Tui

White necks, beautiful feathers. Yes, I am talking about the tui. The tui is a native bird to a country called New Zealand. I live in New Zealand, so I get the pleasure of seeing these birds everyday. If you have never heard or had the pleasure of seeing what the tui get up to everyday keep reading.

Tui have a puffy white necks which are called pois. They also have black and green heads. Their bodies are a mixture of black, purple, green, blue and a reddish rusty colour. The calls are a complicated mix of nice tunes, loud tunes and other times it is a grunt, cough or wheeze.

Tui are birds so they lays eggs, the female usually lays eggs in September to January. The tui builds nests like every other bird, the nest is usually built by the female. The structure is built with strong twigs, sticks and grass, for the outside. The egg is white with pink and brown splotches. male tui do not have much to do with the baby but after awhile the male feeds the baby and helps the female take care of it.

Tui eats nectar and honeydew from trees like flax, rata and pohutukawa trees. The babies will eat large invertebrates such as worms, slugs and insects. As well as nectar and honeydew they eat fruit, pollen and seeds. A funny thing about the tui is that when it eats nectar from flax it makes them look drunk.

The tui is mostly found on islands. They also roam gardens looking for food. Tui are generally found in forests with lots of trees to keep their nest and babies safe. The tui left Poor Knight Island because of the bellbird. Bellbirds also eats nectar and they sing so beautifully that the tui feels like it has to sing better so there was a big competition. One of them had to leave.

The tui has a beautiful call but ferocious temper and that is so cool. It sounds just like me! They are my absolute favourite bird in New Zealand.

Coral Reef Diorama

In topic we have been studying the adaptations and habitats of animals. We had to do a diorama showing a habitat of our choice. I chose a coral reef and added fish, seaweed and an octopus. We also made an app showing facts on the coral reef. I hope you like my diorama.

My Cross

At school we have been painting crosses. We did these to symbolise the death of Jesus and the life of God. We decorated our cross by painting symbols of our school the church and Auckland. On my cross I painted the word 'love'. I made the hand coming from the side, an o and the word 'love' is in swirly writing. I hope you like my cross. I am very happy with it and very proud of it.

Social Justice Week

This week it was social justice week. We watched a video clip about a square that had disabilities and didn't fit in with the rest of the group. He had a series of unfortunate events. He did not have money to go on the bus, so they gave him a free bus pass, he couldn't get up the stairs for his doctors appointment, so they put in a ramp. Finally he started to adjust and fit in more with everybody else.

Inter Schools

Yesterday it was the Catholic Schools Cross Country Championships. I was racing for the Year 6 girls race with my friend Maggie. We where in the second to last race. Waiting for our race was building up my nerves and by the time of my race I was the most nervous I have ever been. After my race I was so tired and I had a really bad stitch. Then we all went back to school and got congratulated on our achievements.

Green Anole Lizards

In class we are looking at reptiles and we had to write about one and put it in a slide. I chose the Green Anole Lizard. The reason I chose this reptile is because they are cute and they have a big red neck which looks so cool.

Grid

In maths we are learning about fractions. We had to colour a grid with 100 squares in it. You were allowed to do a pattern so I did one. On the side of the page we had to write what fraction of all the colours were out of 100.