ChristChurch Earthquake...

Here is a little movie that our group just wiped up. It is about the terrible earthquake in Christchurch. Hope you enjoy

My Movie

This is a Movie about what Exoskeleton Means. Hope you enjoy.

Our First Time Trying Our Netbooks...

Yay!!! We Fianlly got our Netbooks we just got them on tuesday and we have been using them for about 2 days now so I'm Glad. I'm So Happy to Have A Netbook and its great because we get to work on it More offen. I Like to Thank Mrs and Mr Burt for all there help to get these Netbooks we a so grateful so Thank you we a Happy to Have yous as our Teachers and Princpal.

I like these Netbooks because their Small and Way better so we can use these and take them Home next year , thats going to be exicting and I can't wait. Now we get to post more Offen as well as chating to other People like Best Friends as well as Draftwriting on our Google Docs.

I'm Proud that we have our Netbooks and can't wait till next year so we can take them home...

Weta's...

Giant Wetas can grow over 50mm long and weigh as much much as 25 grams. Although fearsome looking they a actually with dough seal and there diet is largely vegetarian. It leads a solitary not eternal life spending the day in habitation or under day.

They mainly Survive on off shore Islands where it is safe from introducded Predators.

Ground weta is the smallest of all wetas and hides in burrows in the ground during the day concealing the exit of their hole. They hunt at night for predators and eat invertebrates and fruit.

They do not have Ears on their knees like other wetas They also do not have spiky back legs like other wetas. To attract mates, they drum on their abdomens.

Exoskeleton...

1.An Exoskeleton is a skeleton on the outside of an insects body.

2.An Exoskeleton is the hard outer covering that makes up the skeleton

of many insects.

3.A hard outer skeleton that protects and supports an insects body can make an enemy take longer to eat into the Body.

4.Some insects will eat the discarded exoskeleton which is a source of protein.

5.Like Lobster's they have tough outer shell systems which provide rigidity and shape to their bodies.

Did you Know

Information about Small things?

1.Some insects molt more than 50 times, shedding their exoskeletons as they grow.

2.Some small Files flap there wings 1000 times a second.

3.A single egg laid by some species of wasps may produce up to 1000 new wasps.

4.A grasshopper can travel a distance 15 times its body length in one leap.

5.Many insects smell with their antennae, and some taste with their feet.

6.Some insects like Ants have Exoskeletons that provide good Protection

Holiday...

On the last week of school, I went to a tangi up north in Waima so I couldn't come to school for a week because my Uncle passed away. My mum told me to choose where I will be when we go up to the Marae. I had to choose out of the Kitchen or Marae to listen to the Kaia Korero. My choice was in the Kitchen because I like to do the dishes.

Once we got up north, we were all standing at the back of the coffin because when we go inside the coffin needs to be down on the mat. Well we were waiting the Kai karanga came out to welcome us in. We got in and went in a line and waited for the whanau to hongi the rest of our whanau that were there. When it started to get dark I went to the kitchen to see if my mum wanted help. She said no so I went to my Cousin Ronnie to see what she was doing. She was playing handball with Jahmon and Desman my other Cousins. Soon we got bored then we went in the Marae. It was 11:37 and it got darker. I only had half an hour to sleep.

The next day was cool till it hit dark at dark time on Tuesday because we had to toetoko my uncle. We use a stick made with patterns on it. It was special, that was the night I got heaps of sleep because I didn't want to speak but that night I had to speak, I woke up in the middle of the night because my cousin Wayne that teached our Kapa haka group done a haka and he woke heaps of people up with his amazing performance. Then I crashed out when he finished.

Then it was Wednesday, Wednesday was the sad day because that was the day we had to burie my Uncle it was a emotional moment to see him get buried when we went to the simatere I was starting to get happy because my Papa was there there is a photo of him at Tamaki Collage next to the P.E hall well he was there i hadn't seen him for ages. Well all that was over we went back to the Marae it was dark it was cool because everyone went to set up the Kitchen for the people who wanted to have a drink we had Hangi for our Kai it was delicious that night was just getting started well everyone was in the Marae I called them in for a feed My mum was out side in the car she needed a break so I took over Everyone came in and I waited for everyone to have a feed because I was on dishes there were heaps of dishes and My cousin said 'I wouldn't want to be in your spot right now' I didn't mind it was awesome I just didn't have a feed when that was all done my aunty give me some lollies for doing the dishes for everyone I was the only one there most of the Adults were drinking soon I went into the marae and played with my cousins and stayed up all night till we had to go home on the next day and that was my Holiday.