Kiwi collage

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 in into its habitat. It was lots of fun and I am really pleased with my bird. Have you ever had a go at this?

Monarch Butterfly Information Report

We have been learning about minibeast in class as part of science. We have been creating information reports on a minibeast. We chose a minibeast that lives in Aotearoa/NZ. Here is my writing. I worked with Hannah, Billie and Ilish.

Animation Practise

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

This is a peice 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 my Success Criteria

  Amazing Weta of Aotearoa

What are weta?

Weta are native insects to New Zealand/Aotearoa. Weta are
invertebrates and they have an exoskeleton. An invertebrate
is an animal that has its skeleton on the outside which is called
an exoskeleton. Giant Weta are the heaviest insects in the world
and they weigh up to 2.5 ounces but other Weta in New
Zealand/Aotearoa don’t. Weta look similar to crickets. They have
six/ono legs. They have two antennae. They don’t have a spine.
They have ears just below the front joint of their knees. They
have an abdomen and thorax.

Even though weta are not pretty they are still important native
insects to New Zealand.

                            

                                Where do weta live?

There are 5 main groups of weta. Weta live in many different
places.

Tusked weta live in the ground and in burrows, under stones
and big rocks. Cave/ana Weta live in sea coast caves. Giant
Weta live on an island sanctuaries. You would mostly see giant
Weta out in the open. Ground Weta live in the ground. Ground
Weta climb up trees to get some of their food/kia. These are all
the places where you can find Weta living.

                          What do weta eat?

                 Weta eat lots of different types of food.

Most Weta are omnivores. An omnivore is an animal that eats
both plants and meat. Some Weta are Herbivores. Herbivores
only eat leaves. Weta eat seed-heads, leaves, lichen, flowers,
fruit/Whurutu and vegetables like carrots. Weta also like to eat
worms snails and little insects like ants. Some weta hide during
the day time and come out at night to hunt for their food. These
are foods that omnivores eat as well as Herbivores and other
Weta. 

Where do weta breed?

Female Weta breed in Autumn/Ngahuru. 

Female Weta lay their eggs at night. Female weta lay their
eggs in the soil. Female Weta mate in summer/Raumati and
spring. Female Weta lay 6-10 eggs at a time. The eggs stay
in the ground for a whole year. The males fight each other for a
mate. As baby Weta grow they need to shed their skin. 

Are Weta social?

Weta are mostly not social. 

Tree weta live in groups but all of the other Weta don’t live in
groups, they many live by themselves. Some Weta use their
legs to make a chirping sound to talk to other Weta. 

Threats to Weta?

There are many different threats for Weta. ‘

Before humans came the only threats to Weta were
tuatara and birds, until humans brought animals like - rats,
ferrets and cats, birds/koe, hedgehogs and mustelids. Mustelids
are stoats. Humans also came and destroyed most of their
habitats. We can look after weta by making sure they have
habitats to live in and predator free areas where they are safe. 

By Mylah!

Minibeast Reading Work

I have been learning about minibeast at school. Here is so of my work I have been doing with Ilish.

Transformations DLO

Writing- Abandoned places

Abandoned places - writing

Our learning goals are to:

-write a description, using powerful words and phrases

-include some Te Reo Māori

-carefully check that our sentences make sense and have correct punctuation and spelling.

The abandoned house

One stormy grey/mahinahina day I was getting chased by a
person and then all of a sudden I came along an abandoned
house. It looked about 100 years old and It looked rusty. When
I opened the door smokey dust came bursting out.

Then all of a sudden water came pouring out of the house
and all that was left was soft golden sand everywhere. The
damp wooden walls were all mouldy,  and every step I took
I heard the creaking floor and there were holes in the floor.
It was really creepy.

The window was creaking behind me. I said to myself, “ How do
I get out of here?’’ I smelt something like a dirty musty smell.
I looked up and there was water dripping from the ceiling and
there were holes in the ceiling as well. All of a sudden the light
bulb fell from the roof and smashed on the floor. I saw a shadow
and then I started running. Then the ground began to shake...