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Friday, March 19, 2010

World Water Day 2010

Dear Room 14,

It is World Water Day on Monday, 22nd March 2010 and let's celebrate!

Here are some links that you can take a look to find out more about World Water Day. You may like to find out what other countries do to celebrate this special day.

· http://www.worldwaterday.org/
· http://www.doc.govt.nz/getting-involved/events-and-awards/regional-events/auckland/world-water-day-2010/
· http://www.oxfam.org.nz/index.asp?s1=what%20we%20do&s2=issues%20we%20work%20on&s3=Water%20for%20Survival
· http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/flashindex.html
· http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/campaign.html#documents
· http://www.worldtoiletqueue.org/eng/pages/resources
· http://www.wateraid.org/australia/about_us/newsroom/8212.asp

Here is also a video clip from Youtube to show you how Portloand celebrate WWD. Enjoy!


Lily

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Water! Water! Everywhere!

Dear Room 14,

Welcome back! It is lovely to see you here!

I hope you had a lovely Christmas holiday!

This term we are studying about WATER! We are going to look at different states of water, water cycle, water conservation, etc.

Please feel free to browse around our class blog and leave your thoughts and ideas here to share with visitors.


In working with this blogand any other webspaces, all students need to ensure that they follow these important guidelines. They are designed to make sure that you enjoy these spaces.


• Only ever use your first name and last name in initial when you are writing on this blog.

• Never use any other student’s name at all.

• Never post any personal information–such as your home or cellphone number or home address on this or any other blog or wiki.

• Never share any of your usernames or passwords with anyone and never log in as another student.

• Always tell your parents or teacher right away if you come across anything that makes you feel uncomfortable.

• Remember the “grandma rule” that anything you put on the internet could be read by your grandmother so only write things you could say to the nicest of grannies.

• Be a good online citizen and never write or post anything that could hurt anyone else.

• Always check with an adult if someone asks for your phone number or to meet you.

• Never make arrangements to meet anyone over the internet. Always talk to your parents or teacher if this is an issue.

• Make sure you publish only your own work. Don’t under any circumstances use other people’s work and call it your own.

• Make sure that you read over your writing before you post it to check the spelling and that it reads okay. If you wish to change or add to these rules please post a comment with details of our reasons.


Happy browsing! q(^o^)p

Lily