The legend of Tapu springs

In room 17 we had to read the Tapu Springs Legend. We then all read it as a class. I think it was a great story and I got sucked into it straight away.
Once we had read it all we had to write down 6 main events. We chose: The taniwha children getting water from the sacred lake, the chief turning the children into stone, Haumapuhia refusing to go and get some water from the far lake, The Chief getting the water himself but waits there, Haumapuhia goes looking for her father and he tries to drown her, last of all Haumapuhia turns into a taniwha and bashes against the mountains making the river.
We then drew a plan and wrote down some information we could use. Once everyone was up to date we retold the story on comic life, drew the pictures and stuck it in our camp book. 

Beach waves

The whirling sound of the waves rebounding echoes,

I run along the damp sand.

My togs feel like their super glued to my skin.

I sprint down to the crashing waves,

My feet get soaked with salty water.

I suddenly dive in noticing my body growing colder,

I push my head up gasping for air.

By Madison,

Aged 10.  

Glow worms

GLOW WORMS

There are 12 species of glow worms.

Glow Worms live world wide. They prefer moist caves or woodlands. Their habitats need to be moist because the eggs can only survive in damp habitats when they are growing.

Glow worms like undisturbed territory.

They have a coal black body when they are young sometimes when they are older they can turn brown. Their light can change from yellow to green and they use them every night.

They can grow up to 2.5 - 5.0 cm in size.

Glow worms use their light to attract their mates at night by sticking their butt up in the air and seeing whose is brightest.Their light can also be dangerous and can attract predators. once the glow worms have mated they lay 50-100 yellow eggs. The eggs take 3-6 weeks to hatch but they speed up the progress if the weather is warm. The baby glow worm takes 9 months to grow up then it turns into a pupa (cocoon) that takes 2 weeks. They then hatch and become an adult within 3 days.

There are only a few animals that threat glow worms like, spiders, birds, bats and centipedes. Glow worms don’t have many predators mainly animals that can reach them in their caves.

Glow worms eat little amount of food and are omnivores but they do desire meat such as slugs and snails. Glow worms use their attractive light to make their prey enter the cave. Once their prey has entered the cave they will be trapped in the sticky threads that the glow worms have made. They can then tell when the threads have caught something because the glow worms get a sense of vibration. The glow worm will then strangle the other bug to death. After the long process the glow worm will enjoy sucking out the juices or eating the full body.

Glow worms are threatened because of their short lifespan and because of their tail attracting more predators.

The scientific name for the Glow worm is Arachnocampa Luminosa.

   

Design School

Today for our maths we had to build and measure a school. We had to have at least 5 buildings that didn't have gaps. Brooklyn, Charlotte and I chose to do 3d buildings that cotained the right measurement. Once we finished the building we had to scale it out on a peice of paper. 

After that we had to make room for the field, courtyard, car park and netball courts. We didn't end up measuring the buildings because we were to worried that there wasn't enough colour.

We made many mistakes and started over many times
 It was complicated and we had a few disagreeing fights but we got through in the end.