Chinese Language Week

这是中国语言周。

It is Chinese Language Week

My favorite book

Title: Baby sitters club: Claudia and mean Janine 

This is my favorite book because it is very funny and full of girly drama!

Hangi

This is my explanation of what a hangi is so that people understand what is is.

Religious Education

In Religious Education we are learning about God and the main idea s that 'God is always faithful.'  When we turn away from God, God would always be waiting for you to come back to him!

My Kiwi information report

By Miracle Lemana
I am learning to inform my audience through an information report

What bird is flightless, small, brown, fuzzy and is native to Aotearoa, New Zealand? Yes, it is the extraordinary kiwi bird. Did you know that kiwis actually have a great memory, and are capable of learning quickly. Studies have shown kiwis can remember negative experiences for up to five years, which can help them stay alert in the wild. There are different important things about Kiwis that we need to know in order to help them to survive. To understand the kiwi we can look at the physical and behavioral adaptations, their diet, and also what are the common predators.

The kiwi bird is roughly the size of a chicken, with the female kiwi being larger in size compared to the male kiwi. The physical adaptation of a kiwi is that it often in shades of brown this helps to camouflage the kiwi within its habitat. It has 13 brown flightless feathers on their wings, these wings are not strong enough to allow the kiwi to fly. The is related to other flightless birds like the emu, ostrich and moa. Unlike any other bird the kiwi has a long pointy beak with nostrils on the tip. This is very unusual for many birds to have nostrils at the end of it’s beck. This physical adaptation allows for the kiwi to use its sense of smell over their eyesight, as the kiwi is rather blind so they rely on their sense of smell. Especially as the kiwi is nocturnal and hunts for food at night.

Kiwis are omnivores so that means that they eat both meat and plants. The kiwi bird likes to eat many things like invertebrates and berries. Their favorite snack to munch on are earthworms. Luckily New Zealand is rich with a variety of worms. The earthworm is also one of the main sources of water for the kiwi as the earthworm is 85% water. This allows for the kiwi not to have a habitat that isn’t necessary located close to water. However if they are close to a body of water the kiwi bird can eat some a range of food from the water including crayfish/koura, eels and tuna. While the kiwi is hunting, the predators can also be lurking for kiwis in the dark forest.

A predator is a living thing that hunts another living thing. The kiwi bird has many predators like the cats, stoats, dogs, ferrets and possums. These predators are usually hard on the adult kiwi as they are flightless and their habitats are located on the ground in areas that are easy to reach for such predators. The kiwi adult is a target, as well as the young and the eggs. In order for the kiwi to survive and stay our national treasure we need to provide safe habitats were kiwis are able to have their needs meet.

As you can see the kiwi is a unique bird, that has many physical and behavioral adaptations. The kiwi is a native treasure to New Zealand that needs to survive for our future generations. We must have an understanding of the adaptations, the diet and the predators to make sure that the kiwi continues to stay alive.

Chinese name!

This morning we had a lesson with Ms Li and we learned how to greet one another and count to 10 in Mandarin. We also went to google translate and translated our name into Chinese. This is my name in Chinese...
Milakeer
米拉克尔

My writing competition entry!

Nuckelavee

The Nuckelavee was a creature of abject terror, and spoken of with bated breath until comparatively recent times. Although many folklore creatures had a binary nature, the Nuckelavee was a creature of pure evil. It is a human man attached to a skeleton horse of hell. According to the old Legends, who lived in constant fear of the Nuckelavee, only the power of the Mither o' the Sea kept the beast away! The Legends say that this mythological creature used to be a kind hearted man with his horse. Then one day he went to war and they both died leaving trailed blood on the mountain of Justice. Did you know that the nuckelavee has no skin. Black blood is visible through his veins! The Nuckelavee name is also known as the devil of the sea.





But don’t let the nuckelavee scare you tonight it is only a made up creature.

My Animal Adaption Poster

This is my poster about my creative bird. Its name is Camo-green and it likes to eat invertebrates like ants and beetles using their pointy beak. It has long legs to run away from predators. This is my bird.

School cross

In room 6 we have been painting our crosses for the fence. We first had to draft our design on a piece of paper 3 or 4 times. Then we did our final copy with colors. Here is how it turned out...

Science Experiment on beaks

Pointed beak, flat beak and pelican beak are all the types of beaks we used for this discovery.But these things are also known as forceps, tongs and cups. First we learnt about the meanings of the words we need to know like, aim. Aim means trying to achieve something in the experiment we were trying to see what shape beak is the best for picking up food. And we learnt what will we change( the equipment), What we will measure ( the amount of food) and how we will keep it a fair test. The way we can make it a fair test by having a nice steady surface, by having the same person doing each type of food also by having the same amount of time of 30 seconds. We had an amazing time experimenting with rice, peppercorns, gummy worms and skittles and after we got to eat Lollies.