HK Science-Flora growing at Paparore School

Choose your tree, or plant, or fern  (Flora) that grows at Paparore School.

1. Find and record the meaning for the words Flora and Fauna.

2. Flora is relates to plants and Fauna is relates to animals 

3. Where did your flora originate from? 

          Australia

4. What is your pohutukawa  used for?  

Puhutukawa’s hard strong timber is used for ship building, and as medicine by Maori.

5. Does your plant grow anywhere else in NZ?

It can be only found  North Island near the warm    

6. Does your plant grow anywhere else in the world?

It grows in Australia.

    

7. Describe your plants features - thinly leaf, light bark,  flower’s - ½ paragraphs

         My tree is a pohutukawa. The Pohutukawa grows to 20m high with up to a 35m wide crown. The massive spreading crown; wider than tall, molds to coastal wind and slope and spreads weight over unstable ground. The canopy shelters root systems on bare rock. Seedlings grow faster than older trees, probably like any tree. 

 The bright red flowers bloom when its christmas  

What is   the botanical name of your plant

Metrosideros excelsa 

8. Insert a photo of you and your plant 

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HK level 3 lockdown

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Week 6 of level 4 lockdown 30 August 2021 - 3 September 2021

Descriptive Diary Writing

• You are asked to extend your writing poweress by diary writing for each day this week, Monday to  Friday.  Your writing can be of a certain time, or include the whole day.  

• You are asked to include a photo or photos of your writing each day.

• Describe - make your writing exciting.

• Extend your writing vocabulary - go to synonyms to extend your word bank

• Include speech conversations correctly

• Include one simile

• Continue your writing for each day below. Date your work also 

• Share your document with me on Friday 3 September 2021

Monday 30 August 2021

I have been doing online learning  and waking up really early to have my  delicious  brain food breakfast. Dad's homemade big breakfast is bacon, scrambled eggs, toast and baked beans. I like to score my meals and today it is 10 out of 10 So I am switched on and ready  to learn.  I really enjoy hearing my friends talk about  what they have been doing during  lockdown.  During lockdown mum and I have been baking  chocolate chip cookies. They aren't going to last long in our house, homemade baking goes really fast because it's so fantastic. 

Awesome Writing today Hemi.  Keep up the good work.  You are awesome!  Mrs Jujnovich