Ready to go on an Adventure to Lenswood!
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- We’ve got our hats, our recess, our lunch and drinks. We are ready to go!
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- We are all saying “apples” because we are off to “Apple land”
Planting By The Ramp.
We had great fun helping Ruth and James do some planting along both sides of the ramp.
We’re sure it will make the area look FANTASTIC.
We will be looking after the plants and making sure they are watered regularly.
A Sea of Words
A Sea of Words on PhotoPeach
We made a tagxedo using sea words. We chose sea creature shapes to publish our words in.
Planting Trees Down by the Creek.
Have you planted any plants before? What were they?
What did you have to do to help them to grow?
What will we have to do to make sure out plants by the creek flourish?
Was it fun planting by the creek?
Whales
Charlie, Oscar L and Bella found lots of facts about whales.
*They are mammals.
*The mother whale feeds her baby milk for about a year.
*Whales don’t lay eggs.
*Male whales are called bulls and females are called cows. Baby whales are called calves
*They eat krill.
*They breathe air through a blow-hole.
*They live in the twilight and sunlight zones of the ocean.
*A blue whale is 25 elephants long.
*Humpback whales live for 80 years.
*Humpback whales live in all the oceans around the world.
*Baleen whales have no teeth.
*Sperm whales have a square head.
Do you know any other facts about whales?
Penguins
Jordan, Henry and Bethany found lots of facts about penguins.
*Penguins that live in warmer climates sometimes breed twice a year
*Emperor Penguins are as tall as a seven year old.
*Emperor penguins huddle together to keep warm.
*Penguins eat fish and squid.
*The only times penguins fly are when they dive into the sea.
*Emperor Penguins can dive deeper than 250 metres
*Gentoo Penguins feed mainly on fish near the surface.
*King Penguins see well in dark, gloomy waters.
*Adelie Penguins travel 95 kilometres in the Antarctic summer
*Adelie Penguins are the smallest Antarctica penguin.
*Emperor Penguins keep their egg on their feet to keep them off the ice until the chick is hatched.
Can you add any more facts about penguins?
Star Fish
Lauren, Petria and Caitlin found lots of facts about Star Fish
*Sea Stars are another name for Star Fish.
*They live in a broad depth range from shallow to the abyss (more than 6,000 metre deep) on the ocean floor.
*If a star fish’s arm is cut off it will grow again within a year.
*They have eyespots at the end of each arm.
*They have a spiny, hard-skin.
*Star Fish are carnivores (meat-eaters). They eat clams, oysters, coral, fish, and other animals.
* Most Star Fish have five arms (or a multiple of five).
* Star Fish are invertebrates
*They are NOT fish; they are echinoderms.
*There are over 2,000 different species of Star fish worldwide.
Do you know any other facts about Star Fish?
