Crocodile Creche

Well done Kakapo's! You have all worked really hard this week to get through the work you had given to you. This will be your first Blog task. Read the instructions clearly and make sure you check your spelling and punctuation before you submit your answer.

For this task you will need to use the information that you have researched about crocodiles in activity E.

Fist click the 'comment' button below this post.

Answer the following questions by typing them into the comment box:

1. What is the crocodiles species name?
2. What do they eat?
3. Where do they live?
4. Give one other interesting fact about it too.

Here is an example in case you get stuck:

Ms Brown

Name:                    Saltwater Crocodile

Eats:                       Fish and small mammals

Lives:                     In and around Australia

Fact:                      Crocodiles have an egg tooth when they are born

Killer Plants

Killer plants - it sounds like a scary book! 

We now know that there are many different types of carnivorous plants in the world. We even have a few here in NZ too!

In A, Did I Understand, question 8 asks you which carnivorous plant is your favourite and why.

1. Click on the comment button below and list your favourite Carnivorous plant and at least three reasons why that is your favourite one.
2. Next, look at someone else's favourite plant. Click 'reply' underneath and list one interesting fact that you know about that plant.

Your comments should be based purely on the reasons other have posted. Remember to check your spelling an punctuation before you submit your answer.

Jay's Treasure

Jay's treasure is not your conventional treasure! He spends lots of his time beach-combing his local bays and beaches. In activity C you were asked to make as many words as you possible can using just the letters from the word TREASURE. 

1. Click on the comment button below and list the following: 2 words with just 2 letters, 3 words with 3 letters, 4 words with 4 letters and as many 5 letter words as you can.
2. Next, look at someone else's words and give them some feedback on how they went.

Your comments should be positive and constructive. Remember to check your spelling an punctuation before you submit your answer.

The Problem With Pluto

Poor old Pluto was kicked out of our Solar System a few years ago. 

In activity E, Defend, you were asked to pretend you were a lawyer and argue that Pluto should still be a planet in our Solar System.

1. Click on the comment button below and give one descriptive reason (should be longer than one sentence) that you, as Pluto's lawyer, have come up with.
2. Next, look at someone else's reason. Pretend that you are the scientist that decided Pluto was no longer classed as a planet and record a response by clicking the 'reply' button.   

Your comments should be based purely on the reasons other have posted. Remember to check your spelling an punctuation before you submit your answer.

Plight of the Sea Turtle

This week you've learnt quite a bit about the poor old Sea Turtle. 

In section D, you were asked to find out more about Lady Vini.

1. Select 'Comment' beneath this post and add two pieces of information about Lady Vini.   (Please write this information as full sentences rather than one or two words).
2. Can you find out the most recent location of Lady Vini? if so, add that below too.

If you finish all of the tasks on the sheet and you've done the blog activity, your next mission is to design a contraption which will allow more baby sea turtles to survive their first trip to the ocean. Draw it in your Language books with a brief explanation and then photograph it and post it on here.

Ants on the March

This week you have been learning about the humble Ant.

In task D you were asked to find five interesting facts about ants. 

1. Choose your favourite ant fact and post it as a comment below this post (choose a fact that hasn't already been put up).
2. Read some other children's facts. Choose one or two of these and click 'Reply' underneath their fact.
3. Write your name and a short comment about this fact. You may like to add what you learnt from them or a question you had once you read it.

We will look at these next week to see each others reflections.

A Country Like Mine

As part of your reading this week you have been asked to write a series of 10 quiz questions about New Zealand. Now it's time to put them to work.

1. Choose your best question and post it in the comment section below (make sure you know the correct answer and try not to put a question up that someone else has already posted).
2. Look at a quiz question that someone else in your group has put up and click 'Reply'.
3. Write your name and answer to their quiz question (you might like to do another one or two as well).

Next week we will look back at these and you can put the correct answer under your own quiz question.

Monte's first bike riding lesson

The Judd Whanau are off to Otago to do the beautiful Rail Trail. Check out this video of our little Monte having a cycling lesson before they depart...

The Rise of the Badger - Harry Potter Fan Fiction

The user dobby82 on the site Fanfiction.net has written their own version of the start of the Harry Potter series books. Below are three extracts from this story.  Please read the start of this story and use the comments below to review what you have read.  What do you think?

You can read the full story here https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10099018/1/The-Rise-of-the-Badger