Week 10 Term 2

Kia ora Whanau

Te Papa Trip

What an exciting time we had on Friday at Te Papa. We spent 90 minutes at the Mountains to Sea exhibit looking closely at habitats in New Zealand and studying different animals. Unfortunately, some children were sick and so their parents were unable to accompany us but thankfully we were able to take the wonderful Claire - a teacher aide here - with us. Thank you also to Theo's mum, Claire,  for coming along and sharing the morning with us.

Taking a close look at NZ birds.

On the way back to school we came across some jellyfish!

Pānui TV

A HUGE thank you to Hana for making the awesome Pānui TV! When children share their pānui they have the option of standing behind the TV.  It is a great way to get the other students to keep their eyes on the speaker as well as helping some who feel a little nervous to share but mostly it is FUN :)

Inquiry

As part of our inquiry we have been looking at Clyde Quay School as a habitat. We have noticed many birds like to live here - so we have been learning to identify some of the commonly seen birds in the area.

We have decided to share our learning with the rest of the school by making named pictures to help others identify these birds.

This, coincidentally, corresponds with the annual land care research garden bird survey.

This is a chance to help out in a large science project at home.

If you'd like to take part in the survey, please follow the link below.

http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/science/plants-animals-fungi/animals/birds/garden-bird-surveys

It involves:
1 Choosing a day between 27 June and 5th July
2 Finding a comfy seat (inside or outside)
3 Sitting for one hour and looking for birds
4 For each species (type of bird) record the highest number seen at any one time. (Tip: If you see 1 blackbird at one time, then late see at one time, record this as 2. Don't add them up.)
5 Submit your survey results online: http://gardenbirdsurvey.landcareresearch.co.nz

There are also some paper recording sheets I will send home with children who are interested this week.