Summer Learning Journey Day 3 Activity Enviroment And Exploration

Summer Learning Journey Day 2 Activity Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

Taku Mokai

We have been learning to learn our pets name in Maori here is my poster, Term 4, 2019.

Summer Learning Journey Teaser Week Day 1 Activity 2 Exploring Our Roots

Kia ora koutou katoa 

Ko Noah tōku Ingoa

No Kawatiri ahau

Ko Aoraki tōku maunga

Ko Māwheranui tōku awa 

Ko Endeavor tōku waka

Ko Pakeha tōku iwi

Ko Marris tōku ingoa whanau 

Ko Kym tōku whaea

Ko Paul tōku matua

Ko Phoebe tōku tuahine

Tēnā koutou katoa

The Dreamgiver

Algebra DLO

Packing Our Bags For Area 51

Walt: develop our own poem in response to a model
(Packing Our Bags For...by Luken & Noah)

WALT: use an increasingly descriptive vocabulary
to add interest to our writing.

WALT:  have some fun and be creative with ideas and
imagination.

Packing Our Bags for Area 51 

One triple layer jacket

Soft polar bear fur 

Bulletproof suit underneath

To stop sniper or Ak-47s bullets 

In case I need protection.

One pump shotgun

Hard strong metal

Green and black

To stay camouflaged

In case there are aliens or guards.

One gas mask

Big matt black 

Torch on the top

To see at night

In case the air is polluted.

Why You Should Play Rugby

Toki Pounamu Film Festival

Toki Pounamu Film Festival

Today the senior school went to the Regent Theatre in
Greymouth to watch the Toki Pounamu Film Festival.
The Toki Pounamu Film Festival is a festival where
schools all over the West Coast made short films about
the West Coast. 

My favourite film was the one where they went up
to the bush track at Karoro School. It was my favourite because they had commentary in the background and
good editing. They talked about our environment and
our Maori culture. I liked it when they zoomed in on the
leaves and they had a video of the creek flowing. They
had lots of different pictures of the bush and the leaves
on the ground. The lighting was good so you could see
the leaves and bush really well. It makes me want to go
for a walk up the track as well.

Collaging Google Drawing

 We have been learning to make a collage on Google Drawing. We had to use the explore, mask and arrange tools to get our collage to come together. We had to make a NZ bird and put it into its habitat. It was a lot of fun and I am really pleased with my bird. Have you ever had a go at this?

Flax Snail Report

 We have been learning about minibeasts in class as part of science. We have been creating information reports on a minibeast of our choice. The minibeast we chose had to live in Aotearoa/NZ. Here is my writing. I worked with issac. Flax Snail Report

Flax Snail Report

Flax snails are native to New Zealand/Aotearoa. A flax snail is a gastropod which means it is cold blooded and they are also invertebrates which means they have no spine. Flax snails can grow up to 115 mm long. They have a large shell which protects them from predators. The shell is a dark green/kakariki and brown/parauri colour. They can grow up to 20 years old. 


Habitat and location


Flax snails live in broadleaf forests and scrub on the top of the North Island of New Zealand. Baby flax snails live in trees 6 meters above the ground. Despite their name they do not eat flax or live in flax. 


What Do They Eat?


A snail is an omnivore which means they eat plants and meat. The baby snails eat the microorganisms that grow on the leaves. They eat fallen leaves off trees and some other small insects, worms and even some other snails. They feed on karaka, kohekohe, and rangiora leaves. They have thousands of little teeth that are very sharp which makes it easy to eat their food.


Breeding  
They lay their eggs in the dirt or behind a rock. It will take about 2 or 4 weeks to fully develop. They lay 30 to 120 eggs. Each egg is 12 to 14 millimeters long. They live in big groups which keeps them safe from predators. 


Threats

Some of their predators are flies, mites, millipedes, centipedes, some caterpillars, birds, fireflies, leeches and beetles. Beetles also eat their larvae. 


This report was about flax snails. Thank you for looking at our work.

By Noah and Issac.

Dirt Bike Animation

Today we were learning to do an animation on google slides. We had to use free to use images and we had to change some of the code to make it work. We had to make the animation loop by changing the word false to true inside the code. In the code I also changed the moving part to make it go faster. Hope you enjoyed my animation.

Weta Information Report - Term 3

This is a piece of writing that we did for our minibeast topic when we were learning about weta. We had to write an information report on this insect.


Click here to see our success criteria.

Amazing Weta 

What Is A Weta?            

  

Weta are a native insect to  New Zealand/Aotearoa.

Weta are invertebrates and they have an exoskeleton. An invertebrate is an animal that has no backbone. They have six legs, ears just below from their knees, and 2 antenna. They also have a thorax and an abdomen. People often think they look very ugly! There are five main types of weta but there are over 70 species. Male giant weta are smaller than the females. Although they don’t look pretty they are important native insects. 

Where Do Weta Live?

Weta live in many different places. Tree weta are often found in trees, rotten logs, grasslands and in your firewood pile. Cave weta are mostly found in caves near the shore and the tusked weta can be found in the ground and in extreme weather. The giant weta lives in alpine trees and under rocks. If you found a weta it would most likely to be a tree weta. 

What Do Weta Eat?

Every type of weta eats different things. Tree weta and the giant weta mostly eat lichens, leaves, flowers, seed heads, and fruits. They prefer to eat softer leaves and they also eat smaller insects. If you feed a weta you should feed them leaves or grass.

Where do weta breed?

Weta lay their eggs in the soil over the autumn and winter and they hatch the following spring. They breed in alpine environments, forests, grasslands, caves, shrublands and urban gardens. Every time the female lays eggs it is up to 3 or 6. But If the female lives her full 2 years than she can lay up to 300 eggs. Weta lay their eggs at night.

Threats To Weta?

Some weta threats are birds, reptiles, bats, cats and hedgehogs. Before humans came the only threats were birds and tuatara. Humans brought animals like cats, rats, hedgehogs, stoats and ferrets that also eat weta. Humans also destroyed most of their habitat. We can look after weta by making sure they have habitats to live in and predator free areas where they are safe.

              BY NOAH