Blog

Welcome to the **Project Blog** page! On this page anyone can contribute a post or a comment about how the project is going. You post can include photos of your group working together, visiting the Grade 2 TreeTots project, the trees you are looking after in our tree banding project and anything else that is relevant and interesting.

**In order to post something,**
 * start at the top of the page, under these instructions, so that the most recent posts are first up.
 * Sign off with your name, class, (School if you are not from St Mary’s), date and time. E.g.: Jane Smith (1P), 3 February 2012, 11:35am

**Latest post here:** We are glad to be part of this global unity for the sake of our future. **hello people** **here is a beautiful poem I found about trees. it is amazing how a human can be so selfish to destroy such a beautiful organism, but we can make a change to reverse this cycle by saving trees.**

Think Like a Tree by Karen I. Shragg Soak up the sun Affirm life's magic Be graceful in the wind Stand tall after a storm Feel refreshed after it rains Grow strong without notice Be prepared for each season Provide shelter to strangers Hang tough through a cold spell Emerge renewed at the first signs of spring Stay deeply rooted while reaching for the sky Be still long enough to hear your own leaves rustling. Aphelele Gama (1W) 1 April 2012, 08:12 pm **Hey guys just wanted to say that all the pictures everyone is uploading are so amazing** **Tasmin Sherman(1W) 30 March 2012, 13:47 pm**  **We can make a difference...We are making a difference...** **Courtney Mocke (1W), 30 March 2012, 9:15am**

Look at the beauty of this tree! Now think of the many mays we are destroying it:-) SAVE OUR TREES!!!!!  Lerato Kubeka (1W), 30 March 2012, 07:27

=This project is so much fun!! = = **Im really excited for the next part of this assingment!!!! :]** = = = ====hey everyone!! some amazing pictures and poems :) it looks amazing well done two everyone! here are two poems that I have found! ====

Hannah Pearce, 1W, 29 March,8:07pm



Look how pretty South Africa's trees are
Nkhensai Ngwenya,1W, 29 March, 7:20 P.M

__This photo is so beautiful! it shows how beautiful and shows how amazing South Africa is.__
** Ntshembho Mtsetwene, 1W, 29 March 11:40 **

** i thought that this poem was really well written and very true:) Ashleigh Fitzgerald 1W(y) 28 march 3:11pm **

Now is the time for us to start anew,
With the place to which my heart is renewed. [|http://www.poetryinnature.com/nature/poetry.asp?poem=3568#ixzz1qPrpoOQV] = = __I really loved doing this whole project and I am so excited to see the next steps that we are going to do:) here is a picture I found about deforestation I think it is very clever!!:D Lara Thom 1W,27 March:19:52__

this is a really cute poem for kids i found:)Tash Rajak, 1P 2012/26/03 16:05 Trees

//by Harry Behn//

Trees are the kindest things I know, They do no harm, they simply grow And spread a shade for sleepy cows, And gather birds among their bows.

They give us fruit in leaves above, And wood to make our houses of, And leaves to burn on Halloween And in the Spring new buds of green.

They are first when day's begun To tough the beams of morning sun, They are the last to hold the light When evening changes into night.

And when a moon floats on the sky They hum a drowsy lullaby Of sleepy children long ago... Trees are the kindest things I know.

Loving this project.learning alot I'm looking forward to the end result.Zoe Paparas,1L 3/23/2012 - 20:19 pm
__Sneezewood__ I learnt about trees and one of the coolest indigenous trees are the Stinkwood and __Sneezewood.__ Raffi Masselli(1S) 23/03/12 = ** Here are some quotes about trees that I found ** = = ** “We say we love flowers, yet we pluck them. We say we love trees, yet we cut them down. And people still wonder why some are afraid when told they are loved.” ** =
 * “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.” **
 * Njeri, 1P, 22 March 2012 **

TOLO!!!! I love it trees, to fly. loved doing this xoxo
Tshiamo 1L 21 march 2012

Loving this project ··learning alot :-)Zoe Paparas 1L, 21st March, 18:49

A picture of a yellowwood tree which is the national tree of South Africa Emily Thiel(1P) 20 March 2012,11:50 Hey Everyone. I have had so much fun and loved doing this project! I have learnt so much about the topic I reasearched and was proud of my group and how well we worked together! Emma Morris (1L) 12:48 Tuesday 2012

===Hay everyone i enjoy this project i had a lot of fin with my group and we had the topic Deforestation which was super fun and im happy about the tree banding even though I missed my slot at one of the 2nd break Sindi Dlamini (1P) 12:37 Tuesday 20 2012=== __Hey guys! I really had alot of fun wioth this project!! I found a cartoon about deforestation...hope you guys enjoy it ;)__Remove __Ancke Rorich 1S 20 March 6;17__

__I have had so much fun with this trees4africa project, never thought i'd be caring so much about trees, but after this i surely do care...I have to say there were some times when i felt like giving up and just not completing the assignment, but I had the best group ever and I just couldn't let them down and I have to acknowledge that we did quite well! (thanks JULZ.H, TSHIAMO and NICOLA.S)__ __AOBAKWE SELEBI (1L) 19 MARCH, 21:24 ALWAYS REMEMBER *TOLO*__ __ To everyone at St.Marys I hope ypu have all had great time and may you be blessed this Wednesday ( I know I will :) ). I'm happy and sad that this is over but I'm still gonna blog when I have time but I'm not promising anything:). __ I have has sooo much fun doing this project. Thanks soo much Taryn and Nixs for making our webpage look exceptional. Ally MacRobert(1L) 19 March 2012, 06:16pm ==<span style="color: #fe00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">this has been an amazing task ,ive had sooo much fun doing it.its amazing to learn about trees!! loved it !!!check this cute little saying i found>>> MERCEDES.KREISSEL(1S),19 MARCH,17:30 ==
 * __ Zuleika Kraai (1P), 19 March 2012, 09:05 PM __**

===<span style="color: #14bd24; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">this project was very interesting to work on, i enjoyed everything from watching the process of tree banning to making a woordle. i hope this project goes successfully in every aspect. ===

=== <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Hey everyone this project is so fascinating. I cant wait to start mearsuring the trees. I wonder how many we banded oh well I guess I will find out when we start mearsuring. cheak out this awesome cartoon of global warming and climate change. ===

Abigail Bezuidenhoudt, Form IP, 18 March 2012, 21h08
I found this quote, "When all trees have been cut down, when all animals have been hunted, when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will we discover that we cant eat money" Heres a really cool picture of a dancing tree :) Tori Chemaly (1S), 18 March, 12:42 PM.

Hi everyone!! I went out into my garden today and tried to imagine it without trees... it was HORRIBLE! :( so save trees because they make your garden look nice :D (and other things like help you to survive) xxx PS here is a pic of one of my favourite trees in my garden :) Julia Huysamer (1L), 17 March 2012, 4:35pm Hey pplz of the earth this is aerin davidson speaking from mars holding a lollipop made of peanutbutter and icecream, i have just made friendes with an alien! wow! yeah an alien! ITS name is ajd, and ITS really smart, kind and loving, WHO KNEW ALIENS COULD BE SO FRIENDLY? any way as i was saying.... i am on mars, its really red, there is something wrong though.... NO TREES! WAHAHAHAHAHA:( so i cant breath, luckily i have A pink space suit on with multicoloured dots on it, THIS is why trees are SO important! so you dont have to wear pink multicoloured space suits that are absolutely hideous! Soooooo... BE NICE TO TREES! DONT WASTE PAPER! actually DO waste paper, because then it will be such a problem ajd and her friends will bring ipads to all of us and we wont have to waste the paper anymore because it will all be GONE! THANK YOU!! (BTW this is Aerin Davidson[if you havent already noticed] 1L 15 March 2012, 6:30am = Tree's should always be apart of someones life:D = = =

[[image:trees4africa/the_love_tree_by_isdelth.jpg width="800" height="600"]]
= (Claire Hislop(1L) 16 March 2012, 15:38) =

TREE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Taryn Adams,1L,16 March 2012,3:25

Dear Mrs Adlaar

My blog would have been better than it already is but I had some technical issues with word and the wikispace, but I have prepared something else. Always thinking ahead. There once was a tree much smaller than me it’s now much bigger than me  that once little tree. By Rakgadi Makgatho

And here are some words of appreciation Love Giver Friend Peaceful this was by Rakgadi Makgatho in 1P and thi was done at 16:45/17:09

LOOK AT THIS PIC I DID!

KAITLYN MTTENDORD (1P) 4:17 PM 15 MARCH 2012

There once was a tree much smaller than me it’s now much bigger than me  that once little tree. By Rakgadi Makgatho

Wow. I found these cool paintings



mutsa dana (1P) 14 march 08:37pm So happy that

our page turned out really nice! :D well done to my group and everyone else!! :P look at my cute cartoon tree :) Lara Boyce (1P), 14 March 2012, 4:55 PM

A wordle i made for my project and a picture of a Blue duikers habitat.




Layla Maciver (1P) 13 March 2012, 9:21PM
So exciting to see all the different wikis! Well done to my group who did extra and helped make our page look good *thumbs up Created this wordle! Such a cool site im gona use it for other projects from now on ;) Genevieve Shahim (1P), 13 March 2012, 8:37pm.

<span style="color: #ac00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Loving this project! I've learnt so many different things already. Everyone's wiki page looks great :) Well done everybody! Tessa Hawken, 1P, 13 March 2012, 5:54pm.

This wiki is amazing to banding trees and the finding out how to make you own wiki page it just so overpowering to me and I probably say on behalf of Form 1’s that it is so much fun!

Did you even know that to make it a __fair test__ you have to make sure that you do every thin right the first time. So we don’t get the wrong reading from which then we put onto the wiki page and which everyone can see what is happing. I have found this project every stressful at time but you get through it.

My group has been a very funny group to work with all our spelling errors and our “who doing what” we have finally made it to the end of task one. Which may I say is an achievement to my team and I.

CAN EVERYONE SEE THAT I HAVE LEARNT WELL IN N.S THAT I EVEN PUT THE STUFF I LEARNT LIKE 4 DAYS AGO MEGAN FROST(1P), 13 MARCH 2012, 16:55PM

<span style="background-color: #00ffbd; color: #ff00bd; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">**Hey made this Auto Collage Anne Spring (1P), 13 March 2012, 4:52 PM** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">

<span style="color: #44cada; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">**Everyone's projects look great! This project has been a great experience so far! Here is a video of deforestation, my group's research topic:**

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 * <span style="color: #44cada; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Shayna van Vuren, 1P, 13 March 2012, 04:22pm **

<span style="color: #9400ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**__hey guys! i'm so excited that we get to see peoples pages and the whole project is finally together! YAY!! :)__** <span style="color: #9400ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**__glad all the stress is gone but enjoyed working with new people! sad that our group might not have that much communication anymore but I will definitely make sure we talk even more now that it won't only be about school work!__** <span style="color: #9400ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**__Caitlyn Nielsen (1P),13March 2012,16:02__**

//** Standing in front of the biggest tree in the world - The General Sherman. It is a sequoia tree and is over 27 stories tall - it didnt even for in the photo! I went with my family to see it at the Sequoia National Park in August last year. It took my breath away! I have really enjoyed doing this project because it has taught me so much trees and the environment. Lexie Pullinger (1L) ,13 March 2012, 6:26 am **// = **//HEY THIS PRODJECT IS AMAZEBALLS AND LOVING THE TREE BANDING!!!!:) :D oh and im gautami bhat (1P) @ 5:37 but i dont know what the date is//** = so happy its all finished cant wait to get our marks back now :P Lucy Jennett (1S) 12 March 2012, 5:23 pm  Everyones tree pages are so awesome. Well done guys!  Njeri Nganga, Monday 12 March, 16:34

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">I am SO DELIGHTED with all the work that has been done on this site - Well done, girls! You are all stars! I'm so looking forward to having a good look. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">xxx Mrs Adelaar, Monday, 12 March 2012, 12:30

**This is so sad, its officially the last time seeing my groups wikipage as private...i hope you guys like it when it goes public.Thanks a lot for your help Mrs Adelaar...TOLO (TREES ONLY LIVE ONCE), LOVE YOU ALL ;)...aObAkWe SeLeBi (1L), 12 MaRcH 2012, 10:17 am :p :D ;)**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">** " If we all stand hand in hand, every nation every land, we can take one small step and lead the way... " ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">**Nicola van Wyk (1W), 12 March 2012, 07:21am :)** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Tessa Glanville (1W), 12 March 2012, 07:12 ;)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> R educe R euse & R ecycle **

look how amazing and beautiful our world is dont destroy it please just look at this pic look how incrediblle nature can be! 1P Rachel Impey 9:57 PM 11/3/2012 Bella Polkinghorne, (1L), 11 March 2012, 21:01pm this is one of the oldest trees found in Australia :P (a baobab) Natalie Widegger 1S. 2012/03/11 19:06



<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">(Nicola Bloye 1L. 2012/03/11 18:15. :D) //Our group is finished ... FINALLY :D Thanks soo much Lexie for contributing soo much to the project :) dont know what we'll do without you :D Well done to my group (Y) :) x > Yushka Narainsamy, 11 March 2012, 08:05//
 * This tree is so cool!! :o Had so much fun doing this project, had some difficulties but still really enjoyed it!! :D xx **

<span style="color: #00beff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Shannon Parkes(11March at 7:48)
<span style="color: #ff0098; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">**this project was so amazing. Had so much fun :] dont know how to put my photo-story on through X_X O.o. all these fonts are so fancy :P**

WOW!! WHAT AN AMAZING GROUP I HAVE WE ALL WORK SO WELL TOGETHER AND GIVE EVERYTHING WE HAVE!! LOVE YOU IMAAN H, KATIE T AND MEG M!!! <3 (CLAIRE HISLOP:D(1L) 19:42 11 MARCH 2012)
nearly finish!!!! our page is gonna be awesome!!!! is this collage fine ? Lucy Jennett (1S) 11March 2012, 6:42 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">**Finally figured out how to upload my wordle :D Doing the final touches to my page :D**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">**Check out this cartoon i found on the internet :)**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #ff0098; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">hey guys this project is AWESOME!!!! just finished< hope i did well. luntu dlamini(1P)

Cheyenne Padiyachy (1S) 11 March 2012 5 :41 pm

**I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT TO WRITE HERE :D this project was AMAZE ;D some of these blog entires are so weird and cool at the same time :D lol and my pun in my heading took A LOT of thought... like 5 minutes worth :D but it's still pretty cool :p anywayyyzzzz...here's a cool picture of a tree I found (look closely)...Love Simone Batchelor (1S) 11 March 2012 <3 x**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">**Had to redo entire project. Working since 9 this morning because our photo story was too big to load onto the webpage-just finished now but have to say the page is looking much better than the photo story did- everything was blurry. Looks amazing so the 9 hours was definitely worth it.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">**Grace Raubenheimer (1L), 11 March 2012, 17:24 pm** **This project was lotsss of fun but also glad its finally out of the way and ive finished it!!!!!!!!!!!! Really hope we get good marks:D Heres a picture i found hope you like it Imaan Hassim (1L) 11 March 2012 5:05 pm**



Woohoo :D My first wordle :) Finally finished the project :) Yushka Narainsamy (1L), 11 March 2012, 5:01 <span style="background-color: #142d01; color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">**this is soo hard! i cant save my wordle and it was so cool :( this project is frustrating!!!!! i cant find my info, but its cool that we get to learn how to do all this stuff on computers :p Lucy Jennett (1S), 11 March 2012, 4:20 PM**

[[image:trees4africa/N.S.jpg width="531" height="331"]]
(Nicola Mason 1P 11 March 2012 @ 14:58)

Tash if you are on a Microsoft computer look for a tool called "snipping tool" and select the picture and save it as a Jpeg, thats all I know how to do it!! Lara Thom 1W 11 March 15:19

Doing the editing and putting the final touches on our page is going great and gaming while I edit. My sister can't dance, LOL!!! ( Nicola Mason 1P 11 March 2012 14:47)

can someone please help me-i screen shot my wordle and saved it as a word document but its not coming up as a wordle on our page just as a link to the word document:/ please help!! tash rajak (1p) 11 march 14:50

our page is almost finished. camt wait for everyone to see it. found this amazing tree poem

A Blessing for the Woods <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">by Michael S. Glaser

Before I leave, almost without noticing, before I cross the road and head toward what I have intentionally postponed— Let me stop to say a blessing for these woods: for crows barking and squirrels scampering, for trees and fungus and multi-colored leaves, for the way sunlight laces with shadows through each branch and leaf of tree, for these paths that take me in, for these paths that lead me out.

Mutsa dana (1P) 11 March 2012, 02:35pm

Mrs Adelaar, HELP!! wikispaces will ot accept our photostory becuase it is too big except we only have 14 photographs and some speaking!!! our project is 1L Forests< With Bella, Liezl, Grace and I (FRancesca) OMG! putting the final touches on out project now!! :D soooo stressful! Cesca Vercellotti 11 March 9:46 <span style="color: #00e3ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">Found some pictures of forests <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> <span style="color: #00e3ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">**Grace Raubenheimer, 1L, 11 march, 9: 24 am** <span style="color: #ca2eff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">**um our page is so frustating trying to edit it so the spacing and headings are the same etc. and it saves something completely different from what you do? also deleted a picture that now cant get back and it wasnt even mine :( dont know how our page is gonna come together with all these problems!:( Genevieve Shahim (1P), 10 March 2012, 8:10pm.**

**This project is amazing. I am having a blast. Our webpage is looking fantastic!! Thanks you guyz!! : *Ally MacRobert(1L),10 March,08:06pm.** <span style="color: #2de63f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">**Our page is looking awesome so far!!:)Lara Boyce (1P), 10 March 2012, 5:27 PM** Wow this wiki is really coming together :) cant wait till its on the inrenet for the whole world to see!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nkhensani Ngwenya 1W 2012 10 March 2:55 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">** My autocollage is so frustrating:( won't work **

Liezl Kritzinger [[image:trees4africa/DSC_1748.JPG]] (1L)8 March 2012 5:00
Hi guys it me! Kaitlyn Mittendorf (1P) 8 March 16:14

<span style="color: #7900ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">I understand the project!!:D got my information on our page and its looking good so far. Can't wait to see our final product:D Lace Hallendorff 1P 8 March 2012 03:49

<span style="color: #7900ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">hello there :) our project is coming along well & our page is starting to look great! genevieve shahim, (1P), 8 march 2012, 12:54 pm

( Layla Maciver 1P 8 March 2012 11:55 )
Hay guys! Sarah here :) Loving this project... too bad the deadline is coming up so fast! having some trouble making a collage but I did find a poem! :D Sarah Carter (1W) 17:50 7 March 2012 xx By Ed
 * Deforestation **

Deforestation is a bad thing to do We should all help people to get a clue From cutting down trees to forest fires Those who say there is nothing wrong are very big liars It seems like nothing can be done But maybe you can do something that might be fun If we stop cutting down trees and learn how to live better You will see the good you have done now, then, or later The pollution will go down the air will be cleaner Your body will feel like a heathy machine So please try and help save the rainforest from extinction

Hi everyone I'm so annoyed, my computer is being soooooo super slow Njeri Nganga (1P), 7 March 2012 17:37

**Enjoying this project! learning so much!! :)****Lara Boyce (1P), 7 March 2012, 5:26**

<span style="color: #ff0098; font-family: Georgia,serif;">cant wait to see what this is gonna look like at the end!!!!!:D teegs m xxx
<span style="color: #a914a6; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Hi lo <span style="color: #a914a6; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">ok at my Collage that i posted on my page <span style="color: #a914a6; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">ChristineHill (1W) 7 M <span style="color: #a914a6; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">arch 2012 04:11pm

__**Hey guys, i've been learning soooo much that i didn't know about TREES! who knew you could know so much?!? can't wait to see how our project as a whole is going to work out! Here is a collage:**__ __**hope you guys like it!!!!!**____**Caitlyn Nielsen (1P), 6 March 2012, 04:17 pm**__ So excited to band trees on Friday!!!!! :D Starting to do my info, its really interesting so far! Tori Chemaly (1S), 6 March 2012, 15:20 PM hey:) the bell just rang;) tash rajak (1P) 5 february 2012, 14;16 So mad now!! My computer won't let me do a wordle :'( gonna do one at school!! :D (ClAiRe HiSlOp(1L), 5 March 2012, 18:52 PM) OMG So excited! doing my first wordle ever! It's going to be amazing! Please tell me what you thimk;):P!!! (Claire Hislop(1L), 5 March 2012, 18:48 PM)

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hey people of the natural science project guys i'm doing my draft right now but i am confused is the info due for tomorrow or is it due for next week?people are getting me confused.luntu dlamini(1P), 4 March 2012, 20:12pm===== been working on the page all day im exhausted! why haven't the rest of my group put anything on our page? :9oh well the page looks really good so far :) Rachel Impey 1P 3 March 7:30PM Abby and i are working on our page together... well we're trying but her computer keeps freezing it's so fustrating aah! it makes me want to scream, Rachel Impey 1P 3 March 12:55 PM Hy guy,its B here...im so excited about the project,i hope we help the world realise that we should take care of our trees because remember TOLO (TREES ONLY LIVE ONCE) :P...Aobakwe Selebi (1L),3 March 2012,10:57am...Oh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUNTU DLAMINI (1P) :D //Posted my picture// //and ready to learn :D ( i wrote in purple because that's// //Justin Bieber's// //favourite colour and it's his bithday today <3////-Jenna Duffy, 1L, 1 March, 8:00pm//

@http://www.funny-poems.co.uk/competition/shape-poetry/kids-poems/028-molly-tree.asp Trying to post a picture but it's not working:( - Jenna Duffy, 1L, 1 March, 3:00pm
 * love the poem its to cute! xoxo :D.. **
 * Tshiamo Teke 1L 4 March 2012 8:30 pm **

Jenny Buys (1L) 1 March 2012, 2:10pm
<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">__So confuzzeled with the research aspect :s but trying to push through ;) Basi Molepo(1P ), 26 February 09:17pm__

Hey its me Kaitlyn :D (Kaitlyn Mittendorf (1P) 28 February 2012, 12:01)
Hey everybody its Nicky Mason here (Nicola Mason 1P 28 February 2012 11:58 === //__**THIS PROJECT IS SOO CONFUSING BUT IM STARTING 2 UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!!! I WILL DO MY QUESTION AS SOON AS I UNDERSTAND BUT IM GETTING THE CATCH!!!!!!!!!!! Megan Frost (1P) 28 February 2012 10:24 am**__// ===

hey hey now . its me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (gautami 1p )
<span style="color: #12ce15; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**this project is really exciting! Already getting started and it seems like a lot of work but** <span style="color: #12ce15; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**in a good way :D So happy with my group and topic *thumbs up** //<span style="color: #12ce15; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**Genevieve Shahim (1P), 27 February 2012, 02:06pm.** // __**//THIS PROJECT IS QUIET CONFUSING (QUESTIONS) BUT IM GETTING INTO THE THE HANG OF THINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REA GROVES (1P) 28 FEBRUARY 10:19//**__ <span style="color: #ff0098; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**cant wait> love tRees ;)** <span style="color: #ff0098; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**teegan duarte (1L) 27 february 07:44** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**i love trees:)** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**Tash Rajak (1P) 22 February 17:22** //Can't wait to get started! So lucky to be able to be part of this amazing opportunity :) Tessa Hawken (1P), 21 February 2012, 4:57 pm// **Uber excited for the tree banding!!! :D (Cesca Vercellotti 20 February 16:43)** ==**<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ff0098; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//wait i'm confused were we supposed to put our names here or on our groups page?? Lara Thom (1W), 18 February 2012, 08:40 am// **==

//look////ing forward to this project:D a great opertunity. Thanks:) Jenna, 1L, 16th February, 8:25 pm:)// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">**TREES ARE THE BEST THEY BEAT THE REST. GO TREES:)**

I actually enjoy tree banding, I tried it on Friday with Zu,Caitlyin,Shanya, Emily :) **This blogging thing is quite addicting almost like Twitter remember #TOLO: Trees Only Live Once**


 * Helloooooooo Kensi was here!!! **

Hi! This is Courtney Mocke! :D

<span style="color: #fb60fb; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Layla Maciver (1P) 15 February 2012 10:17PM

 * Wow this tree banding project is so exciting! it's sad how the science teachers picked the trees I was hoping to band voluntarily but I’m looking forward to banding a tree on Wednesday the 22 of February :D ****. Basi Molepo (IP), 15 February 2012, 09:51pm **

=**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This is a poem i found =D **= <span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0" style="background-color: #00ffbd; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I think that I shall never seeA poem lovely as a tree. <span style="background-color: #00ffbd; font-family: Georgia,serif;">A tree whose hungry mouth is prestAgainst the earth's sweet flowing breast;A tree that looks at God all day,And lifts her leafy arms to pray;A tree that may in summer wearA nest of robins in her hair;Upon whose bosom snow has lain;Who intimately lives with rain.Poems are made by fools like me,But only God can make a tree. = = <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">**Hello St Marys and the WORLD** <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">**Hope you day YESTERDAY was amazing <3** <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">**Anyway heres a poem i found on the topic that my wiki is about**
 * <span style="color: #ff0098; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Hello its Kathryn =) **

**** ****

Deforestation, It seems harmless at first, But the effects will build, And become like a thirst.

It happens all over, But that's no excuse, For the terrible consequence, Of forest misuse.

When the loggers start cutting, That deafening sound, Can mean different things, So you can't put it down. Every day loggers, Go to work, They need money, So their family won't thirst.

Indicator species, The spotted owl being one, Need trees to live in, And rodents to run.

How can these two species, No matter how different they seem, Be like one force, In a giant great scheme?

The humans could control their actions, Using conservative cuts, That's planting new trees, When the old ones are cut.

But to be realistic, This will never be such, Unless the next generation, Can add a soft touch. = = <span style="background-color: #eeeeec; color: #00e3ff; display: block; font-family: impact,charcoal,sans-serif; text-align: center;">__** Hey guys! this tree project is so cool! :) i've banded a tree outside ms kings office and it was a gr8 experience. can't wait to get more involved!!! **____**Caityn Nielsen (1P), 15 February2012, 08:35 pm**__

Anyway Im the first in my team YAY and that poem was amazing for me SO enjoy your night aand sleep tight Siphosihle Mbuli (1W) o8;25 pm
Hello everybody and it seems as if I'm not the first to blog which i felt that I really should've done it sooner, but any way lets not talk about how slow I am and instead let us read a poem which Njeri beat me to (sigh) isn't being slow fun:

I felt that this poem spoke to me the most I hope its does to you and please don"t be afraid to comment about my blog but watch out I know which school you go to, GOODNIGHT EVERYBDY AND SLEEP TIGHT:)

Zuleika Kraai (1P),15 February 2012, 19:54

<span style="color: #ca2eff; display: block; font-family: georgi,cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: justify;">Hey all of you, check out this awesome quote I found <span style="color: #ca2eff; font-family: Georgi,cursive; font-size: 140%;">Makes sense rightNjeri Nganga, 1P, 15 Feb 2012, 18:28 I am very excited about the project. On Tuesday 14 February five of us gathered at the tree outside Ms. King's office and the beatiful chapel gardens and started to band our very first tree together. It all went well and now our tree is happily growing as usual. This project is very exciting as we get to watch our tree grow and record it all. Good luck to all the people who are still going to band the trees!Emily Thiel (1P), 15 February 2012, 17:31 So excited to do this project. Looking forwared to doing it with all you guys,its going to be so much FUN x :) Ash Evans (1P) 15 Feb 2012 5:30

LETS DO THIS THING
I'm getting the hang of this and now im super excited to be part of this project it's going to be so much fun YAY!!!! Rachel Impey 1P, 8:56PM 29 Febuary 2012 I am so excited for this project!! This is a huge opitunity!! I can't wait!!! ;) Ally MacRobert (1L)

So excited for this project!!!!!!!!!!!!**Exited to do a project worldwide : ) Jaime**<span style="color: #fb60fb; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Shannon****Hey everyone**

Forests are coolGrace Raubenheimer(1L), 1 March 2012, 14:02 pm

Excited to do a worldwide projectKatie Traill :) 7 March 2012 17:05pm // **Hey everyone i;m so releived that i am finally done all my information on my page i feel more relaxed now!! :D** //
 * //Aaleya Dindar(1P), 10 March 2012, 17:18pm// **


 * hey guys!:D i found a cool quote here it is **


 * "He who plants a tree, plants a hope." -- Lucy Larcom, Plant a Tree, **


 * Teegan Magnussen, 1W, 11 March 2012, 03:07 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Well we’ve started! We have placed 3 bands on trees during the last two days and they’re still up! We have had a lot of interested people ask us what we are up to from the little ones in the junior school right up teachers in the senior school. Looking forward to working with the girls who have signed up for tree banding as we get the remaining bands onto trees in the next little while! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Mrs Adelaar, 9 February 2012, 10:00pm This is really true... http://www.quotesbuddy.com/uploads/2009/10/Environment-Quotes-Graphics-1.jpg Check it out Posted by Sophie (1S) 2 March 9:24 pm

<span style="color: #00beff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I<span style="color: #2db3f0; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> had loads of fun doing this project and got to learn lots about trees and forests.:)  __Winter forest__ <span style="color: #ff4500; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">__Autum Forest__ <span style="color: #14bd24; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">__Forest of trees__

<span style="color: #2db3f0; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Raeesa Dhorat, 1S, 15 March, 19:59 pm

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**__Deforestation in the words of a ten year old__** =

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What is deforestation? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">It is a stupid thing that stupid people do when they want more property to build stuff on. How would they like it if a bird built a nest on their house and they couldn't live there anymore?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Why do you think deforestation is neccesary? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I don't think it's neccesary at all, as we can make rice paper and we can make furniture from metal and plastic. We can replace things that are made from wood with replicas made of plastic or steel.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Should we go on with deforestation or not? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">It is definitely not needed as we humans can make other things to live off, like houses, but animals and birds do not have the knowledge or ability to make new homes, and therefore they lose the only stuff they had to live in. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">- Zander van der Watt; 10 years old

by Dani van der Watt; 1S; 17 March 2012; 7:30 am

Loved this task had a blast - Kirsty Fitzhenry

I loved doing this task ! It has definitely made me more aware about how our own actions are destroying such a beautiful part to our world. Here is a poem that i enjoyed about trees. -Chloe Hamer (1S)



KATIE TRAILL 1L 19 MARCH 20:00

hey guys found a really cool quote, hope you like it :) -Julia Bell 1W , 27 March 2012 , 5:38 pm  “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” ― Mahatma Gandhi  =We will live to cherish you my beautiful tree. =