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Today at technicraft, we had to make a stand for our Quiz Game. First our teacher went to the other room and cut us a special type of wood. Then he mark 12 cm or more on the wood and he wrote our essential name down on the wood that is measure 12 cm. We need to wood so he mark our name down on two wood that is 12 cm and 24 cm.

Then we went back into our room and cut out the lines that our teacher had drawn. After cutting it, we had to get a sandpaper to make the sides and the top smooth.

Then we went and glued our wood down on the line we drew on the wood with a glue gun. After gluing the wood, we flip the Quiz game around and it looks like it is floating.  

Come back next week to see my finished product.

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Calendula are a great plant to hide our birdbath!

Calendula Photo:

During the weeks, I was learning about the plant Calendula and why they are great to hide our birdbath, birdhouse and bird feeder.These flowers are also used for companion planting among vegetables.

Facts about Calendula:

• Calendula grows well in all seasons except in the very coldest climates
• Calendula is known as Pot Marigold.
• Different marigolds have different colors. African marigolds have a color different from the french marigolds.
• Pot marigolds are grown as herbs. Marigolds are thought to be edible and they are used to naturally colors salads.
• Marigolds are eaten by certain species of insects and the flowers need to be protected if you're growing them.

Insects that eats marigolds:

• Aphids
• Earwigs
• Caterpillars
• Leafminers
• Snails
• Slugs
• Spider Mites
• Thrips
• Whiteflies

Scientific name - Tagetes

Higher classification - Daisy family

Rank - Genus

Apple Crumble are delicious!

Today we had a delicious apple crumble which was made by Ingrid and Ella. We only had a little piece so that everyone can have a taste. They put in a plastic cup and spoon to eat it.  It was really yummy and could be better with something cold like ice cream. You can find the Recipe on Ingrid's blog.

Blog: http://spsingrida.blogspot.co.nz/

Spider can be small, but you have to be cation!

Spiders has another name which is Araneae. They can’t be found in the polar regions or Antarctica. They are air breathers  and they eat insects, frogs, birds and woodlice. They are not insects but they are arachnids.

Scorpions, Mites, Ticks and Harvestmen are related to spiders. When there is a abandon spiderwebs, it's called Cobwebs. There are over 40,000 species of spiders around the world. They are the 7th world with the big populations.

A female spider can lay up to 3,000 eggs. Patu Digua are the smallest spider in the world which can only be found in Colombia. A Banana spider are the poisonous spider in the world which can be found in Brazil. Some spiders can harm people and some can’t.

Spiders blood is blue which humans have red blood. They can come in any size. So if you see a big spider, it could be poisonous and if you see a small one, it could be not harmful to human, but be cation.

Spider can look ugly, but they are very good on catching their own food.

WALHT: Identify key ideas and use them to write an information report

Have you been to Botanic Gardens?

Plan:

Edible garden - Fruits - Vegetables -

Workshop - Planting - Making an organic spray - Friends and Foes -

Forest - Native trees -

Brainstorm:

Fruits

Vegetables

Worm farm

Writing

On Tuesday the 13th of May, we were provided with an opportunity to visit the Botanic Gardens in Auckland for the first time. Auckland’s weather was perfect for our adventure, which began with an opportunity to explore an area that had native trees, gardens and lakes.   

At the Edible Garden, there were fruit and vegetables. Some of the fruit that was there were apples, guavas, bananas, strawberries and feijoas. Some of the vegetable included leeks, onions, beetroot, silverbeet and many more. These eatable fruits and vegetables made me think about 5 + a day.

There were also bees polluting flowers and ants were roaming on the ground and the caterpillars were munching their way on leaves in the Edible garden. At the back of the garden was a worm farm with a lot of worms and a lot of compost. There was about 10 or 20 worms visible in the worm farm.

Surprisingly there was something weird next to the fruit and vegetable plants. I was shocked to see flowers growing right along side next to the vegetables. This is known as companion planting. The flowers were there to help attract pollinators like wasps, butterflies, ladybugs and other insects. They help the plants because the Ladybug eats aphids and Wasps eats annoying Caterpillars that damage leaves of vegetables. Companion planting helps to reduce the amount of damage these pests can cause.   

WALHT write an information writing about Botanic Gardens.