Monday 21 september 2015

Argentina

Argentina is a large country at the southern end of America. It is the world's 8th largest country.

The total land area of Argentina is 2,780,400 square km. Argentina has a population of 43,417,000 people.  Compared to New Zealand’s population of 4,596,700 people Argentina is big.

Foods of Argentina are four delicious looking appetizers and 9 nice looking main dishes. Grilled meat(cooked on the asado (barbeque) is a favourite. Empanadas are small pastries of meat or hundreds of other fillings are common in lunches. Pizza and pasta is also very popular. Breads and pastries are common all across the country. Desserts, cakes and puddings are also very popular dishes. Dulce de leche is a type of boiled sweetened milk which is very popular. Argentina produces and drinks a lot of wine. Beer is also common in Argentina. Argentinians also enjoy their coffee and tea.

Across the history of Argentina most people lived in rural communities. The Gauchos and their families made up most of this population. A Gaucho is a cowboy or a herds man. They would typically wear a poncho and loose fitting trousers. In the winter they would wear a heavy woolen poncho.

Argentina is a diverse country with a mixture of many cultures, foods, clothing, dance and music.

Ella Makara

Monday 13th August 2015

Reducing Rubbish

L.G. to persuade other people to our point of view.

S.C. -include powerful adjectives,verbs and precise

nouns.

Audience: S.P.S children and parents

Hi children and parents of stratford primary school community I’m here to tell you that waste and litter around our school is not ok. Did you know that every bin we empty cost the school money.

Firstly,do you know that the school spends about 2000 dollars on rubbish each two weeks. Also we don’t like packaged rubbish at S.P.S now because it is expensive to get rid of.

Secondly,to stop the school from paying for our rubbish we need to take our own rubbish home and have litter less lunch boxes.

Thirdly,i think it is a time for change a big change for this school no rubbish or litter and no packaged foods. I think that children should buy in bulk and use airtight lunch boxes.

Ella Makara