Olympics

 This term our school has been doing work around Olympics and Paralympics, so we made a slide and put in all our work that we had done. My slide will be down below and then you can see all my work that I have done.

Penguins

This week for literacy we read a story about penguins, and whats the difference between each one. For our task this week we had to write a report about one. We had to choose out of the Snares Crested Penguin, Southern Rock hopper-Penguin, King Penguin, Emperor Penguin, and the Gentoo Penguin. Me and my friend done one together on the Emperor Penguin.

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 Libbie & Hayley

Harakeke

This week in Rūma Rima our Poutema Reo class are going to be weaving flax, but before we are going to do that we all made a google drawing, mine craft creation, or a animation on a slide but it had to with something on Harakeke. I made Google drawing with information on how to cut flax and what to do the extra.

This is my finish results! :)

Literacy Work 🐝

 This week be and my reading group read a story called A Sweet Business, this story is about a class from Te Aro School making a business on selling honey. I have made 1 activity with my friend Jessica. Its down below. :)

Bee Writing 🐝

What are bees?

Bees are perfect insects who help the environment, they help the environment by pollinating

our food crops and gardens. They also make honey. Bees are yellow and black striped, they

kinda look like wasps with their wings. They are different because wasps sting more than once. 

What do bees do?

Bees make excellent pollinators because they spend their life on pollen to pollen, the source

of the protein is that they feed on their developing offspring.

How do bees attract the pollen?

When a bee lands on a flower, the hairs all over the bee's body attract the pollen grains

through the electrostatic forces. Bees can smell pollen with their antennae.

How do bees play apart as pollinators?

As pollinators bees play a part in every aspect of the ecosystem. They support the

growth of trees, flowers, and other plants, which serve as food and shelter for creatures large

and small.Flowers rely on bees to cross pollinate their female plants. 

 What is pollination?

When bees feed on the pollen, their body picks up excess via their pollen collecting hairs, which

is then released when they land. Pollen acts as the flower’s seed, which is mandatory for

the survival of the flower species. Pollination is so important because it leads to the production

of the fruits that we eat, and seeds that will create more plants.

By Libbie & Jessica 🐝