Scratch

 Our teacher has set us an activity. It's a maze here's a video.

Summer learning Journey

 Yesterday the teacher signed us up for the Summer Learning Journey. That started on Saturday. I was playing a puzzle party and a globe game that makes music, there's a water music game. I was very proud of the puzzle party game.  have you signed up for Summer Learning Journey?

Daisy Chains

We had to pick and make a daisy chain. It was not easy to make one. I was getting grumpy because I couldn't make the cut in the stalk of the flower to put the piece through.

I counted the petls on three different flowers. 1 had 21 the other 25 and the last one had 28 petals on it

 

 on this side of the photo, you can see the petals I took off the flowerhead. It was very hard to count them being so small

This is a closeup of the chain. you can see where we used our nails to cut into the stalks and put the stem through

This is a close up photo of a daisy I picked. I like the brightness of the yellow middle 

BINGO! Get to know a tree

 

What to do

1. Choose a tree

Head into your backyard and choose a tree 

This is a kowhai tree. I had to do some activities for boys brigade so have a bark rubbing, leaves and flowers from the tree we have in the garden.

2. Record your observations

What animals do you notice in and around this tree? We have heard bellbirds, tui's and seen lots of wax eyes in the tree. Mum said the wood pigeons love being in there too. Under the tree is chickens as it is on the edge of the chicken run

Record any interactions between animals and the tree. Look closely for birds and insects on the branches, trunk, and in the surrounding soil.

Consider:

• What reasons would the observed animals have for visiting or living on this tree? The bellbirds, tuis, and pigeons love to eat the nectar from the flowers. The chickens would use the tree to hide in the shade on a hot day. 
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• What else do you notice about this tree?  The flowers are yellow and drop down in bunches. the leaves on the tree are very small and in lines the bark is smooth it's a young tree. Mum said they turn a very dark brown colour almost black colour when very old. When Mum was younger she had three in her yard and used to play and climb in them when the birds weren't in them Pigions used to love them and dive bomb her when flying around the tree
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• Would you notice different things around this tree at different times of day? I think in the mornings it would be more busier with birds waking up
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• Would you notice different things on different days and over the coming weeks. On a wet day, I don't think you would see much. i don't like coming out in the rain so why would birds On a fine day they would be plenty happening the birds would be extra hungry from hiding in the rain
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• Would you notice different things about this tree at different times and over the coming weeks? As the birds go from flower to flower they would eat all the nectar and then be nothing left the birds will leave the tree alone

Conservation Week Bingo

For conservation week we have a bingo board to fill in. This is my something down low. It was to wet to go outside but I found this or mum found this first.

Yesterday while Mum was in my room she found a honey bee on the window sill. It probably flew in on the weekend when the windows were open. It looked pretty sad so we gave it a sugar-water drink and then put it outside on the porch by the kitchen. Mum said the water should give it some energy to be able to fly away back home.

It was really cool to see one up close. I was reading a book yesterday with my reading group about a man who photo's bugs and insects in his garden. This reminded me of that.

Lego Weekly Challenge

This is a white heron and beside it is Mum's version of a New Zealand Falcon. She wanted to make something as well

I'm going to tell you about the white heron. The white heron is on the New Zealand two dollar coin 

The white heron is found in New Zealand on the West Coast on waitangiroto river down at Whatatroa. The Maori name for it is kotuku. You can take a guided jet boat ride to see them from September to January when they are breeding.  Birds make their nests in the crowns of tree ferns or in kōwhai or kāmahi trees along the bank of the river 

We see them on our way to town in the farm paddocks, creeks, and on the river. When we go into lake mahinapua for a look you can always see some before September.

They eat little fish like whitebait, eels, frogs, mice, insects, and small birds like wax eyes. 

Mum said my neighbour has to put netting over her fish pond as she had one that used to come for breakfast and eat her gold fish. It would sit on the roof of the house and wait 

 

It must have looked like a real bird to my cat as this is what it looks like after she attacked it!

Update on Maths

 I got 17 progress-ins this week it was fun this week and harder. For my minutes I got 98 minutes this week. I have 7882 coins in my maths whizz. This week I got 724 coins this week.