The pupils and teachers at Fairfield School think it's necessary to protect the environment! This is what they've been doing.

Growing vegetables

Fairfield School pupils started their own vegetable garden. Both children and teachers grow vegetables, then they pick them. In this way, school dinners are more delicious than ever before.

Recycling

The Fairfield pupils don't just bring their books to school — they bring their rubbish too! There are recycling bins(回收箱) in the playground for cans, plastic bottles and paper. The teachers give a prize every month to the pupil who's tried the hardest to recycle.

Finding cleaner ways to get around

Everyone walks or rides a bike to Fairfield School! “It's faster to ride bikes than to drive anyway, even the teachers don't use their cars.” says one pupil.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Jenny has no time to take care of her 2-year-old son, so she needs an app for him to learn to speak.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Sam has to read some books but he has an eye problem, so he needs some app that can read books aloud to him.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Bob finds it difficult to remember the new words from the English books. He wants to improve in a relaxing way.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Cathy likes traveling. She needs an app that can make it easier for her to buy train or plane tickets.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} John is going to have a long train trip. During the trip, he needs some games to kill the time.

A. Vocabulary Hero may help you learn more English words while you are playing games.

B. Rail Friend can be best helper when you find it hard to buy the train or plain tickets.

C. World of Tanks Blitz, an online game while can be the best choice to have fun in the travel.

D. Himalayas Reading has millions of books and you can listen to the books you like.

E. Baby Bus is a good friend for children under 3 years old to learn to speak.

F. Weibo can help you make friends on the Internet and know more about the world.

    Aron Ralston is an American man who is interested in mountain climbing. As a mountain climber, Aron is used to taking risks. This is one of the exciting things about doing dangerous sports. There were many times when Aron almost lost his life because of accidents. On April 26, 2003, he found himself in a very dangerous situation when climbing in Utah.

    On that day, Aron's arm was caught under a 360-kilo rock when he was climbing by himself in the mountains. Because he could not free his arm, he stayed there for five days and hoped that someone would find him. But when his water ran out, he knew that he would have to do something to save his own life. He was not ready to die that day. So he used his knife to cut off half his right arm. Then, with his left arm, he bandaged himself so that he would not lose too much blood. After that, he climbed down the mountain to find help.

    After losing his arm, he wrote a book called Between a Rock and a Hard Place. This means being in a difficult situation that you cannot seem to get out of. In this book, Aron tells of the importance of making good decisions, and of being in control of one's life. His love for mountain climbing is so great that he kept on climbing mountains even after this experience.

    Do we have the same spirit as Aron? Let's think about it before we find ourselves "between a rock and a hard place" and before we have to make a decision that could mean lire or death.

    We live in the age of the computer. People like scientists, teachers, writers and students use computers to do all kinds of work. But more than 30 years ago, computers couldn't do much. They were very big and expensive. Very few people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and cheaper. Since they can do a lot of work, many people like to use them. Many people have them at home.

    Computers become very important because they can work faster than men and make fewer mistakes. Computers can help people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to teach. Students use them to study and children use them to play games. Computers can also remember what you put into them. Computers are very useful and helpful. They are our good friends. Do you want a computer?

Dear Mum,

    Today I'm going to tell you something really special. I know you work very hard and feel tired every day.

    Every time you come home and see the messy house, I know you are very angry with me. But you always say nothing and clean up the house. I feel like dying. I really want to help you, but I'm so tired, too.

    I also want to tell you one thing- I love you so much. I usually talk back to you when you say that I don't study hard enough. But in fact I just want you to praise me more. I will try my best to get good grades and get praise from my teacher. So don't feel frustrated(挫败) about my grades, OK?

    I have made up my mind that I will have my homework done faster so that I can have more energy to clean the house. I will watch TV less so that I can have more time to study and get good grades. All these things are for one reason—I want to make you a happy mum.

    I love you!

Yours,

Sally