The Rethink Centre

In week 3 of the term 3 the senior school visited the rethink centre to learn about what happens rubbish once it gets picked up by the garbage truck and what do with things we think about throwing something away. I think that it's important that we learn how to be better people for our environment because we are the future for our world so we need to learn how to take care of it.

I would say visiting rethink centre gave me a different approach when it comes throwing things out and I actually got a lot better reusing things that my mum was going to throw away because we couldn't use them for their original purpose or she was going to burn it.

Animal Collage

 This week I was learning how to use pastels for blending and use paintbrushes to make feathers for my owl collage. We had the option to make either a cat, a dog or an owl and I was the only person who made an owl. I thought that everyone's was amazing. I loved how creative everyone got with the eye colours for their animals and how realistic they looked when they were finished and on the background.

Wetapunga

This week we wrote animal reports on new zealand's wetapunga and really there incredible insects. Did you know the giant weta is one of the worlds largest insects that's impressive right. We were learning how to write a report rather than a recount like what we normally would do in writing. Surprisingly I actually really enjoyed learning about the weta because I'm not really an insect  person so it was fun to try something different and I hope you will enjoy reading my writing as much as I enjoyed making it

Classification 

There are more than 70 species of weta including the big weta, cave weta and tree weta. Some weta can weigh the same weight as three small mice. All Weta hunt at night which makes them nocturnal.

Description
Weta have strong jaws and ears on their legs.Weta have predators like Wild pigs, rats, stoats and possums

Weta have six legs like most insects.

Location
Most Weta who are part of the breeding programme now live on some private islands.When weta weren't endangered they lived in grassland shrubland, forest or caves.Now they live in one of the worlds only breeding programmes.Most Weta who are part of the breeding programme now live on some private islands.When weta weren't endangered they lived in grassland shrubland, forest or caves.Now they live in one of the worlds only breeding programmes.

Dynamics
Weta can do massive poo's the size of small pebbles.They can't breath or see underwater.They can all so stay underwater for up to ten minutes.Weta can't fly and mult their skin upto ten times in 18 months.