic and you eat that fish for dinner! 

In Hawaii there's this island where huge seagulls live and they have a wingspan of three metres, they have baby seagulls and when the mother & father seagull go out to get food there are big whirlpools where all the rubbish goes and the seagulls pick it up because it looks like food and give it to the baby seagulls and they die.

So are you going to litter on the street now ? 

... because it actually ends up killing a sea creature.

 by Ethan and Theo

Grey Lynn School Environment

If we keep on chopping down trees, more trees will become extinct. If less trees were getting chopped down we would have more fresh air. If we keep chopping down trees birds habitats will be destroyed and they would be forced to move to new trees and they would not eat the right food and they will be wiped out.
If we plant more trees it will help the world and make us safer.

Here is some photos of Grey Lynn School trees.

by James and Ina

Kids In War

Kids in war:

Thoughts and feeling after watching "Syria Kid"

Have you ever thought of how good we have it ?
Did you know that there are kids in countries like Syria that live in the middle of a war. They have hardly any food or water. No power so they have use a generator or a fire and
almost all the schools have been ether bombed or abandoned so its hard to get any education.
Its also not safe for them to walk around on the streets  because you have a high chance of getting bombed.
Its so sad that these families have to live like this. We need to try and prevent it happening more and more by STOPPING  wars. Think about it this way how would YOU like to live like that.

By Emily and Molly

Syria
Photo from www.washingtonpost.com

What is it like in your country?

This week we are doing cultural difference for the 2013 blog challenge.

1.What is your traditional food in your country?

2.What is an important celebration you celebrate in your country?

3.What is your form of transportation that you use to go to school?

4. What technology do you have in your home?

I would be very happy if people from different countries answer my post.

By Jack.G

Keep our world safe

We should use cotton bags more often because when we use plastic bags some people throw it into drains and it ends up in the sea. If we throw it in the water fish will eat it. When there are plastic bags in the sea, turtles will eat them because they will think it is a jellyfish and they will die.

So if you see plastic bags, bottles or any kind of rubbish make sure you pick it up before it gets washed into the sea. 
Thanks and have fun helping the world.

This is what you should pick up.

by Nathan and Ina 

ABOUT ART IN THE DARK

This year in October rooms 2 & 14 

will be participating in a yearly event called Art in the dark.

So we have made a poem behind Art in the dark.

                                

Art in the dark will start with a spark 

to light up the park,

to form an ark.

Then to the park with brilliant art 

this will be an outrageous start 

to junk work art. 

Our friends in the sea are dying in need.

But  if we stop and pick up rubbish 

we might stop animals dying then what 

 we need is to just succeed.   

                        

MANY THANKS TO THE SUSTAINABLE COASTLINES GROUP

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSISTENT WORK 

SAVING THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT.

 By Oliver, Oli, Josh 

                                 

                                                  

The Albatross

Sustainable Coastlines

Everyone should use cotton bags other than plastic bags because people are going fishing and throwing
plastic bags overboard when the turtles are eating them thinking they're jellyfish.

By Cooper



People litter not knowing what is going to happen. While sea creatures are dying from bits of rubbish

By Inaise.

Sustainable Coastlines

Sustainable Coastlines

Sustainable Coastlines is a very important
organisation, they help keep our beaches
clean and are trying to stop marine pollution.
Nearly every day they are out on Rangitoto

Island collecting rubbish.
We all need to help them out by not littering
 on the street because when the rain comes
 it washes all the rubbish away and down into
the drains,  also by using alot less plastic.
Animals are starting to get poisoned and killed
by plastic in our waters!
They think it"s food and start to eat it which is really bad.
This is especially happening to turtles because
they prey on jellyfish and when they see
a plastic bag in the water they think it is
a jellyfish so they start to eat it.
We really need to stop littering because
it is harming our sea animals!!!

By Scarly, Nina and Charlotte.

Saving the Sealife

Saving the sea

Today we learnt that we actually have turtles in the Hauraki Gulf. They won't be there much longer if we keep littering. The turtles eat plastic bags thinking they're jellyfish and end up dying. It's a bad problem that we need to stop. 

As well as turtles dieing so are bird, fish and other sea animals. Plastic is the main problem, we can fix by reusing, reducing and recycling. 
We are showing this by using rubbish to make art for Art in the Dark. 
Art In The Dark is a festival of lights in the dark. It has got  projected art and recycled art.  

by Molly and Emily      

photos from www.savetheplasticbag.com  www.dreamstime.com  dinz.org.nz

Plastic Bags vs Turtles

PLASTIC BAGS VS TURTLES

We should use paper bags instead of plastic bags because of the risk to turtles.
Plastic bags can go down the drain and the drains lead to the sea.
Turtles eat jellyfish and plastic bags can look like jellyfish.
Turtles will eat the plastic bags and then they choke and chemicals go in their bodies and turtles will slowly die.
So go back to using the paper bags to save our turtles.

By Ben and Mason.

Art in the Dark (What we want to pass on)

We have been inspired by Chris the rubbish man, no not the usual rubbish man, but a guy that picks up rubbish on beaches, streets and everywhere! He works at an organisation called Sustainable Coastlines. Did you know if you you threw out a bottle cap and you chucked it out on the streets it washes down the drain and floats away into the sea. 

In 10 years it will break up into little pieces and end up in sea creatures stomachs. They die very slowly from cutting up their insides, choking or from poisoning.

So every bit of rubbish should be picked up and put into the rubbish bin, thats what rubbish bins are for!

By Chelsea and Marlo

Sustainable Coastline VS Plastic

On Wednesday 23rd of October Chris from Sustainable Coastlines came to Grey Lynn School to talk to us about the environment and litter and how everything flows to the sea after time.

He told us how animals are effected by the plastic littering and how we can stop the plastic from killing sea life.

We should not throw anything on the ground or out the window. You should always put it in the bin, not in the street because it will be taken to the ocean and then break up into very small pieces and choke birds and turtles.

From Jack and James

City Light by Jack L

Auckland - My City by Andre

My City by Ulycess

Auckland Experience by Cooper

Spread Your Wings over Auckland by Nathan

City Poem by Josh

City by Ben

My City by Phoenix

My Great City

Auckland by Inaise

Auckland City by Izzy

The city by Letisha

The sun is flooding in between the

            SKYSCRAPERS.

  The dark drowning in the 

            GUTTER.

Not soon after cars are zooming in 

       every direction.

The time were nearly every body

         is at work.

When the sky settles in comes 

          the dark,

       rushing through.

now there no ones there.

     until the next day...

Auckland city by Mason

Doha by Ethan

Comox by Theo

Auckland - My City by Scarly

Auckland by Shea

City Rhymes by Chelsea

My City by Marlo

Lisbon by Oliver

Party City

In the day of the city.

People on their way to work,

Rushing and pushing, fussing to work,

Taxies tooting, traffic lights going on and off,

Every day the wind is whistling, shopping everywhere,

Food, fun and at the end of the day,

the lights are on and the sun starts going down.

Then the lights start to fade away.

Everything is silent in the city.

                           
By Nina.

Awesome Auckland City by Elijah

Snowy City

Blogging Challenge Week 2

TOP TEN PLACES TO VISIT AROUND AUCKLAND

1. Auckland Zoo is a great way to see all your favourite animals including the rare, native kiwi.     

2. M.O.T.A.T is the museum of transport and technology. 

3. From the Sky Tower you can see most of Auckland.

4. Eden park is the All Blacks home stadium. 


5. Western Springs Park is right next to the zoo and is also a very nice park to have a walk. 


6. St. Lukes Mall is the biggest mall around Grey lynn. 


7. Aotea Square is where you can have a cup of coffee and once a year watch Diwli Festival. 

8. Grey Lynn park is a fun place to just kick a ball around or have a swing and each year we have a festival.


9. The Water Front is a  great place to have breakfast, lunch, dinner  or take out a boat.

10. At the Museum you will learn about lots of things and be able to see our Maori Heritage.

 By Emily and Charlize