Beverley Begg Observatory Visit
Families from Rūma Pipi and Rūma Tepetepe visited the Beverley-Begg Observatory on Tuesday 10th September as part of our study on space.
We learnt more about the night sky from Warren and Ash, our guides. We got to look through different telescopes at the moon and Saturn. We saw some star clusters too. The children impressed with what they knew already and asked some great questions.
Matariki Poems
Our very own new year is now a public holiday, with Kiwis around the country marking it on Friday, June 24, this year.
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Matariki Nine twinkling stars up above me Spending time with my family and friends The start of the Māori New Year Matariki By Martha |
Glow Matariki whetu Seven sisters in the night sky Shining brightly Twinkling Matariki whetu By Clementine |
Matariki The Matariki stars glow in the pitch-black night sky The start of the Māori New Year Spending time with my family |
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Matariki Glowing stars above the Earth It is a time to look back when people pass away and spending time with your family |
Matariki The stars glow in the night sky with a twinkle Nine Matariki stars By Mahalia |
Matariki We have a feast and we watch the Matariki stars shine and glow up in the sky By Eazrianah |
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Matariki The Matariki stars twinkling up in the night sky above the town Matariki breakfast eating outside under the stars By Caius |
Matariki Having breakfast with my friends and my family Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle little stars By Macie |
Matariki Eating breakfast under the night sky The stars glistening With my mum and dad Glowing over the Earth It is a time to spend with your family By Taze |
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Matariki Stars glistening up above in the sky There have been many stories Nine sisters Māori New Year By Jaih |
Matariki Twinkling in the night Is the 9 sisters Up high in the sky Family and friends Gathering together for kai. By Jess |
The Matariki stars are twinkling and shining over my house. By River-Rose |
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I am going to look at the bright Matariki stars with my family and friends. By Frank |
The Matariki sister stars in the sky. By Riki |
Nine twinkling stars in the Matariki sky. By Aylah |
Our Haiku Poems
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Turtles they live in the sea they use their flippers to swim their shell protects them By Macie
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Kingfish they eat little fish swing their tails left and right hiding in seaweed By Taze
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Octopus they eat fish and crabs squirt ink, escape predators! their tentacles swish By Jess
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Sea Anemone found in the rock pools wave their tentacles around trying to get food By Jaih
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Narwhal has a horn so sharp live down deep in the ocean leaping in the air By Martha
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Clown Fish swimming side to side they live deep in the water eat fish and seaweed By Caius
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Sea Stars they have lots of arms move slowly over the rocks looking for some food By Mahalia
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Seahorse they eat tiny fish camouflage in the seaweed keep away from crabs
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Crabs scuttle on the sand looking for food for dinner hide under the rocks By Ragnar
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Jellyfish they eat small plankton sting prey with their tentacles floating in the sea By Jack
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Tiger Shark they eat fish and squid they are apex predators lurking in the sea By Remy
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Hector’s Dolphin they swim in the sea swimming silently around catching fish for tea By Clementine
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Our Butterfly Stories
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We had a monarch butterfly. It started as a caterpillar. The caterpillar ate most of the leaves on the swan plant. Then it made itself into a chrysalis. Then it transformed into a butterfly!! It dried out its wings. Then it flew away. I think its going to the Botanic Gardens. It might have got into the Botanic shop. It might sneakily be trying to get an ice block! By Remy |
We got a swan plant from Rūma Pipi with an egg on it. Then the egg hatched and out came a baby caterpillar. It ate and ate the leaves of the swan plant. It gets bigger. Then it went into a chrysalis for two weeks. Then it turned into a butterfly. I wonder where it went. By Martha |
Our butterfly started as an egg and then it changed into a caterpillar. It ate and ate and ate leaves off our swan plant. Then it formed a chrysalis. The chrysalis was green. Then it hatched out into a butterfly. The butterfly was black and orange. It was a monarch butterfly. It dried its wings and then it flew away. I don’t know where it went. By Jack |
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We got a swan plant. On the swan plant was a caterpillar. The caterpillar ate and ate and ate. It turned into a chrysalis. In the chrysalis, the caterpillar ate itself. Out of the chrysalis hatched a butterfly. The butterfly laid eggs. By Ragnar |
We got a swan plant from Room 5. There was a tiny caterpillar on it. It got bigger when it ate lots and lots. It made a chrysalis. Then after 3 weeks it turned into a butterfly. I wonder if it was a female or a male. Last time it was a female because it had an extra spot. This time I forgot to see! It had to pump its wings. Then it flew away. It should lay some eggs. Then they will turn into a caterpillar. By Clementine |
We got a swan plant from Rūma Pipi. It started with an egg. It turned into a caterpillar. Then it ate and ate the leaves. Then it turned into a chrysalis. Then it turned into a butterfly. By Caius |
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It is butterfly day. Last week our butterfly hatched. I wonder if it will lay its eggs at our school. When it hatched it flew over to the window and dried its wings. Then when it was ready we put it outside on the flowers. All the Junior classes got one egg on their swan plant. Today we planted the swan plants in the edible garden. My table did our swan plant. Remy and Jaih planted Room 5’s. Caius, Xanthe, Ragnar, Clementine and Mahalia did Room 8’s. By Jess |
We got a swan plant. It had a caterpillar on the swan plant. It ate, ate and ate all the leaves. After it turned into a chrysalis. The chrysalis was hanging on the swan plant. Inside the chrysalis it turned into a butterfly. By Mahalia |
There was an egg. It hatched into a caterpillar. The caterpillar ate and ate all the leaves. The caterpillar turned into a chrysalis. A butterfly hatched. By Macie |
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We got a swan plant. On the swan plant, there was an egg. The egg cracked into a caterpillar. The caterpillar had to eat and eat to get bigger. Then it went into a chrysalis. It become a butterfly and it flew away. |
My classes butterfly egg hatched. It turned into a caterpillar. It ate and it ate leaves. After it ate, it turned into a chrysalis. It stayed in there for a while. It turned black. Then the other day it transformed into a butterfly. We let the butterfly go. By Jaih |
When our egg hatched, it turned into a monarch caterpillar. The caterpillar had yellow and black stripes. It ate and ate until it turned into a chrysalis. Next the chrysalis hatched into a butterfly. The butterfly stretched its wings out to dry them. It flew around our classroom. We opened the window and door so it could get out. By Taze |
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