Rocket Writing

I know these things about New Zealand...that when you go to Queenstown you have to drive along side the lake. I know that the Prime minister of New Zealand is Helen Clark. I know that the Governmet is in Wellington and that Wellington is the Capital City of New Zealand.

By Stacey

Rocket Writing

I know these things about Invercargill...I know that the water tower holds our water and that you can go up to the top of it. I know that the Tuatara were found by scientists from New Zealand.

By Jack

What is important to me about New Zealand

We each had a lump of Play-Dough. We each had to make something that was important to us about New Zealand, like water, the Kiwi, houses and people. I made a church and Jared made water (a lake).

By Mahnoor & Jared

Place Mats

These are the questions for our place mats about New Zealand...What does each picture make you wonder? If your were in this picture how would you feel? What do you know about this picture? and Who would be here and what would they be doing? My favourite place mat was the picture of Mount Cook because it is big, white and covered in snow.

By Xanthe & Liam

Tuning In 'The National Anthem'

We listened to the National Anthem and said every thing we knew about it. We know that the All Blacks sing it before a big match and that it is sung at lots of other sporting events. The first verse is sang in Maori then the second one in English with a Haka in the middle. When we listened to the National Anthem we felt proud to be a Kiwi.

By Bradley & Jessica

Taking Action

The students decided that a simple way to take action for this inquiry, was to stop our families from spraying for bugs in the home. They chose to make fridge magnets as a reminder of why we need bugs.

The students came up with a list of reasons not to spray bugs, and each chose one to put on their magnets.

Making Conclusions

To make conclusions from this inquiry, we did two things.

First we Layed it on the Line. We had to decide if we agreed or disagreed with Miss Findlays statements, and explain why we thought this.

We also did "Putting me in the picture". The children had to draw a picture to show how the things we have learnt in our inquiry (like how we affect a bugs life, and what jobs bugs do), will affect their lives now.