I have been Learning about the Kereru I have some cool facts and information to show you...
What do kereru eat:
Kereru's like to eat fruit,twigs,buds,berrys and lots of other insects and shoots of plants.
Kereru roles:
The kereru play a an important part in the forest they spread seeds of native trees.It is the only native bird that is large enough to eat the seeds off some trees as it flys through the forest it spreads it's droppings.
How do they raise their chicks:
Kereru can become adults at about one or two years old and can live for ten to twenty. (November to March) male kereru start to show off by swooping and diving. They lay only one egg in the nest at a time.the parents take turns to look after the egg, which takes about a month to hatch.
Vege oil can be used instead of diesel and petrol to power your car , plus it is much healthier for the enviroment.This is a vege car created and driven by James nui macdonald to prove, it was relieble he drove with his son from bluff to cape reinga the benefits of the vege car is it saves money, it isn't toxic to the enviroment, there will be less wars for oil.
A Moment In Time
"I can do this", I said to myself as I went white...........
Suddenly my heart started to beat ten times faster..............
I went stiff and froze as we waited for the right wave. "Its now or never", I mumbled. I closed my eyes and then WHOOSH! He let me go as the wave swept me away trapping me underwater. It felt as bumpy as driving on gravel. I felt way more relaxed as I hopped off the board that I wanted to do it again!!!!
I went out to do it again and then out of the blue the waves began to rise making them massive!!! I shivered in fear desperately telling myself to pull it together. A chill quivered all over my body aswe lined up a gigantic wave. I was thinking after the nervous start I would just feel good again but this time the wave didn't sweep me straight away it thumped right down onto me. I did a panic and desperately tried escaping but as soon as I got out from under the wave I ran as fast as I could back onto the beach!!!!!!!!!!The others started laughing so hard they all got swept onto the sand! "Ha" I quietly said to myself.
White foam gathered on the beach, waves pushed and pulled me in the water. I thought "Will I ever see land again?",I dived under the water protecting me against the muscular water,
sand stung my legs as the waves crashed, pulling back drenched sand.
I was being tossed and turned madly,waves shoved me down the salty river.
I swam with all the might I had left, finally I dragged myself up the shore and tumbled down into the soft warm sand, I felt like going to sleep, I felt like I was being shook, I opened my eyes mum was saying "It is time to go", I knew it was over as I sipped Milo from the themas I thought about my brush with death, I knew I was lucky.
We are going to talk about the causes of global warming and green house gases.
Here is a diagram of the world with global warming
As you see the picture is in south America and has a few little images in the propper picture.
This is the world with out to much global warming and now a picture of whats causing green house gases and global warming,
and this is a picture of global warming and what it will do to the earth
How to stop global warming
Buy spray cans that say NO CFC
Use less fuel by biking or walking
global warming is green house gases trapping the heat and causing the earths temp to rapidly rise. It is also making sea levels rising dramatically. what you can do : drive less to stop using methane, plant lots of trees, recycle rubbish, buy spray cans with labels that say no cfc's.
My heart was pounding I was so excited. the The birds were chirping the trees were rustling and the mosquitoes were biting me to death. I was egar to find out who I was sharing a cabin with. I walked into the cabin and started scoffing lollies with Hannah.
My whole body lurched foward, as the bus squeld to halt. I peered out the window , "this is Devon is it?" I mumbled to my self.
As I walked through the gates of devon intermediate My heart started to beat ten times faster. All those staring faces watching me like they're about to attack. I felt like a tiny ant that is trapped in a massive field of grass. I heard them saying " sup what school are u's from". As we headed up the hall I thought to myself " I want to get inside please say their morning tea is over soon". Sweet was running down me as I tried to hide my face. As we got inside I breathed a huge sigh of relief. " Thank god that's over ", I thought.
hello I'm Bonnie I'm doing inter school 2013 I am playing Hockey yellow-sticks I am very exited about it but I am looking at the wheather I am not
so sure.... anyway we are going against welborne school wish me luck!
today its time to go to welborn i pumped to play my first game for frankly school it looks like the wethers to bad but that can change
so we think it could be delade so if it is that could be good or bad today could be good or bad opherly good to but i geusse rugby players play in mud?
so now we just wait for the call so when we play we will be ready for it
Todays the first match of the interschool rugby pool,
I feel really pumped but im not really excited because its against welbourn and the last time we faced them we won 56-23 but the put up a fight for the last half.
the rugby match is probaly going to be deladed because its pouring down with rain and our feild is soaked so welbourns proabley realy wet, but if its on the grounds going to be really soft.
this time i think that welbourn is going to put up a really good fight and i cant wait to see how it turns out.
cody
Our class is taking scene 9 in the Production - Neat in the Naki. We are singing a version of "I've Been Everywhere Man", here is the original version by John Grenell:
And here is our version...
Here are the words to our song...
I’ve Been Ev’rywhere
Well I was hitching a ride on a winding Taranaki
road
When along came a lorry with a high and
canvas-covered load
"If you're going to Hurdon, mate, with me you
can ride"
So I jumped into the cabin and settled down inside
He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust
and sand
And I said, "Look, listen mate, I've been
everywhere in this here land ...
(Chorus)
Cos, I've been everywhere man, I've been everywhere
man
For the first two weeks of Term 2 we are going to be learning about shape - this is part of what makes up a Maths topic called "geometry". Once we have built up an understanding of shape we will use our geometry and measurement skills to design houses - that's right...we will become architects!!! We will be learning to name, describe and draw a variety of 2D and 3D shapes and their properties to get us started. Here are some great websites to get you started with an understanding of 2D and 3D shapes:
2D and 3D shape learning Guess the Shape
What's the most valuable real estate in Taranaki?
Is it natural assets such as our mountain and beaches? Man-made
attractions such as Pukekura Park and the Coastal Walkway? Or commercial
assets such as Port Taranaki and the methanol plant?
These questions have taxed our collective minds at the Taranaki
Daily News this week as we have worked to develop a uniquely Taranaki
version of the famous Monopoly board game.
It's all because early this week the manufacturer of Monopoly
announced plans to create an Auckland edition. The company is now asking
Aucklanders to suggest which of the city's streets and landmarks should
be selected to swap places with the famous London sites on the standard
Monopoly board.
We decided that if it is good enough for Auckland, then it's good enough for Taranaki too.
But we've since discovered that creating a uniquely Taranaki version
of Monopoly is far easier said than done. That's because the region's
real value isn't necessarily in cash, but in its natural attractions and
people.
How much wealth do you attach to an individual's ability to enjoy
the natural beauty of Egmont National Park, free of charge? To wander
down to a any one of a large number of beaches and catch a fish? To take
the children to Pukekura Park on a warm summer's evening during the
annual Festival of Lights?
So whereas the object of the traditional game of Monopoly is to
become the wealthiest player through buying, renting and selling
property, we've decided that the real "wealth" in the Taranaki version
can be through visiting the region's special attractions - both natural
and man-made.
Even that's been a challenge, however. Monopoly players know that in
the traditional game the value of properties range from the lowest in
Old Kent Road and Whitechapel Road up to the highest in Mayfair and Park
Lane.
For the Taranaki version, it's been very difficult comparing one
attraction against another and trying to judge their relative value. But
here we go . . .
Brown: Rawhitiroa Memorial Pool, Eltham; Manukorihi Golf Course, Waitara.
Light blue: Patea Waka; Stratford Clock Tower; Loaf of Bread, Manaia.
Crimson: Opunake Beach; Fitzroy Beach; Oakura Beach.
Orange: The Most FM; Taranaki Daily News; Te Korimako o Taranaki.
Red: Coastal Walkway, New Plymouth; Lake Rotokare, Eltham; White Cliffs Walkway, Pukearuhe.
Yellow: Fonterra Dairy Complex, Whareroa; Maui Gasfield, Oaonui; Port Taranaki, New Plymouth.
Green: Womad; Taranaki Festival of Arts; Taranaki Representative Rugby.
Blue: Egmont National Park; Pukekura Park.
Utilities: New Plymouth Airport; Taranaki Base Hospital.
