Taradale Room 10

Seal Hunting - fair or unfair? That is the question!!

2009-09-01T19:41:00.000-07:00

This week for Reading, the Harry Potter group have been researching about seals being hunted. We have read up on this topic and would like to share with you the facts. We will leave it up to you to decide whether Seal hunting is acceptable.

Reasons why seals are being hunted:
• Baby pups are being killed before they have a chance to become adults and breed. This means the seals population is getting smaller and smaller.

• Seals are killed for their blubber, which is a layer of fat to keep them warm. It can be used for valuable oils for heating and lighting.

• Seals are also killed for their meat, but mostly their fur.

• The best fur comes from a baby Harp seal. This fur is luxurious, soft, warm and white. Humans are using this fur for accessories and look better than everyone else.

• Some people complained that seals were eating too many fish in their area which caused a shortage of food for the people. Therefore, people hunted seals for food and to stop them eating the fish.

• People who live in cold places, kill seals for warm coats that they make out of the seals fur.

• During the 2nd half of the 20th century, seals became extremely rare. Seal hunting is banned in most countries now, however people have been found seal hunting in parts of Canada and the Artic regions.

• People believe that in some countries there are a lot of seals and therefore they should be allowed to hunt them.

• When synthetic furs became available, the need for real fur became unnecessary. People however still hunt seals.

• But don’t forget the people, like the Inuit, who need to hunt seals to survive, they only hunt what they need and that’s all.

They are the facts – you decide whether it’s fair or not.

Back From Camp

2009-05-25T00:38:00.000-07:00

Comment on what you enjoyed most at Camp Tutira.

Mr H

Camp Tutira

2009-04-26T16:13:00.000-07:00

Room 10 are going to Camp Tutira on the 11th to the 15th of May.
We will be getting there by car.
During the week we will be doing these activities:
Flying kiwi
Midnight feast
Night trail
Caseys Clamber/Hayleys Horror
Skits
Canadian canoe
Problem solving
Low ropes
Spaghetti tangle
We will be sleeping in dorms in groups of 5 -8. Lets hope people do not snore.
Some of the activities we are looking forward to are:
Flying kiwi
Caseys clamber
Skits and many more.
Some of us are nervous and others are excited about camp.
Check out our blog for more information about camp. Photos and podcasts to come.

Room 10 is Different

2009-04-05T21:11:00.000-07:00

Check out the different "things" we have happening in Room 10.

Fish: In our classroom we have two fish. There names are Sushi and Blade. We had a vote at the start of the year to pick their names.

Student of the Day
In our class, at the end of the day, our teacher hands out the student of the day to two people in our class. They get to take home Patch or Ziggo for the night.

Sports Box
To help keep us active we have a box in our classroom with lots of sports equipment that we can use at break times. It is easier than going over to the PE shed.

Office Duty
One of our responsibilities is office duty. This involves two people going down to the office and looking after it for Mrs Jones during morning tea.

Cockroaches
Our teacher Mr J hates cockroaches. We like to scare him with them.

Our room is the coolest room in the school.