Waihola CYC Camp 2014

Here it is! The camp movie from assembly!

Enjoy!

Trip to Earthlore

Tomorrow we are off to Earthlore. We have been brainstorming some questions that we would like to ask Gordon & Janine:

• Is the Admiral Butterfly rare? Sean
• Do you have any praying mantis? Nathan
• Do you have a special way of catching wasps? Ryan
• What is the rarest insect you have? Harry B
• How many different bugs do you have in Bug City? Nathan
• What is your favourite Minibeast? Harry L & Tamati
• Where do you get your bugs and plants from? Wiremu
• How many eggs do bugs lay? Shakira
• What is your most common insect? Harry L & Ryan
• How many different habitats do you have at Earthlore?
• How many species of bugs do you have at Earthlore? Wiremu
• How can we create a bug paradise at school? At home?
• How can we catch pests? Ryan
• What bugs are pests and which aren't?Wiremu
• What is the difference between rare and endangered?
• How many rare and endangered species do you have? Nathan

We are hoping that we can find the answers to all of these questions!

what are three differences between a butterfly and a moth?

The  three main differences are...
 1. butterfly's have light colours and moths have dark colours, 
2. moths live their wings out and butterfly's close their wings  
3.  Moths go out at night and butterfly's fly in the day

Butterflies

Moths

What does arachnid mean?

 

 

 

arachnid is the name of the spider family. by Sean, Seth and Shakira   

Q:What is the wordls longest insect?

A:
Stick insect
the stick insect is known for it's size and it's ability to camouflage.                                                                                                                                                              
Here is a photo of the stick insect:

An example of a stick insect :)

By:Ryan,Harry,Tom.  Stick with us on the blog :)

Plant Fair

The Waihola District School Plant Fair was held on Sunday and what a wonderful event it was! We had a wonderful turnout of keen gardeners snapping up some bargains. The tasty baking was also a hit! Everyone had  a great time and we would like to thank the PTA and school families for all their efforts. We really live in a very special community.

This week in writing we are exploring newspapers and learning how to write an article. Watch this space for Room 2's newspaper articles about the Plant Fair.

Plants everywhere! Keen gardeners & wonderful helpers.

Amber with her eye on the baking!

Our hardworking cashiers

Anyone for a sausage?

Welcome back! Term 4 begins!

I can hardly believe that it is Term 4! What an amazing year we have had so far and there are lots of fun things planned for this term, including trips, athletics and camp. Time is going to fly!