Yesterday at school we did poetry. We looked at menus from restaurants around Wellington and used the language from them to write poems. We made a list of all the things that would make a teacher angry, for example, throwing a ball through a window, or calling out in class.

Then we mixed these up with the words from the menus to make a funny Angry Teacher Menu.

Some of my lines were 'gourmet leaky drink bottles' and 'crispy whispering'.

We are also going to make wind chimes in class to sell at the school market night. I'm looking forward to that.

looking after sharks

Sharks are ancient fish that live in the ocean. Lots of people are scared of seeing them in the sea. They eat other fish, but they don't ever hunt humans. Sharks have a very sand-papery texture. Shark bones are made from cartilage, which is that bendy stuff in our ears. Their teeth are extremely sharp and last for a lifetime. When they fall out, new ones quickly grow in their place.

Every year humans kill 100 million sharks, just for their fins. 273.973 sharks are killed every day. Shark -finning is cruel and wasteful, but is legal in New Zealand. You can catch a shark, cut off its fins, and dump it in the water and not get in trouble at all!

The shark is supposed to be dead, but sometimes it is still alive when it is thrown back in. Other countries have banned shark finning, but not New Zealand. Shark fins are worth a lot of money- that's one reason people actually do shark finning.

I wrote to David Carter MP to ask him to do something about shark finning. Please could you write too. If you like you can copy my letter below. I also drew lots of colourful fish and seaweed around the words which was quite fun.

Dear Mr Carter,

Why do you think it is legal in NZ to cut off the fins from sharks?
I know you are busy, but this is crazy!
It is cruel to let this happen in our waters.
Shark finning is already illegal in 98 countries.
Could we do something about it?

It is not fair, and it’s endangering the food chain in our oceans.
I love New Zealand, and I feel really strongly about shark finning.

Please do something about this.

Thank you for reading this letter.

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Today is Tuesday. It is quite rainy and cold so I cant take any photos.
But I hope I will be able to take a photo tomorrow. At school, our new Inquiry topic is all about chocolate. Soon are teacher will be taking us to visit a chocolate factory!!

When I went to Rarotonga my aunty and uncle got married. My cousin and I were flower girls!
The ceremony was on the beach. I think we had beautiful dresses. At night, we went out on the
beach and thought we saw a sea-snake. It wasn't a sea snake we found out, but we did see a few flying fish.

This is my new blog. My name is Keira Haig and I am 7.
A few weeks ago I went to Rarotonga, which is the capital of the Cook Islands. It's a beautiful island that takes about 1 hour to drive around. This is a picture of me starting to go snorkelling on a sunny warm day. Actually, every day we were there it was sunny and warm!
My cousin and I saw loads of fish. They were all different colours, and had different patterns on them. We also went for a ride in a glass-bottom boat. My aunt and uncle got married, and I will write about the wedding in my next post.
Hope we go back to Rarotonga another day!!