Month: August 2023

Swimming Recount

 

We started our swimming lessons on the first of August and ended on the 14th of August. In our first lesson we had to change some subjects because we had swimming lessons. The time passed and the girls had to go to Room 8 to change. After we changed into our swimming clothes we ate our lunch and just played.

 

We just waited for the kids to come back for a few minutes and we were there. They made us line up and ask all of us who’s confident and a pro. I didn’t put my hand up because I wasn’t confident and a pro at swimming so I got sent to lane one. There were three lane lane one was for not confident people and lane two was for confident people then lastly lane 3 it’s for the people who are pro’s.

 

My first coach was Crissy or that’s what she wanted us to call her. She was really nice and patient to others who were struggling. We first learned to float and how to swim with board on without touching the ground.Every end of the lesson we would jump and at first I was really scared to jump. I got the hang of jumping every last session that I jump more than once.

 

The day before our last day we get to practice survival and we also get to be on a boat. All the lanes were removed so all the lanes can swim together. On our last day we had a normal session but I still enjoyed it. We got to jump so many times and have a race. I liked that their coaches are patient with the kids who are still learning. I enjoyed the lessons because it’s really fun and I actually learned a lot. 

 

 

 

NZ Animal Adaptations

 

What Are Adaptations?

 

Adaptation changes or when a living animal or human has to change because of the seasons or because of the weather. Adaptation can also be in forms or changing of a living. For example humans have body hair to survive the cold. Like a Kiwi they used to fly but now they can’t because back then there were no predators and their food was always in the ground. But now they got used to not flying and there are now predator.

 

NZ Animals Adaptation-Tui

 

A tui was first found by the Europeans in the year 1770 at Queens Charlotte on the North Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Same years as Captain Cook’s first voyage to the Pacific Ocean. They only eat nectar from plants. They have curved beaks because it fits perfectly in the flower. When they’re getting the plant’s nectar.

 

These are some facts about the tui. The name Tui came from the Maori language. Tui’s are famous because they are one of most known pollinators. Because they can fly a large distance and for pollinating some of the native trees.

 

Tui’s learned how to adapt in the environment by giving birth to a lot of them. Along with just eating insects.They used to suffer a lot because of rats,ferrets,stoats, and because there were predators.

 

NZ Animals adaptation-Kiwi 

 

Kiwis are New Zealand’s birds. They are famous because they are one of the birds who can’t fly. They used to fly but they decided to adapt to not fly because there were no predators back then and no humans to haunt them. They were so used to not flying that they can’t fly anymore.They learned to adapt in their environment by having whiskers to feel what’s around them at night. They also have long breaks to navigate in the night.

 

NZ Animal Adaptation- Kina

 

Kina’s have spikey and strong shells  to protect what’s inside it.They would mostly be found in seaweeds.  Some people think that they don’t have a life but they are actually alive because they eat and move. They learned to adapt in their environment by having hard shells to protect them.

 

Tsunami Cycle

Tsunami is a wave that could kill or drown you. If it’s big enough it can even destroy your house or destroy buildings.

 

Tsunamis happen because of the square waves. Square waves are caused by the wind. If the wind crashes together a square wave would be made because the wave would follow the wind. So if the wind crashes together the waves would also crash into each other.

 

 A Tsunami can also happen when an earthquake starts. Because the bottom  of the Ocean is still ground so if the bottom of the Ocean broke it would also move the water that would cause a tsunami. If the earthquake became so strong it would also make a much bigger and more deadly tsunami.

 

There are many causes of tsunamis and one of them is this. A volcanic eruption can also cause tsunamis because the sea still has a ground and volcanoes are connected to the ground. It’s just like an earthquake but earthquakes are also caused by volcanoes. So that shows us that the earth and nature will always be connected to each other. 

 

To stay away from a tsunami make sure that there are no square waves. Because that’s one way to make a tsunami.Make sure that the wave is fine because it’s too aggressive it might drown you. Or make  a really big wave to make a tsunami.Make sure that there are live guards or experts to alert people if a tsunami is coming.

 

The biggest tsunami that ever happened in history was in Lituya Bay in Spirit Lake 1958. It had reached a height of 1720 ft. Then run up to 520 metres.