Manu Information Report

What Does It Look Like?

A weka looks like a brown bird with a greyish light brown tummy. It also has red legs
and a red beak.

What Does It Eat?

Weka’s are omnivores and they eat insects, slugs, frogs, lizards, rats, mice, eggs, small
birds and they also enjoy leaves, berries, and seeds.

How Does It Breed?

Weka breed in burrows in nests throughout all of New Zealand. They breed from
August to January.

Are They Social?

Weka like to be very playful with other weka and they are afraid of humans when
they approach them.

What Are Their Threats?

The main threat is starvation during droughts and their main animal threat is ferrets
but there is also stoats and possums. The man-made threats are them being fed by
humans and then they don’t rely on getting food themselves. In the future, we can stop
feeding them so they don’t rely on humans.

The Red Beadlet Anemone Information Report

Learning Intentions for Science We are learning to understand that all living creatures have a life cycle. We are learning that living creatures have bodies that are designed to help them to live and survive.   We are learning that all living things are designed to live in a particular environment. We are learning to understand how food webs work. We are learning that in an ecosystem all living things and their environment are interconnected. We are learning to understand about the Rocky Shore and the impact, both positive and negative, we can have on this environment.

Literacy As part of our rocky shore unit we will also use our literacy skills to read and learn about the rocky shore and to write an information report on a rocky shore creature. Writing We are learning to write an information report about an animal. We are learning to use our writing skills across the curriculum.

My Marine Mammal Information Report

We have been learning to write an information report. Here is my report on a New Zealand Marine Mammal.