Keep New Zealand beautiful week

Kia ora bloggers. A few weeks ago Te Ngahere had a beach clean up to celebrate keep New Zealand beautiful week. This was happening in most New Zealand schools. When we arrived at the beach we were able to split into groups of our choice. These were our rubbish picking groups. Some groups went up on the grass by the road and some went on the beach. We found some really interesting things while cleaning the beach and roadside for rubbish. What was really disappointing was that adults who smoke were throwing cigarette butts a few steps away from the nearest rubbish bin. It goes to show that people have no disregard for the earth. Here a photo from the beach clean up:

Planet Earth

For writing this week on Tuesday we were talking about how we care for planet earth. First we had to choose a topic on what harms planet earth and then talk about how it affects the planet and three facts on how we could reduce the impact. I think I done very well but I need to work on adding more exciting words. Here is my writing.

Introduction

Do you know how plastic affects us all? Well if you don't, i’m going to help you understand how we can keep our ecosystem healthy and well balanced. Many people use about 2 million plastic bags every minute, so who knows how much they use in a day.

How it affects the planet

Plastic affects the planet by you leaving your plastic bag, containers, bottles and anything else that is involved with plastic lying around outside for the wind to blow it in the ocean or the birds to swoop down and eat it. It can also harm our fish because once they have consumed the plastic, then a fish or sea creature eats that one then it becomes a food chain.

Reducing the impact:

To reduce the impact we can start using our own bags to carry shopping instead of using plastic bags, and even using metal for your containers. For labels we don't have to keep using plastic, we can also use paper to for that because if it drops in the water the paper will just break down and the fish won't be able to eat it.

Conclusion

In conclusion for a big problem some people can make a big difference to help your area to become more healthier and balanced.