Natureland

We went to Natureland to find out what foods animals eat to get energy.

We found out that some animals are herbivores, they only eat plants.

Some are carnivores, they only eat other animals.

Some are omnivores they eat both plants and animals.

We looked for the tuatara but it is sleeping in it's burrow for the winter.

We saw lots of birds and animals. Some birds like the kiwi are carnivores but most are omnivores. They eat insects and plants.


Petra the possum was soft and fluffy but she was smelly.

We played a game called pests in the forest.

Healthy smiley faces

We made smiley face sandwiches for our morning tea. We got a piece of bread and a slice of luncheon sausage on top of this we made the face. We used carrots and raisins for eyes and ears, cheese for the nose, tomato for the mouth and lettuce for the hair.

They were yummy.

Owls in Autumn

Lou came and helped us paint our owls that had been fired in the kiln. We used earth colours.

Pottery at the Suter Art Gallery

We went to the Suter Art Gallery and Esther taught us how to make slabwork dragonflies, bats and planes. We had to roll the clay pencil thick, we cut out the patterns and put the clay pieces together by sponging, scratching, wriggling and smoothing. Our clay works were fired in a kiln.

When we came back to school we made slabwork owls. We are very proud of our owls.

Room 7's Edible Garden

We planted lettuce, brussel sprouts, beans, carrots and spinach in our garden. We have a problem with the birds pecking at our plants so we covered the garden with bird netting. But the birds landed on the netting and ate our lettuce, brussel sprouts and spinach plants. We got some sticks from Ray our caretaker and made a scarecrow to frighten the birds away. Our plants are starting to grow at last.