How Whales Eat

We found out that the humpback whale has no teeth. It has baleen. Baleen is made out of the same stuff  as our finger nails. It acts like a sieve to trap the little krill that humpback whales eat.

We put on our scientist's hats and experimented on how whales eat their food. We had sieves that were the baleen whales and tweezers that were toothed whales.

We had fish (carrots) and parsley (Krill) for the whales to eat.

We tried catching the food with tweezers and sieves.

We could catch a fish with one bite.

We could get lots of krill with one gulp.

We could get a little bit of krill with one bite.

Some Writing about Whales

I am a Whale

I can dive. i can take a breath. I can sing. I can swim around in a circle. I am talking to my friend. I say good bye to my friend. I have a busy day. In the morning I learn a new trick. I can do a flip.
By Ava


Whales can slash and whales can sing and whales can go under water.
By Elle Rose


They can go up to the water to breathe. They can blow out water. The can jump off the water.
By Tyler

Whales blow bubbles to eat fish. Their fins are four metres long. The whales splash to make a signal to other whales.
By Riley

Community Hui

We had our Community Hui on Thursday evening. The KapaHaka group sang some songs. We had a sausage sizzle, and then everyone came to reading, writing, maths and science workshops. It was heaps of fun. Every went home with lots of ideas about how to support learning at home.

Luke and his Dad talk about a story they have read.

Ella enjoyed playing snatch with her family.

Liam read to his Dad. Great job Liam!

More Quality Work

Measuring a Whale

We were wondering about whales. We wondered which whales swam past New Zealand. We wondered how big they were. We thought a whale would fit in our classroom so we thought we would make a whale. We found out that humpback whales swim around New Zealand. They are 16 metres long.

We found a measuring stick that was one metre long. We only had one stick so we had to carefully mark the paper at the end of the stick and then move the stick along. We had to check that we put the end of the stick on our line.

We found out that the humpback whale has flippers that are as long as four  children.

We measured 16 metres.

Look at how long our whale is!!!

We painted our whale. A humpback whale doesn't have teeth. It has  baleen instead.

Our whale is beautiful. If you want to see it come and look in our classroom.

Ocean Currents

The Ocean Moves
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Fun Run

We had lots of fun fundraising for our new playground. A big thank you to the Tawa Volunteer Fire Brigade for coming out and helping us keep cool.


 

What we can see under the sea.

Tides

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Sports Day

Yesterday we went to St Francis Xavier for a sports day. We balanced bean bags on our heads. We kicked balls and had an egg and spoon race. We used hockey sticks and balls. I thought it was awesome. It was lots of fun. I made a new friend! It was a girl. I liked the egg and spoon race the best of all. What a busy day. By Molly

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