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Our Interview Responses!

Responses to our Interviews!

We had to ask someone these questions, here are our fabulous answers.

1. What are the biggest changes in the environment since you were my age?
2. In what ways did you care for the environment when you were my age?

My Grandma Betty says: "We did not have washing machines". "All the washing was boiled in a copper". "There was no super markets,there was only dairy's,NO weekend shops". "If you wanted a penny ice cream you had to eat in a shop"! "Especially if you wanted to go to the toilet at the gardens you'd have to run to mummy and ask for a penny or two to put in the slot at the door."!!! "Then if we had a birthday-party for afternoon-tea we had pikletes all made by our mothers in a coal range, which our dads had to sweep out the chimney and clean the flue, then he put the soote on our garden".
Mickey


My Nana Collen says Groceries were all sold loose eg:cheese was cut from a big wheel. At the butchers meat was wrapped up in brown paper. Groceries were put into brown paper bags not plastic. There wasn't many cars people walked or caught cable cars,trains or buses. Nana said people didn't worry about the environment, they didn't talk about it.

My Nana Kay said There wasn't many cars so there was less pollution.They didn't have a lot of rubbish cause there wasn't a lot of foods in cans or bottles, and they put all their food scraps in a hole in the garden. People use to grow all their own veges and made their own jams and persevered fruits. Nana said they also made new foods out of left overs from meals eg: Bubble and squeak was made by frying up left over swede, cabbage and potato. Nana also said they didn't talk about the environment.
Georgia

My step Dad says................... There were no wind farms,there were not as many dairy farms ,there were no cellphones and there are more people littering. from Jessica

My dad said that it has changed because when you were at the tip you coudn't recycle but look at the tip now.
Jake

My Mum and step Dad say ..........
They picked up their rubbish,they did not use cars (they biked/walked).

Jessica

My dad Liam says The summers feel shorter,but the days feel hotter.
Jords

My dad Tony says The city has grown but we still have green grass and all the gardens. They had to put rubbish in the bin because we where told not to litter, the environment was not talked about and burning back yard rubbish and coal fires was normal.
Timothy

Leave a comment and tell us what you think!

This weeks homework!

Interview your parents and grandparents and ask them the two below questions.

1. What are the biggest changes in the environment since you were my age?
2. In what ways did you care for the environment when you were my age?

Room 8 blog your answers from your interviews under the comment part so I can put them on our blog.

PLEASE also read the below two posts as it has your learning intentions and big questions in our new inquiry.

Thanks - Mrs C-B

Our Inquiry!

We are starting a new Inquiry in our classroom, this will continue on for the next 10 or so weeks.

Big Questions

Will our planet be here for your Grandchildren?
What can we do to create a sustainable future for our world?

Key Concepts and Understandings

What do we hope students will understand by the end of this unit? What transferable, robust, ‘big ideas’ will they gain? What is important and relevant for these students?

• Our impact on the environment can be positive or negative – Choices that we make.
• All the resources we have are all the resources we’ve got.
• We can learn from our past to sustain our future.
• The choices we make will have a negative or positive influence on the earth.

We are going to try and and be Zero Wasters (ZW) for short, and save the world from ecological waste

Have a visit of these websites Room 8 and tell me what you think of them.


http://www.electrocity.co.nz/
http://www.zerofootprintkids.com/kids_home.aspx
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/25014/english.index.shtml
http://www.powerupthegame.com/

Something to Watch!

Room 8 watch this, and tell me what you think it is about and what is happening?

Hi my name is Jake.

I go to Fairfield primary school and my hobbies are cricket and rugby.
I am in one of the metro cricket teams for both of these sports, I play for Green Island.
Most holidays i go up to Christchurch to see my cousins.

Homework Task for this week!

Go to http://freerice.com/subjects.php?t=385370358050 and play the Geography and Multiplication table.

Leave a comment and tell me how much rice you can earn for world hunger. Let's see who can earn the most, be honest as I can check!!

Create anything to share that shows new learning in your own words on anything that starts with a.

You are the teacher and you will present new learning to class on Monday morning then share it with your buddies class after play on Friday.

You can present it to us in any way models, brochures, posters, power point etc. The key is to have it in your own words and it is something that you don't know about! Make sure you are able to tell us about your homework - not read it from your book!

Go to stmarysroom42009.wikispaces.com
This will give you an example!! Scroll down to a-z homework and click on it, and then a!

Meet Tim, Kate and Sam!

Hi i'am Timothy and I go to Fairfield primary school it is fun we have nice teachers but Mrs C.B is the best because she doesn't give much homework.
I also like sports like Cricket, Soccer, Rugby, Running, Softball and T-ball.
I love holidays because I like going off school

Timothy

Hi I'm Kate and I go to Fairfield primary school,my hobbies are gymnastics, tram poling and playing the recorder. I am in the school ensemble and choir. I have 2 pets Mace and Bandit. Mace is a i2 year old dog, and Bandit is a 12 week old kitten.

Hi my name is Sam. I am ten, and I go to Fairfield School. I like playing sport. I play touch, cricket, soccer and miniball. I also really like flipperball. I am in the Dunedin Metro cricket team which is really cool. I have a golden retriever called Zac, and a guinea pig called Chocolate.

Meet Mickey, Rebecca and Connor!

Hi my name is Mickey and I am a pupil in room 8 at Fairfield School. I enjoy watching and playing a variety of sports and I love to play my guitar. I share my home with a selection of pets that I love. At holiday time I enjoy travelling around the South Island with my family in our caravan.
by Mickey


Hi, I am Rebecca and I am in year 6 at Fairfield school. My hobbies are horse riding, playing netball, arts and crafts and playing with my friends. I moved from Scotland to New Zealand 2 yrs ago. I have a pet dog called Bella who is really "cool". My favourite subjects in school are reading, news and hand writing.
Fav colour RED
Fav animal HORSE
Fav food PRAWNS
Rebecca

Hi i'm Connor

I go to Fairfield Primary school, my hobbies are playing Soccer, Cricket, Miniball and playing the guitar. I am a techi at school and get taught how to use all the applications and get to help other classes. During the year I will earn my techi badge. I am in the ensemble and know three harder pieces which are EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE, CHERRY RIPE and REACH. I love going up to my little crib and to places like Cromwell, Christchurch and Gore for the holidays.

Introducing Jessica, Tom, Josh and Jordan

Hi my name is Jessica and I am a student at Fairfield school. My hobbies are singing, swimming and playing with friends. I love going on holiday with my family in Kakanui. I've just moved into Fairfield and I love it there but I miss my old house.

Hi my name is Tom I am a student at Fairfield primary school. I am now in the Otago cricket team. My favourite thing to do is to play sport. I went to Nelson in the school holidays with my family. We stayed at Hanmer on the way up we went in the hot water pools. by Tom

Hi my name is Joshua. I am nine years old. I am a student at Fairfield school. My hobbies are fishing, motorbiking, cricket, rugby, soccer, jet skiing, water skiing, keyboard and camping. I play keyboard. I won a trophy at the Sharon Gibson music studio for most improved keyboard player. I also play rugby for the Green Island club and I play cricket for Green Island. We have been undefeated for four years in rugby and so far this season in cricket.

Hi, I'm Jordan, I was born in York (England) and moved to Wales when I was 4 years old, we lived there for 6 years and then we Emigrated to New Zealand. I love living here and really enjoy school I also love soccer and playing on my PS3. My Mum is having a baby in August and I cant wait!!!

Introducing Jords, Jordan, Cam, and Jess!

Hi I'm Jordan my hobbies are reading , writing adventure stories, dancing , singing , and swimming in my spare time. I like playing netball and I love my cats Sozy and Ruldolf. I love my new teacher for the year MRS C-B. From Jords


Hi I am Jordan I go to Fairfield Primary School my hobbies are rugby and cricket. I play for Green Island in both of these sports, I love to bike too. My team came first in the triathlon I also have a crib in Clyde that we go up to every holiday From Jordan


Hi my name is Cam I am a student at Fairfield Primary School. My likes are sports, biking, friends, money, heavy metal rock music and going to the Fairfield dairy. My dislikes are homework, opera music, family violence and drug takers, and boy racers.


Hi I'm Jessica and I go to Fairfield Primary School I have lots of hobbies I enjoy playing basketball, running, singing, and playing the piano it is very fun. One of my other favourite things to do is play sing star and ride on my scooter..! I have lots of fun going down hills I also have to pets a puppy named Smartie and a kitten named Cappuccino! They are both very cute I love them so much!!

Change in homework for this week....

Hi

The children can CHOOSE to do the poster OR the short story for this weeks homework. Also there is no sounds alive this week, but I do expect you to read a chapter a night with your lexile/autobiography reading.

Thanks
Mrs C-B

Introducing Grace, Georgia and Madi!

Hi I'm Grace i go to Fairfeild primary school, my fav hobbies are dancing singing and netball. I like spending time with my family and friends. I have 1 dog called Meg and a cat called Smudge. I have a holiday house in Pateouroa and we have friends up there too.
Hi I'm Madi and I go to Fairfield primary school. My favourite hobbies are dancing,singing,and swimming. I have recently made it into the Fairfield rock band. I am going to be lead singer in one song its called "knock on wood" I sung it in my auditions. I love going on holidays with my family I also love having public holidays with them as well.
Hi I'm Georgia and i go to Fairfield primary school. My favourite hobbies are dancing,singing,netball and swimming. I love playing games with friends and family. We go to Cromwell for are family holiday.

Leave a comment!

Homework for this week!

Room 8 leave a comment about you (8-10 lines) - think of your autobiography as this comment will be published on the blog under a photo of yourself.

Here is my example!



Hi my name is Jo and I am a teacher at Fairfield Primary school. I have been teaching for 13 years and I love it!

I love to do family adventures with my children in the weekend, our favourite adventure is boogie boarding and anything around water.

I love to listen to music and sing and one of Lily's favourite things to do with me is play sing star. I have lots of hobbies and I really enjoy playing sport and going to the gym. My favourite sports are Netball and swimming.

I really enjoy weekend runs and walks with my Mum and sister where we can catch up and chat about life.

I love being a Mum!

Triathlon at Abbotsford School!

Here we have Jordan,Sam, Lachie, Josh,Jordan and Tom!
Chloe, Holly and Michaela after a great morning.
Jessica, Tyler and Georgia, big smiles all around.
An awesome finish by Jordan and Blake.

Article on Triathlon!

We went to Abbotsford school to compete in a triathlon, we had to run then bike then swim. It was so much fun and we competed against other schools in our area.

We all did really well and had so much fun as you can see in the photos. Our teams even crossed the line all together as 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Mrs C-B was impressed with the sportsmanship out there and was also pleased by our placings (not that it was a competition). She said that to be a good competitor is a great thing in life. She said it was awesome to see so many smiling faces and children just giving it a go.

Homework Task!

Leave a comment and tell me what you think the answer is!