Amber's Home learning!

Holiday Writing!!

I went to Kaikoura and we saw the seals. They were exciting and they were terrific at putting their heads back and flipping underwater. When we went to bed the trainswoke us up. By Isabella

I slept in my holiday house in Auckland we played on shimmering golden sand beaches. We also flew this humungous kite it was like a rainbow shimmering in the golden sun. We also went to see  Nana Marion and Grandpa Jon in in their two storeyed white house. By Amber

When we were going to Timezone we had a treat first. It was frozen yogurt, mango and chocolate I got to choose my toppings like sprinkles. Then we went to Timezone and there was a bowling game, I played it and I got 15 tickets!
By William

Thomas's Writing

When I went to Tumble Down Bay me and my brother made little pools by digging

a big round shallow hole. When Dad came back he had two tiny paddle crabs in his

hands.(Paddle crabs get their name from the paddles on their back legs) We put the crabs in our pool but instead of scuffling around they dug into the sand. Only the eyes and mouth remained.

When I was swimming on my paddle board something grabbed my leg and then let me go. Then I was running out of the sea because I was scared!

A crab put its pinchers up to pinch me. When me and my dad checked the net there were two tiny paddle crabs and one big paddle crab I had to carry the big paddle crab in a bucket and Kisik , my brother carried the two tiny crabs in a jar.

Paddle crabs eat small fish and small plants. When paddle crabs see an enemy

they raise their pinchers or dig down into the sand so the enemy can't see them. There is over 300 paddle crabs in the world, they aren't even an endangered species. When we went home, we cooked the paddle crabs up and there were

two big paddle crabs we had to cook and there was hardly any meat in them.

I felt happy to go to bed with warm full tummy. In the morning I got to eat the

left over crab meat.

By Frida

Whio Update

Well done to Adele, who rose to the challenge and told me all about whio. Whio are  a native duck to New Zealand and commonly known as "blue duck'. They are endangered species. We found a video clip today sharing more information. Click the link below for more information
Blue duck video