Olympics

 We have been lurnning about the Olympics. We watch a lot of the race's. We watch people get gold all you could hear is yelling and screaming in the class room.

Emperor Penguin

 This week for literacy we have been reading a book called Penguins. We did a report about the Penguins. I worked with Libbie we did the Emperor Penguins. They are really cute.

Made by Hayley & Libbie

Emperor Penguin

Habitat

Emperor Penguins are only found in Antarctica. They live in Antarctica because they are used to the cold temperature. These Penguins breed and raise their young mostly on fast ice.

Behavior

Emperor Penguins are highly social, they all feed and live in large groups. Although they remain with one mate during the breeding season. They normally always pair with the same mate during the next breeding season.

Lifecycle

Emperor Penguins typically live up to 15 - 20 years in the wild. Some of the Emperor penguins have been recorded living up to the maximum lifespan of 40 years. They go from eggs and when they crack they grow from over the years.

Food 

Emperor Penguins feed on Silverfish as well as other species of fish krill they also eat Squid. They eat 2-3 kg per day, on good days they eat twice this much to build up their  body fat for the long winter or for feeding their Baby’s.

Threats 

The greatest threat to Emperor Penguins is climate change, climate change is due to changes in the sea ice they depend on, they depend on it because the food that they eat is in the water.They also have other Threats they are Sea Lions and orcas. If they get too close to them they can get killed.

By Hayley& Libbie

Athlete research

 WALT find information and write it in our own words
I want to learn more about the paralympics.
I learnt that everyone has a different bodies.

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The Longest walk.

              Two  weeks ago  my reading group were  reading a 

book called: The Longest walk.

here is my Timeline and my Paparoa Track

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Paparoa Track

The paparoa track starts in blackball 30 minutes out of greymouth.  It finishes in the world-famous home of the Pancake Rocks, Punakaiki.when you do the paparoa track these are the huts you will stay at Ces clack hut, Moonlight hut and pororari hut.The best time to walk the Paparoa track is the 1st of october to the 30 of april.To go on the Paparoa track you should be a grade 4 bacouse there is a lot of steep climbs.

Harakeke

            This week my reading group have been  reading a 

book called: Harakeke.

Here is my Harakeke uses and my  Harakeke Instructions

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How to weave a Harakeke Flower

 

Purpose: We are  Learning how to weave a flower so we can have it as a decoration.

Equipment Flax or Palm Leaves ( 1 per flower ), Scissor’s , a  Needle and Little beads or shells.

Steps to make 

1. Split the flax in half (from the sharp point down) but leave about 15 cm still joined (leave longer if you want a longer stem)

2. Lie the flax flat on a table and start by crossing the left leaf under the right one.  Then fold that now left one back under the right one.

3.Then continue to fold the one that’s now on the left under the right one, and you are going to keep doing this same pattern until you get to the end.  So, to recap, always fold the one that is on the left under the one that’s on the right.

4.Eventually, you will get to the end of the leaf and because of the way the folds work it ends up in the shape of a flower.

5.Pull it around in a circle quite tight so that it almost looks like a rose.  Then you want to get your pieces of shell or paua, needle and nylon.

6. Thread through the leaf and then through your shell or bead.  Thread back to the backside of the flower and then to the front again and continue to         the back again – knot it off.

7. As mentioned earlier these can make a neat little gift as you can pop them in a box and post them – could be a great gift idea for the grandparents!

compare and contrast.

 This last  week my reading group have been reading a 

book called: Subantarctic Island.

here is my compare and contrast 

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