My NZ mini beast report

We have been learning about mini beasts as part of science. We have been creating information reports about mini beast of our choice. The mini beast we chose had to live in Aotearoa/NZ. Here is my writing. I worked with Indi.

                                             Amazing 

Aotearoa/New Zealand

  Mumutawa/ladybirds                                 

 What are Mumutawa/ladybirds?

Mumutawa/ladybirds are little kata/insects. They were brought to New Zealand.
Mumutawa/ladybirds are also
called Farmers’ Friends because they help farmers get rid of pests. The orange spotted
ladybird is also known as Mumutawa and Coccinella leonine. The Harlequin ladybug is
native to NZ. They kaiao/live up to 2-3 years. They’re named Mumutawa/ladybirds after
Lady Mary ( Mother of Jesus ) because off her red cloak that she wore in kōwhaiwhai/
paintings. There are many different types of Mumutawa/ladybirds. The Harlequin
ladybug is A.K.A Harmonia axyridis. The orange spotted ladybird is not threatened. The
Harlequin Mumutawa/ladybirds are 5 to 8 mm. 

                                                Habitat

 Mumutawa/ladybirds live in both North and South Island. Sometimes you can see them
in your mahi mara/garden rerere/flying around and being free. Remember don’t hurt
them because they help you. Some live in warmer places than others. 

Mumutawa/ladybirds live in shrubs, trees, mahi mara/gardens, fields, huahake/crops,
parks. Some even live in wharepuni/houses. They also live in native habitats. 

                  

                           Social Behaviour

Some mumutawa/ladybirds are takitahi/individual. They only pāhikohiko/interact
with others of their kind during breeding. Each kind of mumutawa/ladybirds has its
own odor for attracting  a mate. Some are partly takitahi/individual and gather in large
groups. This is during takurua/winter or while hekenga/migrating. Mumutawa/
ladybirds mate in aroaromahana/spring and early matiti/summer. The male grips the
tuawahine/female from behind and holds on kita/tight.

                                    Feeding time

Mumutawa/ladybirds love to eat just like us. Tuatahi/First of all Mumutawa/
ladybirds are mostly carnivores (Carnivores only eat meat) but some can also be
omnivores ( Omnivores eat both meat and plants ). Carnivores Mumutawa/ladybirds
eat mites, white flies, kuturiki/aphids and scale kata/insects. Mumutawa/ladybirds that
are omnivores eat  mites, white paturongo/flies, kuturiki/aphids and scaled kata/insects
and they eat /pollen and mushrooms. Mumutawa/ladybirds eat their pārurenga/prey
alive. Mumutawa/ladybirds love kuturiki/aphids.

 How do they breed
Mumutawa/ladybirds lay up to 40 eggs at a time. Mumutawa/ladybirds lay once or

more times a year. The eggs of the ladybug is either orange or yellow. These eggs will
hatch within 4-10 days. Ladybirds lay their eggs in clusters or rows on the underside of
a leaf, usually where kuturiki/aphids have gathered. Mumutawa/ladybirds usually 
breed in May but they mate in Koanga/spring and early Raumati/summer. 

                                                   Threats
The kapatau/threats of the Mumutawa/ladybirds are 11 spotted ladybugs,

poraka/frogs,wasps,spiders,dragonflies,birds. Manu/Birds are the main predators.
Mumutawa/ladybirds will hide in shrubs, trees, grass,and more.The bright colours of
the ladybug are telling predators to tua o tāwauwau/back off!! Also Mumutawa/
ladybirds ooze yucky smelly  toxic liquid that will also tell predators to tua o tāwauwau/
back off!!! Other konihi/predators are assassin bugs, parasitic wasps, and ants. 

                              

  How do they breed
Mumutawa/ladybirds lay up to 40 eggs at a time. Mumutawa/ladybirds lay once or

more times a year. The eggs of the ladybug is either orange or yellow. These eggs will
hatch within 4-10 days. Ladybirds lay their eggs in clusters or rows on the underside
of a leaf, usually where kuturiki/aphids have gathered. Mumutawa/ladybirds usually 
breed in May but they mate in Koanga/spring and early Raumati/summer. 

                                                   Threats

The kapatau/threats of the Mumutawa/ladybirds are 11 spotted ladybugs, poraka/frogs,
wasps,spiders,dragonflies,birds. Manu/Birds are the main predators. Mumutawa/l
adybirds will hide in shrubs, trees, grass,and more.The bright colours of the ladybug
are telling predators to tua o tāwauwau/back off!! Also Mumutawa/ladybirds ooze
yucky smelly  toxic liquid that will also tell predators to tua o tāwauwau/back off!!!
Other konihi/predators are assassin bugs, parasitic wasps, and ants. 

Ending

This is some pārongo/information about Mumutawa/ladybirds. Remember they help
your
mahi mara/garden so don’t uruhua/hurt them. We hope you now know more about
Mumutawa/ladybirds and make sure you kaikanohi/look after them!

                              

Animation

Today we were learning to do animation on google slides. We had to use free to use images and we had to change some of the code to make it work. We had to make the animation loop by changing the word false to true inside to code. In the code I also changed the moving part to make it go faster. hope you enjoyed my animation.

Weta information report term 3

This is a piece of writing that we did for our minibeast topic when we were learning about weta. We had to write an imformation report on this insect.

Click here to see our success criteria. 
Amazing weta of Aotearoa


What are weta

Weta are native to NewZealand. There are five types of weta Giant weta, Tusked weta, Ground weta, Cave weta and Tree weta. Giant weta is the biggest weta. Some people they think that weta are ugly. There is a maori legend about a weta called punga that means spirit of ugliness. Weta have an exoskeleton. An exoskeleton is an outer shell that protects the body. Weta also have ears on their front legs just below the knee joint.

Where do they live?
Weta live in many different places. 
Weta live in trees and dig holes in the ground and they may live in your firebox! Ground weta and tusked ( tusked weta are rare to find ) weta live in burrows. Giant weta live in trees on the ground under rocks or plants. Tree weta live in holes in trees these are called gallery. Cave weta live in  sea coast caves also live in hollow tree trunks, under houses, tunnels and under stones. 

How do they eat ?
All weta eat something. Giant weta and tree weta are herbivores and eat lichen, seeds, fruit and flowers. Tusked weta and ground weta are carnivores they eat tiny invertebrates, slugs, worms and snails. Some weta are even omnivores. For example cave weta are omnivores they eat fungi, leaves, plants other insects and animal remains. ( Herbivores- just eat plants carnivores-eat only meat omnivores-eat both meat and plants )


How do they reproduceIn
 late koanga spring and raumati summer they mate. In ngahuru autumn the females lay there eggs up to 6 to 10 at a time. In there whole life time females may lay up to 300 eggs. The following spring  the babies hatch and grow.The babies have to shed there skin 9 times until the are adult weta . The male tree weta has to fight of other male weta with his jaws and spiked legs. The females breed in alpine environments, urban gardens, grass lands and shrub lands. 

Social behavior
Weta rub their legs together to make a chirping sound so they can communicate with other weta. Tree weta live in groups they are called galleries. Other weta live by themselves. 

Threats
People from Europe brought cats, rats, hedgehogs, stoats and ferrets. Other threats of the weta are tuataras, birds and even humans. Humans are threats because they destroy their habitats. Poison and spray also kills weta. We need to look after there habitats so they don’t die.    

DLO adding and/or subtracting to much.

My Marae Recount

                    Room 7 And 5 Camp

On the first and second of May, term two 2019, room 7 and 5 went
to the Arahura Marae to learn about our local marae. There were
also parent helpers who came. Once we had arrived we lined up at
the gate and we started the powhiri process. After the powhiri
process we ate kai  ( food ) and then once everyone had finished
we all sat on the ground on the marae and shared our mihi. Just
before we started my sister kept running to me asking me questions
about her mihi. When it was my turn I was very nervous and I nearly forgot
a bit of my mihi but I remembered it after about 1 second.

One of the activities we did was to go look for pounamu. We got changed
and had a little play before going down to the awa  ( river )
to look for pounamu. We went with a member from the marae.
His name was Jerry. His cousin also came down with us . When we
were walking down to the awa there was a little lookout and when you
looked over it, it felt like you were going to fall. Once we had arrived
everyone started looking straight away. Harper from room 5 found a
piece of serpentine ( a piece of pounamu that needs more time underground
so it can turn into adult pounamu )  and she got to keep it. After awhile of
looking I found some serpentine. I gave it to Indi because it was my first
piece I’ve ever found. ( You give away the first piece you’ve ever found ).
I enjoyed looking for pounamu.

Another activity was a technology challenge (  not the digital
technology but the technology were something is made ).
Miss Ireland was incharge of the technology challenge. Miss Ireland
told us we had to make a costume of a taniwha and all we could use was
newspapper, tape and scissors. I was in a group with Indi, Mylah and Billie.
We made a Waitaiki costume even though we were supposed to make a taniwha
costume. We came first place tied with another group but I don’t remember the
people who were in that group.

At night we had a campfire and ate smores. While some people were finishing
their smores we sang waiatas. After the waiatas Ms Kemp and Ms Barrow told
us stories. Ms Kemp told us a story about a maiden who needed a job. She got
a job and then  her master made up big weird words that were so long that
when the house was on fire and she was trying to warn the master the maiden
had to say all those long words that by the time she finished the house was
completely on fire. Ms Barrow told us a story about a magic stingray  girl who
lost her parents and friends because the fish people ( humans ) caught them and
killed them. Ms Kemps story was funny and Ms Barrows story was about taking
only what you needed.

I enjoyed the marae trip. I am thankful for all the work that
the members of the marae did for us children. I am also thankful
for the parents and the teachers that took care of us. If the parents
didn’t come the teachers would of had a hard time taking care of us so thank
you parents.

By Alaska

Self Portraits - Quote Art Term One 2019

Here is my Quote art. In term one we looked at our school values and what it takes to be a good learner and classmate at Karoro School.  As part of this we drew self-portraits and chose quotes that reflected something we believed in or a value we see as important.

If I had wings

For the past few weeks we have been doing poetry. This weeks task was a poem about If I had wings... First we had to answer some questions and then we had to colour in the piece of paper with the poem.Last of all we had to write our own If I Had Wings poem. We had to use sticky 
( interesting ) language, use the five senses and use interesting verbs and nouns. Here is my poem.

My school kit poem

Over the past few weeks we have been part of the ' Get NZ Writing ' poetry project . This project aimed to get 96,000 poems written across NZ. We have sent a tin with objects in it and  I used three of these  objects to write poems. Here is my poem.

Powhiri process

We have been learning about being welcomed onto a marae. Here is my writing work about powhiri.

Kawa of Care

We have been learning to follow the Kawa of Care which tells us how to look after our devices and be Cyber smart. We had to chose three rules to write about. Here is my work



                               Kawa of Care

Alaska Wharenui Task

                                               We have been learning about wharenui because we are going to stay at our local Marae. Here is my writing about a wharenui.

 Wharenui

This is a descriptive writing about a wharenui. Here are some facts about a
wharenui.

A Wharenui is a special place were some people have meetings or have
special  occasions. Some of the people that have meetings could be the
Prime Minister the Queen and other special people. Some of the special
occasions could be a birthday party for one of the people who belong to
the wharenui also if one of the people who belong to the wharenui passed
away they could do a funeral/ tangi at the wharenui.  There might be other
special occasions that could be held in a wharenui. A wharenui is special
because it holds Maori legends with the carvings ( carvings tell you a Maori
legend ) , it also is very important for Maori because it is a house of culture.
It represents an ancestor that was very sacred. It is also important for
many other reasons.

A Wharenui is representing a Maōri  ancestor. The head ( the top of the wharenui) is called the koruru. On the sides of the wharenui are the arms in Maori it is called maihi and at the ends  of the maihi are the hands. The hands in Maori is called the raparapa . There is a long panel across the room which is the spine and in Maori it is called the tahuhu and across the tahuhu is the ribs which in Maori it is called heke. In the middle of the wharenui is the heart. In Maori it is called poutokomanawa.

Those are some facts about a wharenui.By Alaska