Penpals

In room 4 we have started writing to penpals. Penpals are people you write to and get replies.We are writing to Ms Komens class at Birchville School in Upper Hutt. We have sent one letter so far and are working on booklets about ourselves to send next. We think penpal are quite nice and we think its cool to get a letter back from them once we have sent one. We are looking forward to learning more about them and what they look like. We hope to send them emails and use Skype to talk to them. We also hope to meet them.

By Meg and Erin.

Report Writing

In room 4 we have started to focus on report writing. To write a successful report we came up with this criteria - it has to be true

- have an opening statment

- have paragraphs

- summary statment

- have interesting facts

Below is a report about Kakapo by Stefanija Paleaae and Harry Lomax-Sawyers

The Kakapo

A kakapo is a green feathered bird.

It has green feathers and a little bit of yellow with a grey beak. A male kakapo is 60 centremetres.A female is much smaller.

It lives in Anchor and Codfish Islands at the very bottom of New Zealand. They spend most of their time perched on the trees in anchor and codfish islands.

The kakapo eats almonds, berries, nuts and muesli from D.O.C .The berries come from rimu trees.

Kakapos like playing as much as humans. Kakapos are endangered so whenever you see a kakapo hurt help them or contact a wild life sanctuary.

By Stefanija Paleaae

Kakapo Report


The Kakapo is an endangered species of bird.

It was once able to fly but is now flightless. It can live up to an astounding 90 years. Although it is a type of parrot it is more like the also flightless Kiwi bird. A male can grow to around 60cm tall.

Like a Kiwi and Morepork it is nocturnal which means it sleeps in the day and come out at night.

It is a vegetarian, feeding on things such as berries and nuts.

Sadly it only lives on two islands in New Zealand, which is the only country to have wild Kakapo.

The islands are Anchor Island and Codfish Island. New Zealand is blessed to have such a rare bird.

By Harry Lomax - Sawyers