Māori String Games

This is not a pretty link but see if you can find the hyperlinks to them on this page!

Māori String Games

Reading Challenge: Predator Free NZ

Watch the video.....

Brainstorm the key information below in your reading book. 

Why rats, stoats and possums?

Rats, stoats, and possums kill approximately 25 million native birds every year. They are the most damaging mammalian predators that threaten New Zealand’s natural taonga, economy and primary sector.

• Rats threaten the survival of many native species such as wētā, snails, lizards and birds. They eat almost anything, including our native species and their food sources. They are common agricultural, industrial and domestic predators, causing a great deal of economic damage and posing a risk to human health.
• Stoats have caused the extinction of several New Zealand bird species and are the major cause of decline for many other species, including reptiles and invertebrates. They attack defenceless young kiwi and contribute to the continuing decline of mainland kiwi populations.
• Possums eat many native species including snails and beetles as well as native birds. They decimate forest canopies and compete directly with native birds such as kiwi for food and resources. Possums spread bovine tuberculosis to cattle and deer, resulting in high costs and lost productivity. They also harm horticulture and commercial forestry crops.

Benefits of going predator free

Environment benefits

• We’ll preserve our threatened species, improve our biodiversity, create greater ecological resilience and restore our unique ecosystems.

Cultural and social benefits

• We’ll provide a legacy for future generations. It’s becoming more difficult to show our children and grandchildren the environment we grew up in, and the range of wildlife our ancestors experienced 100 years ago no longer exists.  
• We’ll strengthen our national identity. Our natural spaces provide us with a unique and unrivaled way of life.
• We’ll feel better and more connected. The exercise and natural surroundings enjoyed by volunteer conservationists improves health, and group involvement strengthens communities.

Economic benefits

• We’ll save the $70 million per year that it currently costs to manage rats, stoats and possums.
• We’ll reduce costs and losses from damage and disease in our agricultural and forestry industries.
• We’ll boost revenue and employment in our tourism and trade industries as New Zealand becomes more admired for its unique wildlife and pristine landscapes.

Who’s involved?

There many organisations and people involved in achieving this goal including:

• The Department of Conservation — they will deliver the Predator Free 2050 programme, meeting the goals and coordinating different agencies involved.

• Predator Free 2050 Ltd — the company set up by the government to invest in large landscape scale projects and breakthrough research. It is expected to leverage additional contributions from business, local government and philanthropists.

• Predator Free NZ Trust (that’s us!).

There are other significant players including National Science Challenge Biological Heritage, local government, Ministry for Primary Industries, OSPRI, NEXT Foundation and the many NGOs.

Achieving this ambitious goal will be a team effort by everyone.

Counting in Reo

Learn how to count to then, then the challenge comes. How do you say 3, 568?

Preditor Free Springston School

What did Cook hear on arrival?

Here is a recording of the dawn chorus in The Sounds.
When Captain Cook anchored off New Zealand, he described the dawn chorus singing of the birds as 'deafening'. 

Joseph Banks said...

‘Their voices were certainly the [most] melodious wild musick I have ever heard, almost imitating small bells but with the most tuneable silver sound imaginable.’

The big questions:
What has happened since Cook was here? 

Why are there not many birds left? 

Which birds have become extinct? Meet the Giant Haast Eagle.....

Moa at the museum..... how to they get it right?

 

What can we do to protect our native birds?

All aboard the Endeavour

Come on board for your very own visit and imagine what it would have been like to sail with Captain James Cook.

Matariki - gathering information

Work through this interactive activity and record 5 - 10 facts about Matariki in your reading book. Be ready to use these ideas to help design the packaging for your Matariki koha. (Gift)

Link to the activity.

Hello to you all

Wet Weekend Toy Survey

Please fill out this survey to help us gather information that will help us design a cool wet play time toy to sell at the end of the year. Link Here.

Build a Manu Tukutuku

Watch this video and take notes in your reading book.

We will be building a kite for Matariki - to share with the teachers at conference after Queen's Birthday Weekend. You have to do a good job because you have an audience of teachers who want to learn from you.

We will watch this video, unpack some instructions on Tuesday and we will build the kite on Thursday.

Pronouncing those Te Reo double vowel sounds!

We have unpacked the parts we recognise and learned how to say the double vowel sounds. How fast can we get at saying the longest place name in New Zealand?

Poetry - Go Jasper Joe

Avatars

Hugo's Glasses

Monarch Butterfly

What facts can you gather from this page?

Check out this New Zealand Website. How might we build a butterfly garden?

The Butterfly Musketeers

Living Springs Camp

Living Springs 2018 from Weave Digital Studio on Vimeo.

School Kit - write a poem

Today our School Kit box arrived. It is going to help us write awesome poems to share with our buddy school. In the next 4 weeks, 96,000 New Zealand children are going to writing and sharing poems using their special 'Write your own story' boxes. 

The poems are going to be written on your very own postcard and will follow this shape....

(Title) 2 words, 4 words, 5 words, 4 words, 3 words (Item Name).

Poetry - The Blobfish

Poetry - Computer Care

Working in a team

In Heaphy, we have been finding out how to work as a team by using lots of fun activities.

1. Building a card tower



2. The balloon kick challenge



3. The shower curtain challenge



We have been thinking about what strategies help us be effective when we work in a team.

Calming down your brain

In Heaphy, we have been learning about two of our brains. One of them helps us survive by either fighting or fleeing but it is a bit wild. The other brain is the thinking brain but it can't work if the brain stem, back or dog brain is in control. We have been thinking about how we can calm ourselves down so that we can think and communicate.

Certificates in Week 1 of 2019

At the Junior Assembly he give out certificates for being kind, trying hard and working well with others. Check out who got one this week.:

• Freya
• Quintin
• Lexie
• Caitlin
• Abel
• Josh

Well done team and keep up the good work.

Are you in our waka - welcome to Heaphy Stride!

Welcome to Heaphy Stride. This is our class blog for great learning resources so come and check it out.

See our waka... it is so big that I had to take two photos to fit everyone on. We are unpacking our waka paddles - be kind, try hard and work well with others.