Poem about Omaru Creek

O - Old creek in urgent help

M- Maintenance crews working hard

A - Area located in Glen Innes

R - Rubbish scattered everywhere

U - Unacceptable for the fish and eels

C - Creatures in need of fresh water

R - Reproduce our polluted waters

E - Everyone must help out

E - Environment is very important

K - Keep our earth neat and tidy

Wonderful Waters

Investigation into Volleyball skills

Jenascia 17/03/17

This morning in class we have been investigating into our volleyball skills using a chart. The picture below shows each of our investigations. We also had to add each of the numbers in the  skill and calculate the mean for each one. At the very bottom of the list you can see the mean for each of the skills that we did.

Omaru Creek

Today we went down to look at the speed of the water in Omaru Creek.  We made some paper boats, took it down there and let them sailed in the water.  It was great to see the water flowing and not standing still like the first time we went there.

Omaru Creek

Omaru creek

Omaru creek- Writing

Unfortunately Omaru creek was in bad condition and needed urgent help. The stream was filled with disgusting things and it just looked like a big mess. There was a huge amount of rubbish blockages and sewage overflowing inside of the creek. Because residents from around the area put fat and rubbish down their drains, it has caused huge clogging in the waterway.

Maintenance crews had to take the time to clear both inside and outside of the creek. Shockingly they found rotten mattresses, cans and also kids toys stuck inside of the pipes. They also had to clear the rubbish that was clogging the waterway. After all that, they then flushed the creek with fresh water and tested it for over five days.

It is utterly important for people to think before they put things such as fat and rubbish down their drains, taking the risk and putting such things down the drain can cause horrible things and affect streams like Omaru creek. When fat is put down the drain it hardens which causes blockages.

A few weeks ago my class and I started visiting Omaru creek. We were all shocked to see how disturbing it looked. While we were there we decided to help by picking up a few things like cans and other types of rubbish. We also looked at the water inside the stream and saw how yuck and unsafe it looked.

To improve the stream Glen Innes school would like to make a start by picking up all the rubbish that we can find so that it doesn’t make the place look filthy. We should also pull out any weeds or vines that we see, so that it doesn’t make the place look so messy.

Equivalent Fractions

Inquiry questions

Today we were given an article to read about a man named Tamati, and how important the Omaru stream was to him. After reading the article we then had to answer the questions.

1. What was the stream like when Tamati was a kid?

It was safe enough to swim in, great for fishing and catching oysters and pipi.

2. What is the river like now?

It is polluted and unsafe.

3. Why is it bad that the river has changed?

Because it is now unsafe for creatures and people.

4. Why is the river important?

Because rivers are the homes of creatures like eels, and when it is polluted it becomes unsafe for everyone including those creatures.