Marine Reserves

We have been talking about what it would be like if there weren't any marine reserves.


We think ....
there might be a law that no one could fish anywhere by Hamish
the rock pools would just be rocks, water and seaweed by Toby
There would be no fish left by Grace
It might be just deserted by Stella
there would be nothing to look at when you go diving by Kyle
It would be really really polluted by Georgia
There would be no crabs to see by Lewis
The sea would be murky by Max
People could throw heaps of junk into the sea and the fish could die by Jamie
The life cycle could stop by Sam
There wouldn't be any starfish by Sarah
There would be no fish and chips. By Mai
We know that the Future Starts Now.

This means we need to ...

Use cars less because of Global Warming by Lewis

Make more and more bio-fuel by Max

We need to protect the future by Tane

The future means to carry on and if there wasn't a marine reserve it wouldn't carry on. By Stella

It means we need to try and stop the Antarctic melting quicker. By Kyle

We need to stop putting junk in the sea and start a new life for the fish. By Jak

If all the fish did become extinct we would have to use DNA By Hamish

We need to stop using plastic bags and start using eco (material) bags. By Toby

We can get jobs to help the future and use cars that don't take that much petrol. By Jamie

Stop using oil so it doesn't pollute the sea by Grace

We could put signs up so people know to keep the Rocky Shore safe. By Sarah

Orchestra - Peer Gynt

Today we went to hear 3 members of the Nelson Symphony Orchestra play for us. They played the clarinet, violin and oboe. You could break the clarinet into little pieces and put it in a box. It sounded sly. There was a big clarinet and a little one. The violin could play happy and scary music. Instead of using the bow you can pluck the strings. You can take the reed out of the oboe and it sounds like a duck call. If you blow it without a reed it sounds like just blowing. It is really hard to blow it ... you have to be at least 11 years old to learn. It plays refreshing and sleepy music.

David told us about a concert on Saturday for children. David dressed up as the King Troll. It looks very life-like, scary but funny.

Rocky Shore by Lukas

Here are some photos we took of "the rocky shore" in January (the day after Lukas turned 8!). This is a large red crab, and the other picture shows an octopus we found hiding in a tidal rock pool on the Great Ocean Road in South Australia. The octopus was amazing -- it floated right past all 6 of our family members while we were standing in the pool exploring! It was about 1.5 m long!! We hope you like them. Lukas and Nina-Marie (mum)

Our Rock Pool Creatures

We have bean using the combination key to design a Rocky Shore creature. We have been though a lot of trouble making these creatures. We have to get two rock pool creatures or a sea creature and combine the two to make one. We have done a t-chart on our creature about its features and why they have them.

By Nic, Louis and Kyle.

What we learnt about the Rocky Shore

You can`t catch any fish that come from there unless they swim out of the harbour.
Kyle

Shells get there colour from there food.
Hamish

Snapper can live up to fifty years old.
Toby

A cats eye snail has to hold on to a rock otherwise it will get washed away.
Sarah

Where females lay their eggs.
Nic

The spiny starfish turns its body in side out and sticks pipi and pulls and pulls
Brittany

LEARNZ FIELD TRIP

We have been on a Virtual Field Trip to Goat Island Marine Reserve. Our class couldn't actually go on the trip but we sent NCS Pooh Bear as our ambassador. We sent him e-mails. We watched videos and looked a pictures of the Marine Reserve. We have been thinking about the big question .... "What would the Rocky Shore be like if we didn't have any Marine Reserves?"

Swimming Sports

The swimming sports was really exciting for Kahikatea syndicate because we got to do a lot of stuff in front of loads of people. There were lots of races and it was exciting because we won heaps of them! It was a bit cold in the pool but we could cope with it. Hamish was so fast he did a length of the pool in ten seconds! It was so awsome at the piggy-back race becauce Lachlan was my pantner and he was really good! The swimming sports was a big blast.

Welcome Home Pooh Bear

We have just opened up the package that Pooh Bear travelled home in. He was very occupied reading the newsletters that Mike had sent with him but he really wanted to get out of the package so he could see if we had any honey for him. We are pleased to have him back from his adventure.

Welcome to Room 8, Nelson Central School

We are a class of Year 3 & 4 children from Nelson Central School, Nelson.
We are looking forward to learning about recording our learning storie in a digital way. We have family all over the world and we are excited that they will be able to see what we are learning in our classroom.
Please leave us a comment when you visit our blog.

Jane Portman.