Letter to the Editor

 Today we were writing letters for the newspaper which is called letters to the editor. We were writing them to tell the council to spray the blackberry bushes down by our Rerenga Awa. Our Rerenga Awa is there so the native trees can provide shade for the river so more creatures will live in it, but the blackberry is in the way so we can't plant more native trees closer to the river. 

I enjoyed writing my letter,

I found it tricky to write the letter and use correct spelling and to make it make sense,

Next time I would write a little bit more,

Here is my letter:

Dear Editor, 

Saint Mary’s is a Green Gold Enviro school. By our school we have a river and we want it to be clean and clear. We want more native birds and insects so we planted our Rerenga Awa to make shade for the river so more animals will come, but we have one problem. There is a lot of blackberry by the river which is stopping us from planting more native trees closer to the river. We asked the council to spray the blackberry and keep mowing there but they haven’t responded. Some of the teachers at our school emailed them but we have still got no response. We can’t plant the native trees anymore. I firmly believe that the council should come and spray the blackberry so we can plant more trees. Then more native animals, birds, insects and freshwater creatures will have a healthy environment to live in.