Today the class and I were doing fun facts of some people that are famous in TOURNAMENTS and I picked a person named Hamish Kerr and I picked this person cause I like how high he can jump and how tall he is and he looks like 2.26 meters tall.

Quokkas are the happiest animal in the world.

Quokkas are related to kangaroos.

These animals live over 10 years in the wild. In captivity they live up to 13.8 years [0671].

Although they usually crawl on all fours, quokkas also use their strong back legs to jump.

nocturnal, herbivorous, excellent climbers, and protected due to their vulnerable status.       

zQuokkas (Setonix brachyurus) are small, herbivorous marsupials native to Western Australia, famously known as the “world’s happiest animal” due to their permanent, smiling expression. Roughly the size of a cat, these nocturnal creatures are found mainly on Rottnest Island, are excellent climbers, and can survive long periods without water.

Today St Patrick’s Panmure students journeyed out to Due Drop Centre in Manukau to experience using dance to express themselves and retell a Māori legend.

Upon arrival we were greeted by the Kaikanikani ō Atamira. We were introduced to each member and then took a short walk to stand in front of their Pou Tāonga and hear the story behind the creation of Pou Kapua, its elements and inspiration behind its creation. Then we all headed inside, removed our shoes and ran through a few warm up activities while facing each other in a great big circle. Following on from this, students were given a short dance routine to familiarise themselves with major Atua and creatures of land, forest, air and ocean.

After a short morning tea break, we were treated to a performance of the legend of Matakerepō and Tāwhaki by our Kaikanikani. Then students were split into 3 groups and worked on a short routine with an Atamira Kaikanikani, followed by a performance of all 3 routines together.

St Patrick’s School are so grateful for having this opportunity and would like to give our heartfelt thanks to Due Drop Centre for transporting us, hosting us and Atamira for imparting some of their knowledge onto our tamariki.

Tasmanian devil

The Tasmanian devil can only animal that can be found in a place called Tasmania. The Tasmanian devil can look very cute like a lost puppy but it’s very aggressive with its food and some Tasmanian devils fight each other Tasmanians. The reason its called a Tasmanian devil because of its black fluffy fur. 

Tasmanian devils walk and hunt food alone; they are also one of the strongest bone crushers.

But even do they are very small, they are very powerful. And what mostly makes it strong are its teeth its teeth are really shark that it can through a full animal body.

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My post includes new ideas and what I enjoyed or found challenging. I have explained what my next steps are, what questions I still have, and what I might do differently next time. My content communicates my personality e.g. interests, values. My information and ideas help my  audience to understand the learning, and I’ve included a link to this activity on my class learning site. The content is original- DLO is created by me.

Today we got to pick any kind of picture and the we color it in. It was very fun when we started to color in our pictures in. I chose a simple picture of Mary Joseph and Jesus. It did not take that long to color it in. I love my picture.