Kids Restore the Kepler - Wood Pigeon

This week our bird was the Wood Pigeon.  One new fact were learnt was that kereru feed their chick on milk.  They make a special high protein milk in a special pouch in their throat called a crop.  Both parents make milk and feed the chick.

We made some Wood Pigeon masks.  Can you guess who we are??

Kids Restore the Kepler - Kiwi

Did you know that Fiordland is home to the tokoeka, the largest type of kiwi.  Females are larger than males and can weigh over three kilos (that’s nearly as much as a takahe!).
We drew our own kiwis last week and wrote some great facts about the Kiwi.  Here are just a small selection.

Te Anau/Mararoa School Pet Day

Click on Mrs Taylor's Dog 'Scruffy' to see our Smile Box of the school Pet Day.

Kids Restore the Kepler

We were lucky enough to have the Kiwi from DOC come in.  We used this to create our own drawings of Kiwis.

Run, Jump, Throw

We are lucky enough to take part in a 6 week Run, Jump, Throw programme that Southland Sport are running.  We have Lorne come up every Thursday and teach us some skills for 45 minutes.  These are some of the activities we did last week.

Hiwi the kiwi show

Lucky Te Anau School!  We had the Minstrel and Mrs Minstrel visit us yesterday.
We sang songs and talked about fishing for the future, and being safe on the water.

The Minstrel brought along a fishing rod with flashing lights!

Do you know why you need to take a wet towel with you when you go fishing?
Ask a Room 3 person to explain.

Riley is doing careful measuring to see if the snapper is big enough. 
Do you know how to measure a fish accurately?  Room 3 can tell you.

AND ALWAYS WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET IN A BOAT ON THE WATER!

Our Visit to Invercargill to watch Mr McGee and the Biting Flea

Read our shared writing  about our trip to Invercargill to  watch the live theatre show of Mr McGee and the Biting Flea.