Tiger

Tigers are mammals. They are a kind of cat. Tigers are carnivores.

They have stripes on their body. Tigers have white bellies. They have sharp teeth and claws. They have 4 legs. Tiger’s tails are
half as long as its body.

Tigers are found in Asia. Sometimes they live in forests. They also live in Sumatra, china, India and, Russia.

Tigers hunt at night and sleep in the morning. Tigers scratch a tree to say this is its territory.

By Roselyne

A Kiwi Report

A kiwi is a bird that doesn’t fly.

A kiwi is a brown. A kiwi is covered with fur. It has strong and little feet.

The kiwi bird is New Zealand’s national bird. It lives in areas of damp in New Zealand.

It defends itself by using its legs .It uses it’s beak to get its food. Its nose is nearly at the bottom of its beak.

Reporter : Samantha ‘ Rei Iosefo Vao

Giraffes

A Giraffe is a Mammal and giraffes are herbivores so they don’t eat meat.

Giraffes have long tails. Giraffes have different patterns. Giraffes legs are very long and strong. Giraffes have two ossicones on their head.

Giraffes live in the savannas in a country called Africa.

Giraffes can get away from their predators easily but when giraffes drink at the water hole they have to split their legs to drink and they cant straighten their legs fast enough to get away from their predator the Lion. Giraffes eat leaves from trees and they don’t chew until they bring their food back up. When Giraffes eat their leaves that get moisture from it that’s why they don’t go to the water hole every hour.

Tiger Report

A Sumatran tiger is a mammal. Sumatran tigers are the smallest of their species.

A tiger is stripy and colourful. They have pointy ears. It has a long tail and whiskers.

Sumatran tigers live in the Indonesian Islands.

A tiger is not a herbivore, it’s a carnivore. A tiger scratches a tree to mark its territory.

By Joshua

Tuatara

Tuatara are reptiles. They are related to Dinosaurs. They are not lizards.

They are green and very slow, but on short distances they can run fast. Their skin is soft and scaly too.

Tuatara live on 20 different islands around NZ. They also live in burrows.

Tuatara hunt at night time and sleep during the day. They also crawl. They eat bugs too.

By Destiny

Podcasting

Zoo trip on Thursday

Hi Room 10,
I'm so excited about our zoo trip on Thursday! I can't wait to see all of the amazing animals - especially the six endangered animals we have been learning about. Have you been to the zoo before? Post a comment letting me know what animal or animals you most want to see.

Orangutan Cinquain by Vaea

Orangutans
Furry Long-armed
Swinging Climbing Drinking
Nests up high trees
Awesome

Tiger Cinquain by Joshua

Tiger
Stripy Colourful
Hunting Sleeping Sneaking
Hunting late at night
Predator

Giraffe cinquain by Rohit

Giraffe
Yellow Spotty
Running Kicking Alert
Running away from its predator
Mammal

Tuatara cinquain by Tania

Tuatara
Green Three-eyed
Sleeping Crawling Scuttling
Hunting late at night
Endangered

Kiwi Cinquain by Samantha

Kiwi
Furry Brown
Hunting Digging Running
Coming out at night
Kiwi

Penguin Cinquain by Malia

Penguin
Blue Lazy
Waking Walking Wiggling
No sleeping at night
Quiet

Victoria's Toondoo

Giraffes by HCSP | Make your own at www.toondoo.com

Author of the Month

Our new and exciting "Author of the Month" for November is Gavin Bishop. Gavin Bishop was born in Invercargill in 1946. His first printed picture book was called "Mrs McGinty and the Bizarre Plant". Gavin Bishop has won many awards and is considered one of New Zealand's most popular children's book writers. Some of his books include:
- Rats
- Snake and Lizard
- Kiwi Moon
- Maui and the Goddess of Fire
- The House that Jack Built
- Taming the Sun
- Little Red Rocking Hood
Check out more info about Gavin Bishop at

http://www.gavinbishop.com/home/books.html

What is your favourite Gavin Bishop book?

Book Review

Rock Climbing

On my holiday I went rock climbing. I went there because my mum's boss had a spare ticket for rock climbing. I went with my mum and my brother. First when we got there we had to put on a harness to use for the rock climbing walls. Then one of the instructors showed us how to click the belt things on to the walls. He showed us and then we started to climb. After that we finally went to eat. We ate subway.
by Destiny

The Coolest Motorbike Ride

In the holidays my neighbour came and said to my mum, "Would the kids like to ride the motorbike?". I said, "Yes!" Then he said, "Go and put your shoes on and come outside". So we ran and put our shoes on. I was so excited. I was scared of the dog. He kept on following me. I was the first one to ride the motorbike.

by Tania

My Holiday

It was the first week of the holidays and my mum signed me up to go to a holiday programme. We had to drive all the way to Manukau. My mum was working so I had to go to the holiday programme for a whole entire week.

When we got to PACT we got to play on the Playstation and air hockey and their were pool tables too. After that we did a little R.E. and ice breakers with Ben and Andrew then we played more games. Then we had morning tea and during morning tea people would leave to go on trips.

Later on we would do some craft and have lunch. Then the people who went on trips came back and then we all went home.

by Victoria

My Holiday

On the first day of the holidays me and my sister asked my dad if he could pump up the pool. He said, "Yes". So while my dad was pumping up the pool me and my sister were having a water fight. I had the hose. Then after my dad pumped up the pool we had to clean it. So my dad put some water inside and soap and we started cleaning the pool. Then we tipped out the water and then filled it up with clean water. We had a swim. After we swam we went to the movies and watched Space Chimps. Then we went to my cousin's house and played armies.

by Joshua

My Holiday

In the holidays I went to Rainbow's End. We got there by car and we went with my sister, dad, me and my cousin. Finally we arrived at Rainbow's End. I hopped out of the car and ran to the line. It was so packed. Then it was our turn to pay. We paid $117.

First we went on the Log Flume. I was so excited. We went on the letter C. I sat in the front with my sister and my cousin sat at the back. We were so scared. When it was time to go down the slide we all posed and screamed. I had butterflies. I was so angry because I got so wet. Then we ran to look at our photo. It was so ugly!

Next we went to the Bumper Cars. My cousin drove himself and my sister drove me. I banged my head because someone drove right into us. I was shocked. I had a big bruise on my head. Then we went to the Power Surge. I went on by myself because my cousin and sister were too scared to come on. It was so cool and funny. I screamed the whole way through the ride.

Finally the ride was over. We went to buy some lunch and went home. I had a fun, cool, exciting holiday. I can't wait for the next holidays!
by Jada