Year Five Explore Our Local Moana

 Year Five dived into exploring the Hauraki Gulf today.  We discovered the amazing creatures that live there, mapped our location in the Gulf and found the meaning of many of the Maori place names.

Vida "Crayfish, sharks, fish, octopus, whales live in the Hauraki Gulf"

Yumi "Crabs live there and lobster"

Blake "There are turtles and they look like birds because they flap flippers like wings"

Yumi "I learnt that manta rays come to New Zealand"

Blake "The seals were hunted and now they are coming back"

Ruby "In the Hauraki Gulf there are lots of sea creatures that are almost extinct"

Laela "Seals were almost extinct"

Gabby "I never knew there were so many cool animals down there"

Fred "I learnt how big the Hauraki Gulf is"

Aiden "Seals jump out of the water"

Olivia "I learnt the Hauraki Gulf if so amazing"

Lucas "Rangitoto means sky blood because Maori people saw it erupting"

Blake "Wakaaranga is called the resting place of the canoe because that's where they put their canoe when they went up to Ohuiarangi"

Alexander "Musik Point looks like it's pointing to Browns Island and Rangitoto"

Ben "If you look for Musik Point you can find Sunnyhills because there's a lump to the bottom left"

Blake "Sunnyhills is south of Rangitoto"

We wondered how we can protect the Hauraki Gulf...

Ben "Pick less plastic when you're shopping"

Mia "Before we throw things away think if we can reuse or recyle them"

Harper "Bring a litterfree lunchbox"

We went on a litter hunt.

Room 1 found 106 pieces of litter.  We noticed:

Harper "It's disgusting"

Taryn "There wasn't much around"

Cody "There were loads of plasters around"

Alexander "There was lots of paper"

Jake "Most of it was plastic which can't be reused"

Ben "At lot of rubbish was semi buried in the dirt so had been there a long time."

Room 3 collected 101 pieces and Room 2 found 66.  

Olivia "Most of it was plastic"

What can we do to stop this litter problem?

Vienna "Talk to neighbours to stop throwing rubbish over the fence"

Evie "Bring a litter free lunch and after you have sushi take the litter home"

Olivia "Use beeswax instead of plastic wraps"

Fred "Be careful when your you are opening plastic packaging and styrofoam"