Challenges! Inquiry A1

Challenges! Inquiry - A1

The effects of plastic on our environment.

New Zealand / Auckland Waste!!

New Zealand Waste:

By Bre and Rose

• New Zealanders use over 1.6 billion plastic bags in their homes every year.

• In 2011, 2.461 million tonnes of solid waste was disposed of to municipal landfills in New Zealand.

• 252,000 tonnes of plastic waste is disposed of to NZ landfills each year.

• Approximately 500 billion litres of sewage that flow into our 258 public wastewater treatment plants each year.

• New Zealand in 2006 made 8.7 million tonnes of rubbish

Auckland Waste:

• Aucklanders send 144kg of household rubbish each to landfill that's 200,000 tonnes of rubbish collected across the whole city, every year.

• Over Christmas and New Year the amount we chuck away increases by 10 per cent and the number of items we send for recycling increases by 20 per cent

• Last year Kiwis dropped off over 100 tonnes of soft plastic bags for recycling at participating stores – some 25 milli

New Zealand Waste

That was Summer

Have you ever smelled Summer?

Sure you have, 

Remember that time when

you were about to jump in the pool

and the smell of chlorine skimmed past your nose?

Remember that time when

you grabbed the pineapple and raspberry ice-block 

out of the freezer and you tried to bite into it before 

the juice ran down your chin?

Remember that time when 

you woke up to the smell of charcoal burning on the BBQ 

and the sunlight peering through the window?

That was Summer!!! 

My top outdoor spot

The grass tickles past my thighs, my feet sink into the the sand making my feet roast. I soak my toes in the icy water as the waves crash over my feet. The smell of fresh grass and salt water float past my nose. The sharp shells point into my feet. I climb up the strange branch coming out of the ground as I stare into the hypnotising view.  

All about me

All About me

Name:  Rose Harrold

Date:  Monday 12th February 2018

Where I was born:  New Zealand

Teacher:  Miss Mohon

School:  Hobsonville Primary

People in my family:

Mum: Lisa, Dad: Jeff, Stepmom: Maria, Sisters: Brooke, Ashlee,
Terri, Sarah, Brothers: Grayson and James.

The language I speak at home: English.

I learn best when: I have someone to help me and when its quiet.

I find it hard to: Understand something that  hasn't been explained good.

Teachers can make this easier by: Explaining something well.

When I don't understand I: Ask

During our lesson i like it when: I learn something new.