Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Story

This week I have been doing my own writing about my own fantasy characters, they are wolves of course (my favourite animals).
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Jacques perspective:
she had been traveling for so long, her paws ached and her fur itched but she couldn't stop now, she was so close to her father's pack territory, that's the only place that she and the pups were safe, who knew, maybe those wolves were following them... hopefully Ayla had made a good excuse. She padded up the nearby hill, knowing that at the top she would be able to see the lake. The pups followed close behind her as she quickened her pace, Almost there… she told herself as she stopped and looked out at the lake at the top of the hill, the wind brushed against her paws and the pups underbellies. Jacque tasted the air and listened to the lapping of waves on the shore. The gray water was flooded with color as the sun rose higher over the hills. It stretched ahead so far that the trees on the distant shore were nothing more than a greenish blur, and curved around the marshy land in front of them. Jacque let her gaze shift towards the pups who were now standing beside her in a group, saw that most of their eyes still gleamed with excitement, all apart from Lunar. Her eyes held the emotion of sorrow and fright, Jacque wanted to ask what was wrong and parted her jaws to speak, but before she could talk one of the pups cut her off. “Are we there yet?! Are we there yet?! Are the there yet?!” Kayan squealed and bounded around in a circle. She sighed and silenced the pup with a flick of her tail across the pups back. “Almost.” Jacque touched her nose to the flank of the pup, gently rasping a sandpaper like tongue across Kayans back. It was obvious the pups were about to explode with excitement, still Lunar seemed worried, but Jacque brushed it off, she was probably just frightened of the vast lake at the foot of the hill, it was different to anything these pups had ever seen before, the only water they got was from the river that trickled down the Baer Bluffs where they had lived before that wretched pack had ruined everything. Suddenly a thought popped into her mind, What would the pack have done to her if they found out she lied? She began to get lost in thoughts about her friend and if she was safe after she had given her the pups so they wouldn't be taken away… What if they DID find out?! What if they killed her?!?! What if- “Jacque! Can we go? Can we go? Can we go?!” Colhe squeaked as he jumped up. “I miss mother” Lunar whined softly. Jacque slowly shook her head. “I promise you will see her again” she said gently as she rasped her tongue over Lunars flattened ears affectionately. “Lets goooooo!!” Colhe began bounding down the hill as Jacque ran after him, Lunar, Atlas, Kayan and Alistar followed closely behind, squealing with excitement.
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I loved writing this, and I'm thinking of making a small chapter book about it on google docs! try inferring what has happened in the past for these wolves and whats going on, ill comment back if your right or wrong, also tell me if this is would be a good book? Happy blogging!

Why are rivers important

This year Kawakawa Primary has been learning a lot about rivers and why they are important, so that was our writing focus. Enjoy!

Why are rivers important?
Rivers are important to a lot of things, but no one seems to realise it, and no one's going to realise
it until it's too late and all the rivers are polluted and gone. Rivers are natural watercourses with fresh
water (mostly) and flows into lakes and streams and the ocean. Without rivers we wouldn't be able
to do a variety of activities and some animals will go extinct without rivers. They also provide us food
and fresh water.  


Rivers are important because without them we would not be able to do a range of activities,
including; Kayaking, Canoeing, Swimming, Boating and fishing. A popular thing to do in rivers is
kayaking and swimming, if we didn't have rivers then we would only be able to kayak in them, nor
would we be able to swim or fish in them. 62% of new zealand's rivers are unsafe to swim in due
to pollution.


Rivers are a habitat for animals. Animals like Eels/Tuna, Dragonfly, Crabs, Ducks and more animals
live in the rivers. If the rivers become polluted where would they go? They wouldn't be able to stay in
rivers or around them because of the awful smells and the bad water. 72% of New Zealand's fish
are threatened with extinction in our rivers.


Rivers are providers. They give us food when we take the time to go fishing, you could catch a
variety of things, like fish, tuna, eels, ect. They provide us with fresh water to drink and watering
crops. River water is important to a lot of people who can't afford to pay the water bills and people
who live far away from towns.

44% of New Zealand's rivers are already polluted and are trying to be fixed but its going to take a
long time and if we don't do anything to fix it then it's going to end up impossible to fix and no one
will be able to fix it anymore. If everyone can start thinking about what's going to happen to our
rivers and waterways then maybe they won't all become polluted.

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