Free Style Writing - Hailstones by Edith

On Tuesday we were very fascinated with the way it rained with hailstones. We were encouraged to descriptively describe this moment. We were required to use figurative language to help us critically describe what we saw, heard and felt. 

🌧️In The Moment..Hailstones🌧️

"Tap, tap, tap" gently upon the building,

the cold, frozen water it's not want we need,

the gods must be in a low spirit,

so the hailstones are in all kinds of sizes and speed.

I can hear the water drifting and pouring its way down the roof.

I can hear the tree's whistling as the leaves are in a groove.

A big sheet of grey wants to come cover our sky,

shattering glass, and frozen rain which is now solid ice.

The thunders now coming to join in on the fun,

no more kids playing, and no more bright sun.

Then following are tiny droplets of rain,

"Splish, Splash, Splosh",

It's a slushy based on life, and it just froze my brain.

Predator Free by Edith

WALA: The future plans for predators and how we can have a say in the statement!🚫🐱Predator Free🐱🚫

Kia Ora unicorns, aliens, viewers or who or whatever you are and welcome back to my blog!

In the first block we had a lady named Ms. Treena come into our classroom to teach us about what's happening in the world; we were learning about the people who are arguing about whether NZ should vanish all the predators or if we should keep them in Aotearoa. 

We have identified that New Zealanders would like to get rid of Pests that are coming over to NZ by the year of 2050. They believe that pests are NOT good for our country and the more that the pests are coming, the more our Native animals like Kiwi's will die and possibly vanish from our country Aotearoa.
*We also checked out this Document and Presentation, Here they are:*
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Here is some evidence about this issue:

	The Government group Predator Free 2050 is calling all New Zealanders to help get rid of pests such as possums, rats and stoats by the year 2050. Predators are said to kill millions of native birds every year and carry diseases that can affect other animals such as beef cattle. Animal pests come from outside New Zealand and are a danger to the country’s wildlife.
	The Morgan Foundation wants New Zealand to be free of all its predators by the year 2050. They have upset cat owners because of their website called ‘Cats to Go’. This group wants New Zealanders to own only one cat and not to get a new pet, if their cat dies. They state that cats are “pests” which are “wiping out our native birds". Cats hunt birds, lizards, insects and other wildlife.
	Dr. Jamie Steer, in the magazine Spinoff, says we can’t keep New Zealand completely native. He believes we need to get better at living with a mix of animals and make sanctuaries for those that need extra protection.
	The Department of Conservation (DOC) website lists 31 pests, for example: DOC also lists wildlife that need protection from pests, for example:
	Dr Jane Goodall, a well known anthropologist, believes New Zealanders should change the way they talk about animals that are not natives to our country, such as calling them “pests”. One of her reasons is that the term “pests”  does not help people to show respect and kindness to all animals.

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I have learnt that most people think that we should give the predators another chance but I disagree. Here is an example of what one person has said about this situation:

This is what I replied with:

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In the end I have learned that we all have different opinions and I believe EVERYONE should get a say even if they are kids!

Kia Ora
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