Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Birds

In Room 8, we have been learning about birds.  We have mostly been learning about New Zealand endemic birds.  Here are some of the birds we have been learning about and some facts.

Kiwi - they can't fly, they eat worms and their nostrils are at the end of their beaks.

Karearea - its can swoop down and catch it's prey, it has a sharp beak and it can fly over 100 km per hour.

Haast's Eagle - this bird is extinct but it used to eat Moa, it occasionally ate humans (but we hope it won't eat Ms Toscano! or Room 8), it was the biggest bird ever and had a wing span of up to 3 m.

Piwakawaka - also known as the Fantail, they dart around to eat their food, when you walk around - they eat the bugs that move around you and their is a pure white fantail.


Tui - they have 2 voice boxes so they can copy other noises including human voices, they have 2 white feathers under their chin called a 'poi' and shows that in Maori myth, they were cowards.


We even made our own birds out of cardboard and paper which are hanging in our classroom.






We had lots of fun making birds out of Lego.  If you want to know anything about NZ birds, we know lots so may be able to help you.

Thanks for reading.  Ka kite.



36 comments:

  1. Hi there, my name is Rasina and I am a Year 3 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like how you gave so much ideas in the blog post. It made me think about if our class could do this too. Was it fun making the birds? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  2. Hi there, my name is Alanna and I am a Year 3 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like reading facts about birds. It made me think about classes at our school named after birds . Did you have fun building birds with LEGO? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  3. Hi there, my name is Deezhanay and I am a Year 3 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really liked seeing birds made out of LEGO. It made me think about birds around the world. Did you have some help from somebody else ? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  4. Hi there, my name is Dustine and I am a Year 4 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like how you guys did native bird in new zealand and i like how you guys did extinct birds It made me think about when i was on a school trip and i saw heaps of birds. Have you thought about puting di same amount of writing ? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  5. Hi there, my name is Nathan and I am a Year 3 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like seeing the lego birds that you made It made me think about our classes at our school named after birds. How long did it take to make the birds? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  6. Hi there, my name is Lylarose and I am a Year 3 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like how you gave us a description of birds It made me think about classes at our school named after bird. Did you have fun building birds with LEGO? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  7. Hi there, my name is Azlan and I am a Year 3 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like how you gave us a description of birds. It made me think about the birds in my house that eat the bread . Did you have fun building birds with lego ? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  8. Hi there, my name is JP and I am a Year 3 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like the information that you gave us. It made me think about birds at the beach. Have you thought about making the Lego birds into a bigger version? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  9. Hi there, my name is Zak and I am a Year 3 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like The LEGO birds It made me think about the LEGO I have. maybe next time you should find more types of birds? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  10. Hi there, my name is Reyansh and I am a Year 3 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like that you made a bird with lego materials and with paper. It made me think about when we made something to catch water. Did you get help to make these?If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  11. Hi there, my name is Chantz and I am a Year 3 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like the lego bird. It made me think about when I read my lego book . Have you thought about making a short video to show us how to make them? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  12. Hi there, my name is Charlie and I am a Year 4 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like that you made lots of birds with string cardboard and the last one the white fantail It made me think about my school does some birds . Have you thought about. Next time you could tell us what emdemic? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  13. Hi there, my name is Zachary and I am a Year 4 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like the paper birds you made out of paper. It made me think about when I figured about my work . Have you thought about you doing instructions to tell us how to make those birds? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  14. Hi there, my name is Tyler and I am a Year 3 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like the birds. It made me think about the time I saw a fantail. Was it hard to make them? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  15. Talofa Lava I am Lily from Waikowhai primary school. I really like that you made some birds with LEGO and coloured paper. It made me think about when my class made a fale with cardboard and stuff because it is creative thinking just like you guys did. Maybe next time you could make a bird house for your lovely birds. If you would like to see my blog and my class blog here are the links for you to have a look at https://wpsteanaako.blogspot.com/
    https://wpslilyp.blogspot.com/

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  16. H my name is Lewis I am a year 4 in Kaiwhare and go to Waikowhai primary school. I like how you use LEGO to make birds they are all very cool I like to play LEGO you too but sometimes I don't have the right pieces. Could you share the instructions with us because I think they are really cool. Bye

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  17. Hi there, my name is Darcey-Rose and I am a Year 3 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like seeing how hard you have worked. It made me think about seeing native birds in my garden. Was it hard to make the paper birds? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  18. Hi there, my name is Kieran and I am a Year 3 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like how you made lego birds. It made me think about making lego too. Have you thought about making a video to tell us how you made it? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  19. Hi there, my name is Attis and I am a Year 3 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like reading about birds. It made me think about birds I can see . Did you have fun? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  20. Hi there, my name is Londyn and I am a Year 4 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like both the LEGO birds and paper birds because I like animals. It made me think about art. Have you thought about talking about other animals? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  21. Hi there, my name is Zara and I am a Year 4 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like your lego birds and paper birds creations and what kinds of birds you make. It made me think about all kinds of birds . Have you thought about making your own kind of imaginary bird and what you would name it? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  22. Hi there, my name is Rayhan and I am a Year 4in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like how you made birds with paper and cardboard and lego It made me think about bird because birds and my 3rd favorite animal. Have you thought about making your birds with different materials? If you would like to see my learning, my blog is https://wpsrayhani.blogspot.com/

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  23. Hi there, my name is Josie and I am a Year 4 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like the birds you made with lego and using coloured paper with googly eyes. It made me think about playing with lego at my house. Have you thought about using interesting words to describe your birds? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz. and my blog is www.wpsjosien.blogspot.com

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  24. Hi there, my name is Abdullah and I am a Year 4 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like your creations they look so cool. It made me think about art and painting. Have you thought about making more creations ? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  25. Hi there, my name is karioi and I am a Year 4in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like reading about birds It made me think about seeing a fantail.Did you have a plon to make the birds? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  26. turn on my name is Morgan and I'm a year 4 in Kaiwhare @waikowhai school.
    I like the pictures that have LEGO in them because I have a lot of Lego and I have a LEGO Technic digger the actually moves. Ami me think about the supermarket and airport I built which I shared to the class. maybe you can make bird houses for it and put them together on one Lego plate.
    if you'd like to see my class learning it is at
    https://teanaako.blogspot.com, if you would like to see my learning it is at
    https://wpsmorganl.blogspot.com, and if you would like to see my school learning it is at
    waikowhai.school.nz
    blog you later.

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  27. Hi there, my name is Londyn and I am a Year 4 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like the birds It made me think about that you guys are creative . Have you thought about making other stuff out of birds? If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  28. Hi there, my name is Valerie and I am a Year 4 in Te Ana Ako at Waikowhai School. I really like how you made your birds out of paper.I really admire your work, It's such a peace of art I can't wait to see what else you can make.And also do you gus watch Pocoyo because that tall lego bird looks like Pato. If you would like to see my learning, my class blog is http://wpsteanaako.blogspot.co.nz.

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  29. Hi my name is Mason.This Bird is cool. How do you make birds?

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  30. Kia ora, Wow, you must have been hard at work - the birds you made look amazing. We like how you shared so many different facts about NZ birds. How long did it take to create the birds? Thanks for sharing with us. From Kererū Class

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  31. Hi this is Chloe and Paula and Georgie we are a Year 4 and year 3 at Wigram Primary. We like your Birds and your ideas we wish we could make some like yours. How long did it take you to make the birds?

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  32. Hey guys! We love your fantails! How long did it take You to create them?
    From Jacob at Wigram Primary School

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  33. Hi there,
    I like the Lego duck it looks very cool.I like how all the pictures have a meaning. Maybe next time you could do more detail. From Amber at Rawhiti School.

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  34. hi i am Xavier from Rawhiti school hi i am l like how made birds out of Lego can you make some more? can you make some more of the paper birds?

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  35. Hi I am faith from Rawhiti .I like how much effort you put in and the Lego one it was so amazing . Maybe next time you can describe it more .

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