Why is bad.

Why hunting is bad.

Hunting is not good for the environment and endangered species. Sometimes inexperienced hunters mistake a species that is ok to hunt with an endangered species. An example of this in New Zealand is Takahe, which are an endangered species being mistaken for pukeko and accidentally killed. Trophy hunting is also a big problem. Trophy hunting is when hunters go to places like africa and hunt big game animals like lions, tigers and giraffe. This is a problem because soon these animals are going to go extinct if we carry on like this. An example of this is the white rhino. It was hunted to nearly extinction by trophy hunters because they want their tusks for ivory. Now there's only three left. This is why hunting has a negative impact on endangered species.

Hunting is also bad for the nature. Hunters can also destroy animals habitats because they run and drive over the animals homes and that will kill them. Hunting is also bad because if an animal becomes extinct then the animals that survive by eating that animal will either have to suffer and eat other animals or they will not survive. If we hunt too much and wipe out  lots of animal species, then it will be harder to find and hunt more animals. An example of this is the Snail Kite bird which nearly always eats snails but if we keep trampling over their habitats then the Snail Kites will not have very much to eat. This is why hunting is not good for the environment.

Hunting is bad for the environment and endangered species. Sometimes inexperienced hunters mistake a species that is ok to hunt with an endangered species. An example of this in New Zealand is Takahe, which are an endangered species being mistaken for pukeko and accidentally killed. Trophy hunting is also a big problem. Trophy hunting is when hunters go to places like Africa and hunt big game animals like lions, tigers and giraffe. This is a problem because soon these animals are going to go extinct if we carry on like this. An example of this is the white rhino. It was hunted to nearly extinction by trophy hunters because they want their tusks for ivory which has cut the population down. Now there's only three left. This is why hunting has a negative impact on endangered species.

Why hunting is good.

Why hunting is good

Hunting is good for many reasons. If you are short on money, then instead of buying your meat, you could kill it. If you kill your meat, then you know that it is fresh and the meat you buy is normally filled with lots of bad chemicals that are not good for you so it is good to hunt for your meat. The meat that you buy from fast food places just uses all the meat including the meat that is not meant to be eaten. so it is better for you to hunt for your meat. If you do not want bad chemicals in you, then I recommend hunting for your meat.

Hunting keeps the population of lots of animals down. Lots of pest animals breed quickly and cause destruction to our environment. This will affect native that need the food pests take for themselves. An example of this is the stoat. It eats natives birds eggs including kiwis and can even climb tree to catch their prey. goats keep the prickles down but animals in the wild can eat our native plants. This is a problem because they might die out and this is the only place where they are. This is why hunting is a good way to control pests.

There is many reasons why hunting is good. It’s good to get out and about into the great outdoors. Hunting is also a great life skill so you can hunt for your own food instead of buying it. Hunting can also be really fun. Another reason why it is good because normally you spend too much time on electronics and not enough time outside so if you like hunting then you can spend time outside while doing something fun. Hopefully this told that it is good to hunt and hunting is not just for a bad cause.

Readers theater.

Novel study DLO.

Hide and seek.

Hide and seek

1, 2, 3, the seeker counts and I run inside, 8, 9, 10 ready or not here I come. I run down the hallway, open the hall door and jump down my laundry shoot. The space is tight but big enough for me to have jumped down. I try to sit down, or half sit down really as my back brushes against the wall. Shirts and jerseys are wrapped around my legs like a huge spider wrapping up an insect. I smell the gross smell of my brothers cloths, circling my nose like my worst nightmare. A big pile of dirty cloths gets dropped down ontop of me from Mum. I crawl down and poke my head down and out the bottom to see if anyone is coming. I see my friends in the distance, with their heads up high looking for me. I see them walk inside. They peeked into the shoot, but I duck down into the piles of clothes just in time. My secret will remain a secret till the end as long as I can keep quiet like a mouse. I listen and listen and then I hear the surrender call. “You’ve won, come on out!”. I crawled down out of the shoot and showed myself to the world once again. My eyes burnt from the light for a bit but it was worth it.

Written by Sinead.

My Monday Morning.

My Monday Morning

I woke up by the sound of Mum yelling at me to get up. “ Come on, get up, harden up cupcake”. I could hear the sound of my brother sleeping. He was as loud as a mad squirrel that had just gotten woken up in the middle of hibernation. I really wanted to stay sleeping in my warm, cozy bed but it is not the holidays anymore(sadly). Still half asleep, I opened up my curtains. It may be the winter but the sun beamed through the clouds into my eyes. The fog looked like a huge fluffy cloud that just wants to hug you. The tree that stands outside my frosty window looks like it just had its Christmas. I went down the stairs with my eyes half open nearly tripping over my own foot. I sleepily walked into the kitchen and I poured some weet bix in a bowl. I didn’t open my eyes until, SLASH! OOPS! I must of put too much in my bowl. Well that taught me a lesson. I slowly ate all of it and packed my bag and yelled at Shaymus to get out of the shower. I think he’s going to turn into a fish soon with how much he has a shower. 10 minutes later, he was finally out so we grabbed our bags and walked to the small bus shelter that’s next to the mailbox. It took us about 10 minutes to get there but we finally arrived. The bus came after 5 minutes of waiting. Our bus is a small van shaped thing that looks like bird poop had just given birth to a rainbow( it’s white and has other colours like red and yellow on it). We both hopped on the bus and drove to school talking to our friends.

The BTB auction

Today was the BTB points auction. Our teacher gives us BTB points if we are on track or we are doing good things. Then at the end of every term everybody (or nearly everybody because some people forget) brings in something to auction off. I had the most BTB points in the class. I had 33. Last term I bought in a container of cupcakes but I wanted it to be a surprise so I put it in a bag. This term I had another surprise. I donated a jelly tip block of chocolate and I put it in a bag. Sadly, some people sneaked a look and they saw what it was so of course that person was the one who bought it. I got an awesome book by David Williams. It was called The Demon Dentist. I got it for 32 BTB points so I had one left. One of my friends got a nerf gun and the other got a moro bar. This BTB auction was probably the best one so far.