Weta Report - Term 3

This is a piece of writing that we did for our mini beast topic when we were learning about Weta. We had to write an imformation report on this insect.

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The Spectacularly Spicy Weta Of Aoteroa

What is a Weta?

Weta are one of the native insects to New Zealand/Aoteroa.  The Weta is as old
as the dinosaur age and it is the only one that survived.

Weta’s physical features

Weta are invertebrates and they have an exoskeleton. An invertebrate is an
animal that has its skeleton on the outside which is called an exoskeleton. They
don’t have a spine. Weta look similar to crickets. They have six legs. They
have two antennae. They have ears just below the front joint of their knees. 

Weta’s Habitat and Location

Some tusked weta live on/in the ground and some weta live inside trees. Ground
weta live in burrows in the ground. Cave weta live in sea coast caves and hollow tree
trunks while giant weta live in island sanctuary. These are the main places weta live.

Feeding Behaviour

Weta like to eat carrots. Weta also like to eat fruit. Most weta are predators or are
omnivores preying on other insects and eating some plants.

The tree weta and the giant weta mostly eat lichens, leaves, flowers, seed-heads
and fruit. Weta feed and eat at night.

Social Behaviour

They like to live in groups, and make their homes in the hollow parts of trees.
Tree wētā communicate by scraping their hind legs against the side of their
body, making a chirping sound. Male weta are also aggressive. 

Threats

Weta have evolved with predators such as birds, reptiles, and bats. The
introduction of rats, mustelids,( mustelids are part of the weasel family) cats
and hedgehogs have increased the amount of predation. Humans have been
decreasing their habitats. If we want Weta to live more we need to make more
habitats.

Here is an image

Ending Weta are cold blooded insects. There are different types of Weta. Weta are
endangered. So be careful not to KILL Weta when you’re outside or in the bush.

Te reo maori

Weta

Insect - pepeke

Mini Beasts and insects.

We Have been learning about Mini Beasts here is some of the work I've been doing.

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He Kakano Term 2 Location and Direction

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To build a bot and Emotional Robots - Reading Work

This term we have been learning about 'Emotional Robots - A.I' and about kids building robots. We did this in our reading work. We read two interesting articles abut building robots.

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Abandoned Places Writing

Our learning goals are to:

-write a description, using powerful words and phrases

-include some Te Reo Māori

-carefully check that our sentences make sense and have correct punctuation and spelling.

Choose one of the images to prompt a piece of descriptive writing

The Elixer Of Life And the Gold Summoner

There I was cutting through kakariki (green) vines with my katana trying to find the hidden cottage where I could get the Goblet of fire and the Philosophors Stone. After what felt like days( It was actually a couple hours), I found the cottage. I knew that there would be something inside so I tip toed ALL the way along the path. And instead of going through the door I went to the window.

 It was a bit dirty but I could see through. It looked like something from a . I decided to try pushing the window and it slid and fell off the frame. It crashed down on the ground and smashed. I heard a rustle and saw something FLASH past the now broken window.

I jumped in and pulled out my katana and held it close. ZOOM there it was… a chicken? Then I noticed the room I was in. It was dark and musty. There were sharp spikes of wood sticking out of the ground. There were big cracks in the roof and kakariki (green) moss on the wall. There was a brown table and brown wooden chairs. I walked past it and down a hatch in the pantry floor and there it was! The treasure guarded by traps and traps and traps. There were spikes that were bright Puma(Grey) sharp as knives. There were flame traps spurting bright Whero(Red) flames that would burn your skin off. I knew it was going to be dangerous but I had to make it through the traps to get the treasure...