kiwis

I am learning to inform my audience through an information report

Do you know what the closest and oldest living thing to a emu is? If you guessed a kiwi you are right. The kiwi is relative of the emu, moa and ostrich, these are flightless birds as well. However the kiwi is the smallest flightless and is only about the size of a chicken. The female kiwi is generally also larger than the male kiwi. The female is larger because she has to hold and lay the egg, the size of the egg is about the same size as an ostrich egg. The kiwi is also an important icon and bird to New Zealand because the kiwi is native to New Zealand and quite often New Zealanders are called kiwis. The kiwi is endangered and it is our job as New Zealanders to protect and help their chances of survival. To do this we need to understand their diet, there habitat and their predators. We need to do more to help these animals to survive.

Diet:
Kiwis eat a range of different types of food, they eat both plant and animals for energy. For instance the kiwi likes to snack on grubs, berries, leaves, and even freshwater crayfish. The kiwi is nocturnal, this means they sleep through the day and come out at night to go and source their food. They kiwi doesn’t need much water to survive because they collect a lot of water from the food they eat. An example of this is the earthworm, as the earthworm is made up of 85 % water. When the kiwi does require a little extra water it will dip its beak and tilt its head up to garle back the water. In order for the kiwi to get food it needs to have a safe habitat.

Habitat

Home sweet home, we all enjoy our home comforts and the kiwi is no different. A habitat is a place where all the needs of an animal are meet. The kiwi needs to have a place where it hide during the day and sleep, yet come out at night and find a range of food. The kiwi habitat also need to be dark and damp as they prefer to have the coverage from trees etc to protect them from the weather of the day. Kiwis are rather adaptable to environments and live in lots of different places such as farm lands, forests, sand dunes and even lower snowy mountains. They create burrows so they can nest and sleep safely during the day.

Predators
The kiwi has many predators because they cannot fly and are located on the ground. This make it easy for attacks from predators and makes the kiwi vulnerable. The predators of the kiwi are stoats, rats, cats, dogs and wild pigs. These animals came to New Zealand via boats when the british came. These predators don’t just attack the kiwi but some of them are out to kill and eat the eggs of kiwi. This is endangering the number of kiwis in New Zealand we must help to provide safe environments for the kiwi.

As you see the kiwi is important to New Zealand because they are a national treasure and are symbolic to our country. The kiwi is endangered and it is our job to protect them. We need to know about their diet, habitat and the range of predators. If we understand this then we can help to keep them alive. The kiwi is a unique and amazing animal that New Zealand needs to protect them.

Flowers

Roses are red 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
violets are blue 
God made me pretty 
what happend to you?

A Ton of Sugar

I ate a ton of sugar 
It made me very sweet
It also made me very round 
and now I cant see my feet. 🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕

Figurative Language

Idiom, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, onomatopoeia, similes and personification. These are all language features which we call figurative language. In reading we have been learning about these language features and how authors used them in their writing to make their work engaging and add interest for their audience. We made posters either with paper pencils or flowers with examples and definitions of the language feature.Here is our figurative language poster.

sea turtles

Sea turtles

By Willow

Did you know that sea turtles have been around since the late Jurassic period? Sea turtles are very old, they have some of the oldest life spans. They can live up to 152 years old that is really old! Guess what? Land turtles can put there heads and feet inside their shell but sea turtles can not do that. Sea turtles are amazing creatures here is there life cycle.


Firstly the female sea turtle will lay eggs on the beach up to 50-200. She will dig a hole as deep as her flipper then she puts all her concentration on to laying her eggs. This gives scientists the best opportunity to measure them. Once she has laid all her eggs she will cover up her eggs with sand and then she will leave them never to see them again.

The eggs are the size of a white leathery ping pong balls. After about 6-7 weeks they will hatch but about 20% do not hatch.


When they are about to be born sea turtles will hatch at the same time. Then they squirm to the surface. They are so small they can fit in the palm of your hand. Then they rush to the oceans edge trying to avoid many dangers on the way such as holes, rubbish, crabs and birds

50% do not survive.


The sea turtles swim and try and find a bed of lotsom better known as seaweed to swim under. As they get older they have less predators and more protection but they have a couple of predators like dolphins, sharks and the occasional killer whale.




They are able to breed when they are 20 years of age and then they will start the very long swim back to the same beach they were born.




This is the life cycle of a turtle they have three main stages in there life I hope you have learnt something!

The dizzy dream

I am learning to writes about what happens before during and after a event.

One day a boy named Jimmy who was 10 years old awoke suddenly he felt weird and funny even though he was in a warm smooth cozy bed he felt like he was a block of ice .Then he got up and then his mum said get ready for school here's your breakfast he looked at his mum as if she had just served him dirt he said I'm not hungry then he got ready for school. Bye mum as he walked down the stairways with his cracked holey bag and his unwashed hair and broken thick glasses he is walking down his creepy hallway then all of the sudden he didn’t feel good.

He saw the light bulbs in the staircase getting smaller and smaller then he fainted and when he awoke he felt like he was in some type of dream because he was in a different country he felt like he was in china it was weird ` and the cold and snowy air stung his face as he walked over to the blossom tree there an old man is sitting under it and now Jimmy is cold because it is snowing but the old man passes Jimmy a jacket and some warm pants but as soon as he does that he disappears into thin air.so Jimmy starts walking down the snowy road and then out of the blue this person on the motorbike grabs him and takes him to a big dead end so Jimmy looked at him as if the person was crazy but he did not want to say anything. 

But all of a sudden the wall opens and starts to lift up into the air and they drive through it .They went though it was small and smelt like sewers and then he feels dizzy then it looks like someone knocks him out but who? and then he wakes up face to face with a man eating bright blood red robot he had to think fast then he saw the power plug so he grabbed it hooping for the best as he tried to doge the tentacles then the robot fell to the ground then Jimmy awoke in his bed had it all just been a dream?

Soggy wheat bix

I am learning to inform my audience by sharing an entertaining moment.

One day up at my Bach I awoke suddenly ! When I finally got out of bed I walked out of my room. I suddenly saw my dad putting the weetbix away. OH NO! Please tell me this is a dream, but unfortunately it wasn't. AHH! I hate weetbix, absolutely hate them. They are disgusting, at this moment I knew I had to try and convince my dad that I didn't feel good and that I really didn't want weetbix today. That was now my plan of action, so I went up to him…

My Dad had already poured the milk in the bowl. There was no stopping him now I ran towards him trying to pull his hand away but alas it didn’t work! I told him my story but my dad ignored me like I was not even talking, like I was invisible!

I tried to reason with him, “Why can't I have something like oats? Anything but this!” But he refused my bartering, “No your still eating it and that is final young lady.” I knew I needed an escape plan and I needed it right at this moment.

I had no idea what to do. Arrrghhh it has to be one of the worst problems ever! I started to freak out I tried begging my dad for mercy but he would not take one bit of it. I feel like he is trying to make me eat vomit! Disgusting that's what weetbix taste like for me! Oh well I'm going to have to eat the weetbix this time.

Next time I will not eat it ever, ever again and this time I mean it. All the people out there who like weetbixs, well they are all crazy I mean who would like the most horrible nasty vile thing known to man!

The best holiday

On New Years Eve I was up at my batch when this big green van turned up I was thinking who could this be? Ah then I thought I know who this is, it’s my friends Mary, Sam and Amber (although there 15, 16 and 18 there still my best friends). I suddenly jumped up out of my seat and ran down to say hello and give them a hug. After I said hello they unpacked and put their tent up. It was sunset by the time they arrived so we didn't have lots of time to play. We went to the beach, had a swim, sung songs listen to music and play games .We got to stay up till 11:30 pm. My friends have been coming here for two years now and they always make the holidays enjoyable. It was the best day of my holidays!