Should Students Have To Wear School Uniform? - Writing 2019

Should Students Have To Wear School Uniform?

Why do we wear School Uniforms? There are many reasons to why Uniforms are a policy at schools, such as the growth of focus, barriers between students disappearing and because School is for learning not a Runway. Students should wear School Uniforms and I’ll tell you why!

School uniforms can increase the pupil’s focus. Having these uniforms can stop the student stressing about their appearance and more. They will be more relaxed that no one will comment on their outfit and will spend their mental energy on learning. Everyone will have the same style of fashion and will only worry about their schoolwork.

The uniforms can break down barriers between students. Uniforms can make the line of wealth and poverty disappear. Students outfits will be the same so that can lead to more socializing between the different students. Having School uniforms can put the differences of the students aside and let them communicate!

Lastly, School is a place for learning not a Fashion Runway! School is a wonderful place for learning things that can help you in the future and many more. At schools with no uniforms, people tend to try and impress others with their outfits and that distracts the kids and stops them from learning. You go to school to learn not to become a model!

There you have it! 3 reasons on why students should wear School Uniforms. There are many more reasons that have been proved by scientists or just stated by students themselves. What do you think, are you for or against?

Is bringing back Extinct Species worthwhile? - Writing 2019

WALT - Express and opinion on a topic

Is bringing back Extinct Species worthwhile? My response is no. I comprehend I'm no savant but I am a "prodigy" that has some genuine points and I want to bestow them to you. Having a child's POV and opinion is great so keep reading to find out what I think!

There is this article that my teacher has provided for us so we can have a clear insight for our side of the argument. Two Stanford researchers have extracted the essential Pros and Cons of De-extinction. I will be talking about three cons from the article and elaborate on that from my point of view.

Animal Welfare
Animal welfare is the health, happiness and fortune of an animal. Will the extinct species be happy and healthy? A reason why scientists are bringing them back is that there is a possible chance that extinct animals can restore our environment. From that, People (Scientists) are exploiting them for human purposes and in this case, it is for restoring our Earth's condition because the harm is from us. Exploiting them can anguish the individuals of the de-extinct species and that is bad. If we are bringing them back then we should treat them with special care because they were extinct and it could happen again if we don't stay attentive with how we're treating them.

Health
" Species could carry retroviruses or pathogens when brought back to life" Retroviruses are any RNA virus group that inserts a DNA copy of its genome into the host cell to replicate and Pathogens is a virus that can produce disease. This is a worry for us humans because if we bring them back to life and they are born or get a disease they're going to die earlier than they are supposed to and it's going to be a waste of time and money. What happens if they are born with new diseases that we can catch?

Environment
"De-extinct species would be alien and potentially invasive; their habitats and food sources have changed, so their roles in these changed ecosystems could be too" This statement is accurate especially if they use the cloning method because they are extracting the nucleus from a preserved cell of the extinct species and swapping it into an egg of the nearest relative. Using the cloning method will prove that this consequence will happen and is true. Their roles will change and so has the environment. Before we create them let's fix our planet by ourselves first!

I have only covered 3 cons and there are many more! Of course, this is just my opinion and if it changed any of your minds then great!, that was what I was going for. I know no scientist would read this and change their mind about if they support bringing back Extinct species but at least think about what could happen if the distant future. Think about us children who still want a future!

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Task Description
Last week we have been learning about De-extinction! Bringing back the extinct species. The statement was "Is bring back Extinct Species worthwhile?". I think that bringing back extinct animals is not worthwhile, my opinion and some facts are in the writing above. Enjoy!

Bringing back the dead - Reading 2019

WALT: Discuss And Justify An Opinion On A Topic

Why are scientists interested in de-extinction?

Scientists are interested in De-extinction because they could bring back extinct animals to life and those animals may be able to help our problems around the world.

The extinct animals such as dinosaurs are a part of History and if we bring them back we could make a huge impact on our surroundings and we can make new history with them.

Describe the three main categories of de-extinction.
Cloning: To make an identical copy of something

Synthesis: A combination of elements/compounds to create something wholly

Back Breeding: This method can recreate the traits of an extinct species, but the genome will differ from the original species. It is when you try to create an extinct species using an animal that looks similar to it. You do not know how it behaves but only an idea of how it looks because it's extinct!

Poster 

The poster below is showing one of the 3 main categories/methods that scientist use to bring extinct life back. I have chosen Back breeding or Breeding back. This was interesting to me so I decided why not research it and share my knowledge with you all! 

My task was to watch this video that describes the "Science behind De-extinction". I then had to research further and describe in my own words one of the 3 main methods. After researching, I had to create a Poster putting all the research and knowledge I have learnt on it. 

Here it is!

My thoughts on De-extinction

Lastly, I thought I should add my thoughts on De-extinction! I know I am not a Scientist but having a Childs Point of View or Opinion would be great. After all, Someday you all would be gone and I would still be standing. What I mean is that it's our future you have to think about. Is it going to have an impact on our environment, not just the Earth but in our Communities? 

I think that bringing back Extinct Species is a bad idea! For example, Bringing back the Passenger Pigeon Species is bad. Why?, Well, Humans don't even like Pigeons in the first place. So, if you think about Passenger Pigeons coming back to life, we're just gonna treat them as pigeons.

We don't know how these Extinct animals behave. So, why bring them back? They may help our diminished Ecosystem but what if it doesn't. There isn't much proof that makes me change how I feel about it.

These species were extinct for a reason, whether it was because of Colonization or from humans eating them, it is Extinct. It is all History and it will stay like that. The past is the past, the present is now and the future is the future.
Let's all leave the past behind, live in the Present and think ahead for our children's future!

MRS GREN - Literacy 2019

Walt - Identify key information in a text


Question 1 - What is the key phrase to help you remember the 7 Life Processes?

MRS GREN is a way to remember the Seven Life Processes

Question 2 - Explain which life process each letter in the phrase represents.

M in MRS GREN stands for Movement. Organisms can move in different ways, pace or way it still moves by itself.

R is for Respiration. Cells release stored energy from food.

S is for Sensitivity. Organisms detect changes in the surrounding environment so they can survive.

G stands for Growth. Many organisms grow in height to a certain age. Some organisms have cells that get bigger while others get more cells.

R in GREN stands for Reproduction. There are two types of Reproduction. Asexual and Sexual. The capacity to reproduce and pass genetic data on their children is reproduction.

E is for Excretion. Excretion is not ONLY pooping, instead it is the process of getting rid of waste from chemical reactions.

N is Nutrition. You can get Nutrition from food. Some organism get their food in other places.

RATE YOUR WORK

Activity	Rating (Self)	Rating (Buddy from group)	Rating (Teacher)
Remembering	4	4
Note taking	3	4

1 = I had no idea what to do

2 =  I needed help to complete the task

3 = I completed the task independently

4 = I confidently completed the task independently; I could help someone else

Biography about Greta and Selena Quintanilla? - Writing 2019

Walt - use a graphic organiser to plan our writing

Task Description

This week's writing work is about Biography! We got to write about Greta Thunberg and about anyone else and I chose Selena Quintanilla. I used a Graphic Organiser to plan out my writing. I then wrote a biography about them using the information from my Graphic Organiser. If you want to read the Biographies then read the presentation up above!

The biggest challenge of the Century? - Reading 2019

WALT - Discuss and justify our opinion on a topic



Task Description

My reading group, Waititi read a text about Climate Change. We then watched a video about a village in Samoa getting flooded from the rising sea levels. After watching the video I wrote 7 words that had the word change in it. I also wrote a few synonyms for change. I then wrote reasons why I disagree and agree with the statement in the Presentation. For my create Task I paired up with a few people from my group and made a poster showing the impact from the extreme weather.  If you want to find out more just take a look through my Slides above!

Changes in the Community

Walt:use adjectives to add to our writing.



Task Description

No, I am not changing neighbourhoods. Instead, I am writing about how our community has changed physically. Around our school and in Glen Innes, there are a few things that have changed. Take a look!

Reconnecting the Brain

Up above, we have a presentation all about this scientist who is experimenting with a brain. She enjoys her job. I had to write a profile and a review about her and the text that provides all of my information.