Bird posters

This is my bird inquiry poster, I picked each part of my bird like the beak, the feet, the head and the tail. We also learned about the environment and animal adaptations. Here is my poster of my bird.

Cultural week

Last week Good Shepherd School celebrated all the different cultures that we celebrated with a cultural celebration assembly that was held last friday. The cultures were: Korean, Spanish, Brazilian, Filipino, French, Japanese, Indian and German.

Kiwis

By Harrison

I am learning to inform my audience through an information report 

What New Zealand bird is small, rare, native, nocturnal and cannot fly? If you said the Kiwi bird you are 100% correct! There are a lot of people who think there is only one species of Kiwi bird, but there are actually five different species of kiwi in New Zealand. They are, the North Island Brown Kiwi, Southern Brown Kiwi, the Great spotted kiwi, Little Spotted kiwi, and the rowi. Each of these species all live in a different part of New Zealand and have different diets, habitats and predators but are all relatively similar. One interest fact about the kiwi is that it can run up to the speed of a human, these means they need a healthy diet to power those legs.

Diet
Kiwis are omnivores because they eat both meat and plant to get energy. However the diet of a kiwi is mainly collecting small invertebrates, insects without a backbone that can be found under the forest floor and close to the ground. Luckily their diet can be found close to the ground cause the kiwi can not fly. They enjoy a diet of seeds, grubs, and a lot of different species of worm.They can also eat fruit, small crayfish, eels and amphibians. The kiwi diet is important in order for the kiwi to survive, a kiwi needs a habitat where all its needs are meet.

Habitats
There is no place like home and kiwis also love their homes. The habitat is a home for an animal that provides shelter, food and safety from predators. The kiwi is very adaptable and they live all over New Zealand. They aren't fussy animals and can adapt to any habitat. However they prefer places where they can burrow and find lots of food close by. They can live in forests, farmlands, sand dunes and even snow tussocks. The habitat protect the kiwi bird from predators. The kiwi sleeps in a small hole with an entrance which is usually underneath tree roots. The Kiwi has brown feathers to blend in with the ground, but the Little spotted kiwi has silver feathers so they blend in with the rocks.

Predators
Kiwi birds have many predators such as the stoats, ferrets, weasels, dogs, pigs, cats and possums. Kiwis need to stay safe! To do this we need to move them away from predators or take away the threat. The larger predators eat and attack the adult kiwi, while smaller rodents and animals attack the kiwi eggs and chicks. The rodents such as hedgehogs and weasels also present a problem as they both eat the same food as the kiwi. We need to make sure that these threats aren’t around for the kiwi.

In conclusion the kiwi is important to New Zealand because it is our native bird, that is a national symbol and is a rare bird to New Zealand. The kiwi needs a good selection and balanced diet, safe habitats that will protect them from the predators that can get to the kiwi as they live close to the ground. We need to start making changes to make sure the kiwi bird survives and does not become a forgotten bird.

Hangi

In Room 6, we were doing
Maori and we had to make a presentation on how to make a hangi.

Social Justice Week

This Week is Social Justice Week.In this activity we were learning about making the world better for people with disabilities. Making it fair for everyone.

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. This is how it turned out...

Excita- Bill

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. Thank you Miss Down for this amazing experiment