Unwanted Visitors

Unwanted Visitors  (School Journal Part 2 Number 3 2008)

Read pages 19 - 21. Are these statements true or false?

statement	true/false	page
German wasps came to New Zealand from the USA.	true	19
Wasps sting people for no reason.	false	19
Wasps eat the same food as birds and bees.	false	19
Wasps have the same number of legs and body parts as other insects.	true	20
All wasps like to live in letterboxes.	false	20
Wasps start life as eggs.	true	20
If you find a wasps’ nest, don’t touch it, or many angry wasps might sting you!	true	21
Most wasps live for less than 12 months.	true	21

The main differences between wasps and bees are:

Bees have hairy bodies and wasps have few or no hairs on their bodies.Wasps eat mainly insects and nectar while bees are vegetarians.

Find out - do we have native wasps in New Zealand?

Yes we have seven kind of wasps.

Building a fale

`Building a Fale (School Journal Pt 1 No 4 2008)

Write numbers to show what happened first, second and so on. The first one is done for you.

5. Once the roof was on, it was checked to see if there were any gaps.

2. Then they had to level the ground and dig holes for the posts.

1. They gathered the building materials from the bush near their village.

3. Then they nailed the frame together and made the wooden floor.

6. Dad covered the thatch with netting to keep it from blowing away in a storm.

4. After that, it was time to put the roof on.

Choose the best meaning for each word and write it beside the word

words meanings

timber wood

narrow thin

stacked one on top of another  

gaps spaces

breeze gentle wind   

snug comfortable   

Change the colour of all the people who helped to build the faleo’o

Dad       Mum        Aunties        Uncles        children

       grandmother        cousin        grandfather                

Earth paints 2

Earth Paints 2

Write numbers to show what happened first, second and so on

1	The children found different coloured dirt to use as paint.
2	First, they needed to turn the lumps of clay into powder.
3	They took the crumbled clay outside to dry in the sun.
4	Then they crushed the dry clay with rolling pins.
5	They mixed the powder with water to make mud.
6	Then they tested their paints on bark, driftwood, paper and thin pieces of wood.
7	The teacher pinned their painting on the wall.

Fill in the spaces with words from the story

Traditional Aboriginal artists painted water with ground-up coloured rocks and clay to make their paints.

The class thought it would be fun to make paints too.

They were surprised at how many different types of colours they found.

On Monday morning the classroom was cluttered with everything they needed to make their own coloured soil.

First they needed to turn the lump of clay into powder.

The crushed it with their fists and rubbed it between the palms of their hands.

Then they spread it on trays to dry in the sun.

After play time, they crushed the dry clay with rolling pins.

The clay was now a soft, dusty powder.

Next, they mixed spoonful with the powder to make sticky mud.

The earth paints were smooth and thick and creamy.

They made paintbrushes from twigs and bamboo sticks, and sometimes they used their fingers.

The painted fish and fish, birds and lizards, and spiders and beetles.

They were very proud of their paintings.

Earth paints

Earth Paints  (School Journal Part 1 Number 5 2004)

Read the text on pages 14 and 15 to find the answers

What did traditional Aboriginal artists use paint for?

To Decorate their faces and bodies and to decorate  rocks and

walls.

What did they make their paint from?

Coloured rocks and clay

How many different types of soil did the children find in their district?  

8

Match the soil to where they found it. The first one is done for you.

Soft brown soil - vegetable garden

Dark brown earth - in the Compost

Black peat - near a Swamp

Reddish-brown soil - under the bank

Yellow clay - beside the Stream

Blue clay - River

Orange clay - a Bank

Pinky-grey soil -  at Building Site

building site, river, near a swamp, vegetable garden, under the bark,

a bank, beside a stream, in the compost

Make some new words

art    cart      dart     part      start     

clay     bay      day    fray   gray     hay     may     play  

          pray     ray    say     slay     stay    tray    way

hunt     blunt     grunt     shunt

                             

THE BEST TIME IN TERM 3

That Angelica Don’t  Likes

I  don’t like butter chicken

I don’t like go on the plane

I Don’t like WWE

I Don’t like playing with boys

I Hate eating peanuts Butter

I Don’t like to eat Jelly

That Angelica Does Like

I like to play with My B.F.F

I like to play sports

I love my family

I like to be a good girl

I like to go tonga

I like to go with my dad

I like to live with my Dad and my mum

I love to be with my brother

I like to go T.C.

              

this year was a fun experience to work with the year 8’s and the Teachers. Soon our year 8’s will be going to college.  i am going to miss the year 8’s because they were so funny next year one day when I am a year 8 I will be a housecantp like the year 8’s.

THE BEST Reflection TIME OF TERM 3

The Best of this term was when Uli was chewing gum and got in trouble from mrs Tele’a. Uli had to put has gum on his nose and it was so funny   HAHAHAHAHA.

Relationships with my friends   

The best time with my friend when we all went to netball and every time when we go to the Netball court  I always buy lollies without telling my coach. Then my coach said I was the lollies queen