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Weta Report

This is a piece of writing that we did for our mini beast topic .

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Weta Report

Weta are insects, they are native to NZ and they live in specific places in the North and South Island.They can live in hot and cold weather. Did you know some of the tusk Weta live on the ground. At night time they leave their resting place to move around.

Weta like to eat fruit,leaves,flowers. Weta normally eat lichens.The ground and tusk Weta are carnivores and they eat worms and snails the other Weta are herbivores or omnivores. Weta only eat at night because it could be safer to hunt when danger can’t see them.The tree and giant Wētā eat mostly lichens, leaves, flowers, seed-heads, and fruit.

Weta lay eggs at night and normally their eggs stay in the ground for a year. They mate in the spring and summer. Over all they lay 300 eggs in a lifetime. The males have to protect their females by fighting for her.

Tree Wētā are social creatures. A gallery(group) can have a number of young Wētā and females but only one male. The males defend their gallery from other males. When threatened, Wētā wave their spiky hind legs to frighten and scratch invaders and predators. They also hiss and bite. Female tree Wētā can look threatening too. They have an ovipositor for laying eggs, but it looks like a very large stinger!

Tree Wetas hide during the day in holes in hollow tree branches many native birds like kiwi, robin and tomtit eat Wetas also hedgehogs, stoats, possums, mice and rats like Weta.  To protect themselves when attacked they raise their spiny back legs above their bodies to look large and prickly. Wētā are threatened by introduced predators and habitat loss. We can help Weta by moving them to save places to live. We can help protect all Wētā species by trapping rats in our backyards

Summery: Tree wetas hide during the day in holes in hollow tree branches and come out at night to eat. Many native birds and mammals eat wetas. To protect themselves when attacked they  raise their spiny back legs above their bodies to look large and prickly and hiss and bite. A gallery can have a number of young wētā and females but only one male. Over all they lay 300 eggs in a lifetime. The tree and giant wētā eat mostly lichens, leaves, flowers, seed-heads, and fruit.  At night time they leave their resting place to move around.

I learnt that weta have been around since the dinosaurs. 

By James

Mini beast Reading work

At school we have been learning about Mini beasts.Her is some of my Reading work i have been doing with Kadyden.

James Area and Perimeter DLO Term 3 2019

Transformation

Writing-Abandones Places

ABANDONED places

Our learning goals are to:

-write a description, using powerful words and phrases

-include some Te Reo Māori

-carefully check that our sentences make sense and have correct punctuation and spelling.

ABANDONED CITY

One day me and Team Zombs went looking for survivors after the  big war. We got dropped off by Joe who is one of the Team Zombs members.  Me and Cooper went looking for survivors and we also got loaded with guns. Cooper’s gun was a Flamethrower and I got a MINIGUN.  

We were getting dropped off at an abandoned city. It was very scary. Lots of windows were smashed. The buildings were ruined and metal was sticking out. The wild peacock’s had takin over the city. It smelt like wild peacock roaming around.

 Once we got dropped off we started looking for survivors then I heard something and I was like, “Did you hear that Cooper?” And he was like, “No.” Then BANG, I got hit  in the leg and luckily it was not that bad. I was still capable to walk. I could hear peacocks screaming.  

We then realised the war was still going on. We  went for a closer look and we saw someone so we hid in a tree until the fighting had ended. Then we went looking for survivors. We did not find any so we went back to the helicopter and  Joe was there with his P90. “There were no survivors left,” said Cooper. So we went home feeling guilty.

Making a Paper Plane

Hi, today I researched how to make a paper plane. I have made a presentation of the instructions. When you have had a go, let me know how your plane flew, and maybe send me a photo. Smart Blogging.