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Rainbow and Dave

The Amazing Kirikiriroa Marae

Christmas Year

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Student Teachers

Christmas

Living in the Rainforest .

 

These make a tent from a leaf at night they fly about the rainforest they sleep in their tent during the day they eat fruit from the rainforest trees.

Birds make holes in rainforest trees with their beaks.

Animals insects plants live in the rainforest than anywhere else on earth some rainforest animals and insescts eat the plants and some eat other animals and insects.

Small trees and vines grow in the ground.a little sunlight shines on this part of the rainforest but it is still shady.

 

Monkeys live in the treetops too. Each night they sleep in a tall tree. They choose a tree that has plenty of leaves and fruit on it to eat.

 

Have you seen one of these animals or bugs?

What is your favourite animal?

Leo Cameron .h and Olivia k t

 

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The most dangerous things

An avalanche is snow that falls fast down on heaps of mountains.

A avalanche can not happen on underground mountains.

 

A volcano is a mountain that pops out lava.

The lava can turn into a lava stream.

Lava is melted rocks

A hurricane is as dangerous as two huripari.

It's like a tsunami but the water does not go as high.

A drought is when it hasn't rained for a long time.

It's so hot that you can not live long.

Do you like volcanos?

Have you seen a volcano in real life?

Do you know something about a avalanche?

Do you live close to a mountain?

By Awatea Cam L Rebecca and Cole

 

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Volcanoes

We have been learning about volcanoes in the Tigers group.

How volcanoes are made.

Volcanoes form where lava comes up a crack in the earth's crust. The lava cools and turns into hard rock. It builds up and forms a volcano. Volcanoes are made out of ash and lava and rocks.

Under sea volcanoes.

When lava hits water it makes obsidian or cobblestone.

When an under sea volcano erupts it may form an island.

Lava and the centre of the earth.

 

Some people know where to find most volcanoes by learning about the movement of the earth.

 

Gets hotter when near to the centre of the earth.

Volcano types. there are six types of volcanoes, fissure, shield, dome, ash-cinder, composite and caldera.

Dormant-don't know if it will erupt.

Active-can erupt at any time.

Extinct-will not erupt.

Have you seen a volcano?

Do you like volcanos?

Have you ever seen one erupt? What was it like?

What is your favourite kind of volcano?

Posted by Riley, Connor, Kyla, Vania, Imogen and Quin.

 

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Earthquakes and tsunamis

Earthquakes and tsunamis are very dangerous.

Earthquakes can damage a lot of roads and cities.

A tsunami is a massive wave that smashes onto the ground.

Here are some of the damages they can cause...

Smashed buildings

Tsunamis

It can damage roads so cars can't go on them anymore.

Earth quakes can cause landslides or mud slides.

Scientists have been trying to invent a machine that tells us when earthquakes are coming but so far they haven't succeeded. Earthquakes can happen without any warning.

Questions

Why do earthquakes happen?

Why do tsunamis happen?

Have you ever been in an earthquake or tsunami? What was it like?

Posted by Ethan, Ben, Bradley, Isaac, Ella, Zahraa,

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All about tigers.

Tigers live in cold places.

Cubs leave home when they are three years old.

Mother tigers are called tigresses.

Tigers cannot run fast for very long.

Tigers sometimes live alone.

Tigers stripes help them hide in grass.

Tigers eat pigs and deer.

A hunting tiger makes no noise.

Tigers hunt at night.

Asian tigers have thick coats that keep them warm.

Have you seen a tiger?

Do you like tigers?

By Alex and Anna.

 

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White tail Spider

White tail Spiders have venom to kill other spiders.

A White tail spider is about 12-15 millimetres long.

 

White tail spiders have fangs and palps.

 

White tail spiders bite other spiders to eat them.

 

What do you know about White tail spiders?

 

Why do they bite people?

 

Why are people scared of white tail spiders?

 

 

Posted by Olivia W, Tayla, Ashley, Aaron and Olivia C.

 

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Reading

I am learning about reading.

 

I have to point to the words.

 

If the letters are the same the word is the same

 

Tails

 

 

look

 

Mum

 

is

 

I go to school

 

a

 

You can look in books. You can write in books.

Does someone help you read?

 

Posted by Emma

 



Weather art

Matawhero 14 has been looking at weather and the water cycle. As a part of this unit the students have produced this artwork using pastels and dye.

The students were required to incorporate aspects of a wet weather or stormy scene. They needed to understand the concepts of foreground and background, blending pastels, position and size of features and creating outlines with dye.

Here is some of the artwork that presents these concepts well and shows some of the different types of weather explored by the students.

Olivia's snow scene.

Awatea's lightning scene.

Vania's rainy day.

Tayla's rainbow.

What type of weather would you have drawn?

What do you like best about these pictures?

Would you like to see more of our amazing artwork?

 

Posted by: Miss Wilson

 

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