Create your own Spider - Hinerangi

Hinerangi shares her very own spider.  This task required each member of our class to read and learn about spiders, particularly how they differ from insects. Fantastic work Hinerangi!

Black Wicked Spider:


Well as you already know that this Spider does not eat other Humans and Insects which means that any predator or Human can get near it. This Spider lives in areas meaning as on Plants, Living under rocks and on the edge of the ocean. They can also live in corals which means that they mainly live in habitat’s that they can find. This spider eats leaves plants and many different Trees. This Spider’s behavior is Kind, Helpful, Special and as you already know that this spider is the most coolest Spider of all, Well here we are now as you already know this Spider is Kind, Helpful, Special and is the most coolest Spider of all.

Task Description:

For this task we had to create a new Insect that no ordinary person had used yet. As you can see up the top my insect is called Black Wicked Spider. For this task we also had to draw a picture for our Spider. This task was quite easy because all we had to do was that we had to draw a Picture, Write a description and having to be reading the task's we get.

Describe an insect - Naomi

We have been learning to describe insects in more interesting ways. In particular we have been focusing on using interesting and new vocab. Naomi shares her description of a bumble bee.


WALT: use interesting vocab in our writing.

A bumble bee is harmless and a cute insect, It has six tiny legs and three body parts (head l thorax and the body). Bumble bees help us, and if we did not have bumble bees or other bees we would probably die.

There is a Queen and she has an important job because she stay’s in the hive all day to lay eggs. The other bees are called worker bees, and they mostly do all the work. The worker bees clean the hives and make sure the hive is OK. Bees fly to a flower, and most flowers that catch their eyes are the beautiful purple, blue and yellow coloured flowers. Bees also drink nectar and  get pollen on its back and carry It to their hive.  There are over 20,000 species of bees and one that make a lot of that sticky good stuff is honey bees.

Task description: This task was to learn about bugs and all kinds of native things because our term topic is "Te Taio O Tamaki". Like my WALT we are learning to use describing vocab in writing.

Bike Riding - Daisy

Wow Daisy, what an awesome lesson you had out on the bike track. Thanks for Sharing! 

Walt: make connections across multiple texts. 


Today we got a surprise from our teacher.  5 of us that got picked to go out on the bike track. It was Awesome!

First we had to sit down and talk about the important things you need. Your shoes, and your helmet. I really learnt a lot about shoes which was you Have to wear closed shoes not Sandals and not bare feet, otherwise your feet might get grated, just like a cheese on a cheese grater. I learnt that when you buy a helmet you should always check if there is a sticker that say certified product. Before you ride you must always check when you hold it a little tight that it doesn't have cracks, and you have the straps done up properly.

Riding on the bikes was really fun. I had to make sure that when some one is at the front of me, that I have made enough room for them to come in case they are going to stop. We also learned how to stop safely, by using both brakes.

 My favourite part of the day was when I was riding and got to the zig zaged bridge. I accidentally stopped and made my friend Naomi fall. No one cried or was hurt, but we did laugh.


Task Description: 5 people got picked and I was one of them. We talked about what we had to do before we got to ride on the bikes. When we finished the lesson about our foot wear, Helmet, obviously checking our bike and we also just talked about safety tips. The we got to ride!

Te Taiao O Tāmaki

Welcome to 2017!

This term our inquiry topic is Te Taiao O Tāmaki, the environment of Tāmaki. To kick this off we have been learning about New Zealand's native trees. 

Check out Amelia's learning below.

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Walt: make connections across multiple texts. 

Task Description: Today I have been learning about Native tree's in New Zealand, and the 3 main things we are learning about which is part of the Native things we are talking about which is Endemic, Native or Introduced. I been having a great time learning about Native to NZ. Enjoy!