The plan to help the Forest!!!

W.A.L.T: entertain an audience

The night air was cool, the rustling sound of leaves dance across the forest floor.
one lonely Fantail popped its beck out of its bush, " i'm so cold, it is as cold as Antartica"" RRRRR"
"what was that""RRRRR"" Ahhhh" screamed the little Fantail. The Fantail was brown of course.
It has a very special tail like a Fan. It is Native to New Zealand. " BOO""Ahhhh". "i got you " laughed Little brown Kiwi. "yeah you did" said fantail looking down at his toes. " Can i stay the night"Pleaded Kiwi." sure" said Fantail. They Snugglesd in their cozy little bush until they heared a CRASH, BANG , BOOM. They looked around in a Startle. " what was that " asked kiwi in a whisper. " i don't know Kiwi" said Fantail in a low voice. "Lets investigate""I am not sure" Screcched brown kiwi. so they trotted down the river back until" Ahhhh""what Fantail"" A massive Machine drove over top of me"" I know"Said Kiwi behind a tree an Oak tree ". "Where are these things coming from". Well kiwi and fantail peered around not missing a inch the west, inch to the east , to the the south or north. " I think that those massive smokey, yellow machine is a nonstopable Bulldozer" said the little brown kiwi with his hands in the air then he wobbled them around. " What on earth are you doing" said fantail confused." Can't you see God has given us a sign"" what sign"" that these smokey , dirty ,yellow machines have come to pretect us from being endangered or extinct". Fantail wondered is it true or is it just one of Kiwi's dumb ideas. The brown kiwi looked at fantail" hey LOOK OUT" " WOAH" Crash, Crunch." A tree just about landed on ME" Yelled Fantail " Wait i i can see a light" said Kiwi with wide eyes" I can see this person" said Fantail. But that was not good news cause Fantail saw a Tree fall on the Forest floor and another and another and another. Kiwi looked in an amazment" I think they are decorating the forest"" no they are not, they are smaching down trees and driving over our homes and food" said Fantail in sorrow. " don't worry we will find out something hmmmm i know we will make a plan to get rid of these beasts" now, i know that normally kiwi isn't right but this time he is making some sense. So they rushed on home and made a plan to get those careless , nasty , people off their Forest. " Now" said Fantail " we can't do this alone, we need ......"some gagets and ropes....""No kiwi, we need other animals like mammals and inscets plus maybe even nocturnals". Fantail and the little Brown Kiwi called everyone in the forest, they called birds ,big cats, inscets and other type of mammals. They all gathered around the unknown camp site."okay Know for our attacks, SKUNKS GO". The skunks ran in and out, around and up. they blew off some gases did i say some i mean alot of gas. The mean, nasty, campsite people were holding there noses and they were bagging into things cause they could not see. Now the birds flew in with gas masks on there noses. Fantail started pecking at the ropes on the tents , then the tent fell on top of the people. The people could not get up. The big cats tyed ropes around there legs , then grose inscets crawled all over the people. " GO AWAY, you nasty , big , mean , careless people" yelled kiwi. the people got up yelling " these animals are insane" and they ran away home or did they.
Pinyarta, Pinyarta, " AHHH OWWW" yelled the people. " We have successfully done a good gob" said kiwi proud" and we have saved the forest" said Fantail. " well mother nature hasnt thanked us for saving the forest"" OHH Kiwi you still haven't changed".

THE END!!!!!!

The lonely kiwi

The night air was cool, the rustling sounds of leaves danced across the forest floor.One lonely kiwi popped its beak out of its burrow,''I'm cold,I can't stand winter,its the worst season of the year''.The poor lonely kiwi hugged himself trying to keep himself warm.Finally It was morning''Wow man am I hungry''.''Crash'',''What was that''said the hungry kiwi,''That sounded way to close to my precious home.''So the kiwi set of to find out what that big crashing sound was.''What is that amazing white robot with monsters trapped inside of it oh dear the monsters are getting out.''The kiwis legs were shivering with fear and was trying to stay still without making the leaves rustle ''Yeah there gone ''said the kiwi.''I wonder what they were doing here oh well.What is that scrompsious delighted smell coming from could it be yes its worms my favourite yum yum yum.''The little lonely kiwi was filled with joy but then he herd a springy noise''what was that''.The little kiwi thought that the monsters were back so he ran as fast as he could ,''I have got to get out of here aahhh.''The kiwis little leg was aking and was hanging upside down (at least a few feet of the ground.)It was dark and the kiwi thought about what would happen to him.''Is something horrible going to happen to me or am I going to stay like this till morning''When the kiwi woke up he found himself in this dark creepy place.''I better hide in the dark black forest , under the night sky but then he hit his head on something ''oowww'' he wondered what that was he tryed to get out but he just gave up.''My head hurts''said the kiwi''I'm not surprised'' said another voice,''who's there''me I'm another kiwi'',what is this place ''I don't know but you can't get out Ive '' the two kiwis became the bestest friend friends in the whole world everyday they will talk about the adventures they had done before they came to there new home.

More Native Birds!

Information About Birds!

Birds

On  Monday the 3 rd of  November in the afternoon we talked about our learning intention which was to learn about native birds characteristics and what there body,voices and the colours of  the birds are and none of us could explain there characteristics.We tried are thoughts and with a buddy we made up five different native birds i chose the Fantail,Kea , Tui ,Pukeko and the More pork . Then we started to right about there characteristics on the white board and in our books. Then we went out to the garden and pulled the grass out from around the trees . We did this because the grass is a weed and it could kill native trees which means there will be no food for the native birds and the birds will die.We also are going to the computer lab and doing posters on birds as i said  before I'm doing the Fantail , Kea , Tui , Pukeko and the More pork .           

Room 12 & 13 went too nga manu at 8;30 am to learn about native birds,trees and bushes.one of the birds that really inspired me were the Toatara had very long tails and there skin was shredding.There were lots more crechers that inspied me but the Toatara was my favorite.
it took about 2 hours too get to nga manu but it was 2 very fun 2 hours it was fun because i was with ryans mum in the bus and my mum is best friends with her . When we went too the Ells bob our instucter told us how the ells got to have there babies thay swam to fiji and had there babies and then thay whould go back to there home the ells were very interersting because they were about 2 meters long thay were mostly all girls there were about 1 or 2 boys we got to touch the ells and bob ask for a vlolinter and ryan was the one he had to KISS THE ELL!!! it was so grows. after that we went with our parents do what work we had to do. in my group was Emma Ryan Sean Mitchell and I. Emma was the one that was doing the most work so the trip at nga manu was all-some.
BY Ella-Rose

Nga Manu

Rooms 12 and13 had to be at school at 8.3o am after everyone was in the classroom our teacher called out the roll then we got on the bus. We finally arrived at Nga Manu after sitting on the bus for about 2 hours.

We sat down in the information centre and had our morning tea. Bob our instructor showed us a boy tuatara it is 12 years old then Bob took us too the eels they look very slimy. Everyone got to touch it. Ryan kissed one then turned around and claped hands with his mum there is a picture of him on the right.

After that my group went to the kea and it landed on my head, it gave me a shock because I never knew it was going to land on me.

After that we went to the lookout, I could see all of Nga Manu. It looked amazing because there were so much trees and bush. After we returned to the lunch area I tried to chase after a pukeko but I tripped up.


Everyone went on the bus and off we went. On the way home we stopped at the Levin park where everyone went on the flying fox. Takana ripped his leg open when he hit it against Hughe's head and I cut my foot on the mouse wheel.

It was a good trip to Nga Manu and I learnt that it's important to save birds and animals because they are kind of like humans and we don't want them to be extinct.

Charlie

We're Off To Nga Manu

On Tuesday 21 october 2008 we are getting ready to go to Nga Manu to learn about native trees and birds. We think we will see the different enclosures of the birds habitats. This is what we think we will either see or learn about:

• I think we are going to learn how to save different birds (Fleur)
• I think we are going to see Kaka (Ana)
• I think we are going to Nga Manu to learn how to save native trees and birds (Ryan)
• When we are at Nga Manu we are going to see different kinds of trees like Rimu and Lancewood (Zane)
• I think we are going to learn about difference plants and birds we don't know of (Solomon)
• While we are at Nga Manu we will see different birds like the tui and kea (Lucy)
• While we are at Nga Manu we will see the birds different habitats (Summer)
• I think we are going to see  birds on the side of tracks at Nga Manu. (Ella-Rose)
• I think we are going to Nga Manu to learn about birds and their habitats (Marcus)
• I think we are going to Nga Manu to strive for excellence and learn more about trees, New Zealand and the birds (Tayla)
• I think we will  see native trees (Sean)
• I think we will see native birds and trees (Jonty)
• I think we are going to learn about the native birds and trees and how to save them (Emma)
• I think we are going to Nga Manu to learn about what different birds eat ( Mitchell)
• I think we are going to learn how important native birds and animals are to New Zealand (Shayne)
• I think we are goint to Nga Manu to learn about native animals and how to save them (Cory)
• I think we are going to Nga Manu to learn about native bushes and birds (Giovanni)
• I think we are going to learn about how many different species of native birds there are (Supreeth)
• I think we are going to learn about nature (Paris)
• We will learn how to save native trees and plants (Charlie)
• We are going to Nga Manu to learn about nature and trees (Aimee)

Our Class Learning Reflection

From now on the children in my class will be writing on our blog about their learning and Nga Manu. I hope you enjoy sharing our journey and if you have time please a add comment or a thought on our blog.

Mrs Armstrong-Lush and Room 13

W.A.L.T: save native bushes and birds in New Zealand

This is our learning intention (W.A.L.T- We are learning to) this helps us with our learning so we know what we are doing. Our signs of success (S.O.S) tells us what to do to help us complete our task or what to do next and the information we need to learn before we finish the topic.

W.A.L.T: save native bushes and birds in New Zealand

S.O.S:
* Name 5New Zealand native trees/ bushes
* Name 5 New Zealand native birds
* Identifying native trees/ bushes
* Identify the characteristic/ habitats / food of New Zealand native birds
* Know how to save or help native birds/ bushes/ trees

What Are We Learning About?

What Are We Learning About?

Today was the first day of school and I needed to prepare my class for their next part of the learning journey. We headed out to our native bush area at school and informed the children we were going to pull the weeds out around the trees. Off they went making comments such as:

• Yuck there's a white tail spider!
• Ewwwww! There's a slug!
• Look just pull the weeds out from the bottom!
• No, there's too much grass left around the tree.
• We found a shady tree!
• Mrs Armstrong-Lush, why are we doing this?

This would opened the floor to some great discussion. We headed to class and I asked the children to answer the following question:

What were we learning about in the native bush area?

Listen to the responses to find out if anyone of the children from my class could make the connection between what we were doing and what we were learning.