Making tote bags

Kia ora bloggers,
Through the term Te Waka Ako have been making things that help our environment. Our classroom made tote bags to reduce plastic bags, the other 2 classrooms made soap and christmas cards out of recycled paper. We are making these things because we are having a Gala Day that is happening soon. There are 2 different ways to make a tote bag. You can make a tote bag out of fabric or make a screenprinting bag. To make a fabric tote bag you need: Sewing machine, any type of fabric, scissors, pins, straps. It takes a lot of practise to sew the fabric and straps onto the bag because you need to correct the length and placing of where the pieces need to go. To make a screenprinting bag you need: Squeechy, ink (any colour), frame, sewing machine, pegs, scissors, pins. 

1. Grab your fabric and cut it out evenly so it looks like a rectangle.

2. pin the sides together so you know where to sew in a straight line.

3. Start sewing your bag together but don't sew the top of the bag.

4. Iron down your bag until it's flat.

5. Grab some straps and make sure you have 2 straps that are 70 cm long. 

5. pin the straps onto the bag.

6. Sew your straps on in a squared shape with a cross in the middle. 

7. Ready, set, finished!!!.

( Remember this takes practise )

It takes a while making a tote bag at first but when you get used to it then you can make one faster. We are selling these to fundraise money but the important reason why we are selling these bags is that it helps the environment because we are reusing these things. I have learnt that the more things that we reuse the less our world becomes polluted. Tote bags are sustainable because we are not harming any of our animals habitats and it can go on and on again.

I think that we are doing good so far because we are reusing things and working very hard. Our teacher says that if our tote bag is really finished we have to say to ourselves if our tote bags are sustainable enough for people to put their things in. The environment has changed my thinking because we are mostly doing this process for our world. 

If you are reading this post please comment below and also come around to Waikowhai primary school on the Gala day coming up soon. For more information come and see the posters hanging up on our school classrooms.

    See you later!!!!

Our reading progress

Talofa Lava blogging world.

In the last few weeks Te Waka Ako have been doing lot's and lot's of reading. We have been reading different types of novels in our reading groups. Our group got to pick out of 2 books. The books were called 'The crack in the sky' or 'Dunger'. Most of the people in my group picked the book called 'Dunger' because they have already read The book called crack in the sky beofore. I chose the book called Dunger. It took a while to read this book but we finished it just before we did a slideshow. This slideshow that I am mentioning about is called book review. We had to smrf the slideshow and fill in the slides that tells us to review on about our book . This slideshow for me was easy because I have done it already last year when I was reading the book called 'Crack in the sky' ( which was one of the novels that I could choose from).  The book dunger is just about 2 children that go to their hippie grandparents house for the rest of their holidays because they could'nt afford to go to Queenstown for 1 week. They don't along with their grandparents but at the end something sad happens and draws the children to theirgrandparents attention, espically one of the children called William. I won't tell you the sad part and the rest of the unless you read through the slides and find out. 

Here is my sldieshow feel free to flick through.

Our group has been working very hard to achieve this sluideshow. I learnt that It takes time to read a novel and finish a slideshow that you have to review about on your book. My goal for next time is to work more independently while working because I was working with my friends and talking at the same time but I got the slideshow finished.
If you are reading this post please leave a comment below.
See you later!!!!!