Weta Houses

                                           Weta 

Hannah:   We have been learning about weta.

Jared:  There are 11 types of Giant Weta and 70 different species

Ava: Weta like the dark

Isla:  That means they are nocturnal

Connor: They sleep during the day time

Zoe:  Weta like damp places

Olivia: The girls are bigger  than the boys

Opal: They have an exoskeleton

Lucas: That means their bones are over their skin

Elizabeth: They eat wood and insects

Jahzarn: Cats, rats and hedgehogs eat weta

Amber:  They put their back legs over their head when they are grumpy

Xahria: The females lay eggs in the ground

Micah: To make a weta house for a tree weta we got a piece of bamboo

Hunter: We cut the bamboo above the ring so the house had a roof

Liam  We use wire to make a hanger

Safe Walking with Constable Jos

Constable Jos came to Room 4 as part of our Road Safety Programme. We covered safe walking. We learned that we need to walk on the fence side of the footpath, look out for sneaky driveways, take a step back from the kerb to look before crossing the road. Our poenm says "Stop, look, and listen before you cross the street, use your eyes, and use your ears, before you use your feet!" Constable Jos also talked about bus safety. Please if your child uses the bus you wait on the side of the road they embark or disembark on, children have been taught not to move until the bus is at least two paddocks away because only then can they clearly see the road and listen to hear if traffic is coming.

Calendar Art

Our 2017 Calendar Art is now up in Room 4. The children have made an excellent job of their art work. Pop in a see our stunning display

Visiting Harold in the Life Ed. Truck

We went to visit Harold in the Life Education Truck. He taught us about the respiratory cycle and why clean air is important. You can find some of our stories on the Life Education Facebook page. Here is a link to the photos we took with Harold as he explained how trees give us oxygen, which we breath in through our mouth and nose. It goes down our windpipe, or trachea and into our lungs. From the lungs it goes into the drops of blood that the heart pumps all around the body. Oxygen gives our muscles energy. They release carbon dioxide which goes back to our lungs in the blood, it then goes up the wind pipe, or trachea, to breath out our nose and mouth. The carbon dioxide is then absorbed by the trees. The trees then make this into oxygen and the cycle starts again.

Don't Throw That Away!

The Tui's group read 'Don't Throw That Away' last week. It was a story about a girl who collected unwanted materials to make a dragon. This is Ben, Skye, Jasper, Connor and Lincoln's dragon.

Stream visit

We had a wonderful day at Dorothy Falls Stream. We found lots of mayflies, stoneflies, and damselflies under the rocks. Our father helpers netted an eel! Thanks to Lauren from Department of Conservation who showed us how to kick net and helped identify our critters. We had a lovely walk around the Kahikatea Walk at Sunny bight before lunch. We are learning how to identify fresh water that is safe to drink, and learning how we can help to keep our water clean.