Acrostic Poem

Seven sea turtles are endangered

Eggs look like ping-pong balls

Artificial lighting confuse the hatchlings

Turtles are green

Under the sea they swim fast

Reptiles are cold blooded

Turtles have hard jaws

Leather backs are use to make boots

Each sea turtle eggs are buried under the sand

Sea turtles have no teeth

Kelly Tarltons

On Wednesday 25th of October 2017 Room 9 and 10 went to Kelly Tarltons by bus. We went there so we could  learn about the marine life of sea animals.

First we saw the penguins swimming in the water and they looked so cute because I thought that they were so cuddly but I didn’t know if they were cuddly. Then we saw the the penguins on the ice and we saw a lady feeding the penguins sardines and some penguins were pecking her bottom for the lady to feed them some more sardines. When the penguins slept  they put their head backwards and they lay their eggs on the rocks. When we finished looking at the penguins we went through the conveyor belt and it made me dizzy and I thought that I was going side to side but I wasn’t and it was so funny.

Secondly we saw  Robert Falcon Scott’s Hut and it was so creepy and old. We saw ice gears, old clothes, bunk beds, gramophone and a piano. They were all old and I was so scared of it because I always thought that it was haunted by a ghost but ghosts do not exist. Scott and his crew lived in Antarctica which was so cold because there were just ice and snow.

After that we went through the cafe, the playground and the kid’s room. When we went through all of that we went to a room with information about the sea turtles. Then we saw a secret door and  a nice young landy led Room 9 into the secret door and in our new classroom. Our teacher’s name was Sakura and she was friendly. We learnt lots of stuff and she even let us  feel all the shells and she even had a shark mouth. She showed us a picture about black people who built a house in two days and  it was earthquake proof, flood proof and volcano proof.

After class we went off to have lunch and it was fun there and we took a tour through the tunnel twice. On the third round we got out of the tunnel and Miss Elia disappeared and we couldn’t find her.  It was time to go back to school so  we went through Robert Falcon Scott’s hut and I was so scared then we went through the penguins and out the door.

I had a great time at Kelly Tarltons because we got to see the penguins and other sea animals.

Feeding the Kakapo

Trees for birds

W.A.L.T. Find out why planting trees are important for bids on the island of Tiritiri Matangi

The island of Tiritiri Matangi is in the Hauraki Gulf. More than thirty species of birds nest on the islands, including the northern blue penguin, the pukeko, the Northern Island fantail, the bellbird and the tui.

10 Facts of Sea Turtles

1. Sea turtles are reptiles

2. They have a hard shell

3. They have four flippers

4. They have no teeth

5. Female turtles do all the hard work

6. Female turtles only lay their eggs in the night

7. Sea turtles can lay about 1,00 eggs

8. Female turtles can dig a deep hole just as deep as her flipper

9. Sea turtles are mostly endangered by human beings

10. If the weather is hot then the sea turtle eggs are girls but if it is cold then it is boys and when it is warm there is boys and girls

Marlin Perkins - Animal Conservationists

He was  the first host of the revolutionary and engaging nature program, "Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom." Marlin Perkins became a face and name familiar to many in the United States and he was perfect for the job. He had  experience as the director of the Lincoln Park Zoo and the host of the zoo’s "Zoo Parade" TV show.

His time as host of "Wild Kingdom" encouraged him to work towards protecting endangered species, and in 1971 he co-founded the Wild Canid Survival and Research Center, now known as the Endangered Wolf Center. Richard Marlin Perkins was an American zoologist best known as a host of a television program Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom from 1963 to 1985.