Are Electric Cars the Future? Do you disagree or agree? Why or Why not?

I do believe that Electric Cars will become the future, I think the main reasons they will become more popular and the future is because they are really cheap to run and they are combating climate change. 

Let me list some reasons why, the first reason is because they are run on electricity not fuel this also means that there are no fossil fuels coming out because there is no fuel or gas. Another reason why this is a good car to have is that they run smooth and quiet. 

It's good to have a smooth and quiet car because if you have a quiet neighborhood you won't be disturbing anyone. ANOTHER reason is because its causing less air pollution and things like that because again it's not producing any fossil fuels cause it doesn't run on gas or fuel.

Something that might be a miss is that Electric cars are expensive to by but they are a lot cheaper even though you might think "it's cheaper just to buy a fuel powered car" but really it isn't because you are having to put in gas at least 1-4 times a week if not more and not to mention gas powered cars can cost a lot of money as well. 

Another miss might be that people think that they are really ugly and look all futuristic but you can find really good car brands like Tesla and BMW that do electric cars. Yes you might see a few ugly or bad looking electric cars but a lot of them are nice. Another miss might be that they can take up to 6-8 hours to be fully charged, but you can drive them when they are half charged and things like that, you can also charge your car overnight and things like that.

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Last blog post??

This will be my last blog post at Tamaki Primary............In this blog post I will be talking about all the things I have enjoyed at Tamaki Primary and how I feel about leaving this school for college.


I think the most thing i'm grateful for this year or throughout the years at Tamaki Primary is meeting the friends I have today, Bianna, Arizona, Aja, Nita and Constance. I am so very grateful for meeting yous and I don't know who and what I would do without you guys.

Another highlight from being at Tamaki Primary is going on all the trips and things like that, we always went on fun and interesting trips usually ones that related to your inquiry. One of my favourite trips was probably going to the Zoo because it was really fun, I got to see a lot of different animals and I learned new and interesting facts.

Something I enjoyed was dine and dance because it was really fun and me and my friends (Monita and Bianna) were late and we were walking around the street waiting for the time to be 7:30pm. And it was really fun and funny, and when we went inside we saw all our other friends and it was really fun.

Another highlight at Tamaki Primary was going to the year 7 and 8 camp, I really enjoyed this cause I got to step out of my comfort zone. I also got to build relationships with my friends and other peoples but my favourite thing was to spend a week with my close friends and things like that.

ANOTHER thing i'm grateful for is my teachers, Ms Komor and Ms Aireen and all the other beautiful and amazing teacher I have had because they have been very supportive and very very amazing teachers. I really enjoyed being a student in their class because they really did improve my learning and things like that.

Something I didn't enjoy so much being at Tamaki Primary was that I wasn't always present at school, if I could I would go every single day but I have been really sick and things this year. Another thing I regret or didn't enjoy this year or at Tamaki primary is when I slammed the door on my finger when I was 5 and it nearly fell off so I had to go to the hospital.


I don't mind going to college the only thing I can say i'm nervous about is that there is going to be a lot more new people and things like that and that i'm not going with any of my friends. Another thing I can say i'm nervous about is that colleges are a lot bigger so its gonna be hard for me to get to my classes especially because its sooo big. 


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Freestyle Writing

WALT - Freestyle write about an image.

Today our Teacher (Ms Komor) asked us to write a story about a picture. This is what I wrote. Tell me your opinions and what you think about it in the comments. I did enjoy doing this because it was relaxing knowing that you could just write any way you wanted, I didn't dislike anything because I just really enjoyed writing the way I wanted to write. My next steps will to be re reading it out loud because some parts of my story didn't make sense.


MY STORY ...........

The wind rushed through her hair as she descended the mountain at great speed. For most children this would be an exhilarating, even a terrifying experience. But for lucy  it was just an ordinary journey to school.

Lucy was about 15 years old, she lived high up on a very green mountain in a thick forest in Vietnam. She went to a small and very nice school in her local town/village, she was a very smart girl she topped nearly all her classes except math. Her school was like mine small and local but her school had a bit more students.

Lucy woke up at 6:25am every morning to get to school on time, she had a lot of chores and things to do before going to school. Thursday morning Lucy woke up a bit later than usual instead of waking up at 6:25am she woke up at 6:39am, once Lucy woke up and realized the time she rushed out of bed and quickly went for the fastest shower she had ever had. Her mother shouted out at her “LUCY QUICKLY YOUR GONNA BE LATE!!” Lucy shouted back “I KNOW I'M TRYING!!”.

Lucy quickly finished her shower and threw on her uniform and ran down the stairs, threw on her shoes grabbed her things and said to her mother “I LOVE YOU GOT TO GO NOW BYE!!” her mother replied “I love you t” but Lucy had already slammed and ran out the door. But she remembered she had to get the bag of crops so she slammed open the door and ran in and grabbed the crops her mother smiled and waved bye to Lucy.

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Lucy ran down the steep mountain track through the forest as fast as she could without slipping over, she saw her zipline and quickly but on the harness and zipped down the line, she loved going down the zipline because it gave her a breathtaking thrill but as she liked to call it “a horrifying eye popping thrill”, but Lucy loved going to school like this because it was fast and fun.

By the time she got off the zipline it was 7:19am she jumped off and ran down a small hill, she quickly jumped on her yellow bike and peddled as fast as she could to school, it took about an hour on her to bike to her school, she arrived at school at 8:34am she put her crops in her locker and quickly found her friends before walking into her class.

It was 3:10pm and the end of school bell rang, Lucy hugged her friends good bye and waved she quickly grabbed her crops before going into town to sell them. In her bag she had fruits and vegetables like bananas, cabbage, potatoes that her and her mother grew while her father was out working to support them.

She got into town at 3:23pm and pulled out a sheet to put her fruits and vegetables, she sat there for hours trying to sell all her fruits and vegetables she sold some but she did have a lot left over.    

She biked home at 5:51pm and got back home at 7:12pm, she gave her mother the money she got a very good amount of money 18 dongs and 15 dollars 240,000 dongs her mother was happy and satisfied because it could pay their power and get them food for the rest of the year.

What's your favourite type of writing?

ENJOY!!

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Writing Reflection

This week for writing we have been working on persuasive writing and the topic was 'Electric cars are the future'. I really did like doing this topic because I made the people in my group agree with me when they all didn't agree with me. Another thing I enjoyed was arguing with other groups that disagreed with me. I do personally think that Electric cars will be the future because they are a lot cheaper to fun and they are combating climate change and air pollution.

Something I didn't enjoy about this was that you had to make sure everything you were saying was backed up by something else or another idea or key point, but other then that I really enjoyed it because it was just really really fun.

My next steps are going to be actually thinking about what I say because last time I was arguing and trying to persuade people I was just saying anything that came to my mind and some of the things I couldn't backup and thing like that.

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Maths Reflection

On Monday for maths we were trying to solve and change fraction in percentages, the group I was in was very lost and we didn't understand much about it. Something I enjoyed about this lesson was that we all tried really hard to solve and figure the answer out.

Something I didn't like or found challenging was a lot of it but mainly trying to figure out what the percentage was because it was really hard and I was really really lost and it didn't help no one in my group knew what they were doing and things like that.

My next steps are going  to try harder and harder because I do remember that I was so lost that I didn't really try so much because I was to confused and I basically had no idea what I was doing and things like that. Another thing i'm going to do next time is to talk a bit more as well because I feel like that would help as well.

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Reading Reflection

WALT - To use  ANALYSING skills to identify key ideas.

In this morning block we have been working on reading, this week or this morning for reading we have been reading and focusing on task about the book called 'Turning Old Into New', what this book is about is pretty much turning old rubbish into new things like or recycling things into new things. 

The activity that we focused on and that we have started was a questions and our answer and opinion, here are the questions that we got told to answer. 

Author’s message What does the author want us to think about rubbish and recycling? What does she want us to do about it? How could you condense this into one sentence?  Do you agree with the author? Why? Why not?  Do you think other people would have different opinions?

And here is mine and my buddies answer -I think the author wanted to prove that recycling is very important and if we don't recycle things like pollution and other bad things will happen. I think she wants us to recycle more. If we could change this into on sentence I would say, recycling is very important for many different reasons, it helps us with daily needs and stops pollution and climate change. Yes we do agree with the author because  she has stated very good points and opened a lot of people eyes on recycling. Yes I do think other people would have different opinions but everyone is entitled to their opinion.

Here are some of the other question we answered -

Let’s review suggestions about what else can be turned into something new...

• At the start, the author suggested that “the answer might surprise you”. What was her question? What was the answer? Were you surprised?
• Now that you have read this article, have you recalled any other things that can be recycled?  Do you have new ideas of your own?

Our Answer -

I feel like her question was did you know that these things would have been made out of bottles and other things like that. The answer was yes I was surprised because I never knew some of these things like I didn't know you could recycle 1 PET bottles into clothing and thread. I know that different bottles can be recycled into different things, not I do not have any ideas.

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Reading and Questions

WALA- pests, biosecurity and our native bush and animals

What sorts of animals do we have here in New Zealand?

We do have quite a lot of animals not as much as other countries but enough, some of these animals are kiwis, tuis, tuatara lizards, king fishers, snapper and other animals. These are some native New Zealand animals some pests or non native animals are Rats, Possums and Stoats and more.

What do we mean by Native Bush? Do we need to protect the Native Bush, if so who's responsibility? 

What you mean by native bush is plants and trees that are native or originally come from or are from New Zealand so plants like Kowhai, Kauri and ferns and other. I think it is important to look after our native bush because you can't find trees and plants that New Zealand has in other countries, I think it is everyone's job to protect and care for our bush I feel like that the closest community should look after the bush area.  

Which animal species were introduced to New Zealand? Why were they brought here?

A lot of animals were introduced to New Zealand some of these animals are Rats, Stoats, Possums, Hedgehogs, Cats and Dogs and a lot more. I am not exactly sure why they were brought here but I feel like some of the reasons are because they thought that these animals would be good for this country and another reason is that some of these animals like rats must of just jumped on the boat and came to New Zealand.

When did the damage begin? Why are Stoats especially dangerous?

I feel like the damnage started when they arrived because once they arrived all our lovely native animals started to die out and go extinct. Some of the reasons Stoats are dangerous are because they are dangerous and eat bird eggs, they know how to swim and climb so there isn't really a way to stop them from eating our birds eggs not only that but they carry a lot of diseases that can pass into our native animals.

Do we value other animals more then others? Why is that?

Yes I feel like we value Cats and Dogs more then any other animal even though they are considered pests and things like that because they also kill and hunt our native animals but we do have to keep in mind that they are killing and hunting other pests as well. I think they are loved and valued more because humans keep them as pets.

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