Today Year Four began their EfS lesson by estimating 15 metres. We discovered there is an animal that lives in the Hauraki Gulf that is this long. Wow! It's the Bryde's Whale and they live in our neighbourhood all year long.
Nicolas "There are very few Bryd'es whales"
Peyton "A Bryde's whale is 15 metres long"
Hunter "It takes patience and time to find Bryde's whales"
Renee "They are medium size whales. Ships crash into them so they need to slow down"
Emmersyn "They are smooth"
Hunter "The Hauraki Gulf is one of the few places the Bryde's whales live"
We learnt about what threatens the Bryde's Whale and how all the ships in the Hauraki Gulf have agreed to slow down.
Richie"I think the boats slowing down is one of the few things humanity has solved. It makes me feel happy that creatures in the ocean aren't dying"
What can we do?
Isabel "Fishing is a risk"
Indigo "Getting caught in a wave and going on shore"
Isabel "Ships need to slow down"
Pick up litter and bring a litterfree lunch
We learnt some Te Reo Maori words to describe the whales
Tahora - whale
Nui - big
Roa - long
Tino momona - fat
We sang a waiata to learn them - Tahora Nui Waiata
Room 6 collected 96 pieces of litter. Well done! Sadly it sill lots of food wrappers.
Next time we are going to learn about how people voyage across our moana.
Room 4 had time to vote for the Fish of The Year https://www.mountainstosea.org.nz/fish
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