Temperature

Hi bloggers
For the past five weeks Miss Dixon has been setting tasks for us on temperature, height, weight and things like that. On this slideshow it has all of my temperature tasks. I hope you like it.

Harvest Mice Report

Guten Tag bloggers
For the last two weeks we have been writing animal reports in preparation for writing a report on trout after the ski trip. I chose to write my animal report on a harvest mouse. Harvest mice are a type of British mouse. Here is my report.

Harvest Mice

Classification

A harvest mouse is a vertebrate animal which means it has bones on the inside or most
commonly known as a skeleton. Harvest mice are mammals which means they give birth
to young. They belong to the Muridae family. Their full name is Eurasian Harvest Mouse.
It’s scientific name is Micromys minutus.

Appearance

Harvest mice are Europe's smallest rodents. They have got a good gripping tail like a
monkey. These mice have a reddish-yellowish coat, a white furry belly, small hairy ears,
tiny skinny legs and a much blunter nose than other mice. An adult harvest mouse weighs
seven grams. Their adult length is five point nine centimeters. They range from fifty five
to seventy five millimeters long. Their tail reaches from fifty to seventy five millimeters
long.

Habitat

Harvest mice are native to England and Asia. Harvest mice are mainly found from Central
Yorkshire southwards which passes Nottingham and Northampton. Wherever tall grass,
cereal and hedgerows grow is where they like to live. They like places that have things to
build nests in. They live for less than one year in the wild.

Diet

Harvest mice are omnivores so they eat meat and plants. They mainly feed on berries,
buds, seeds, fruit, bulbs and new grass shoots. A small amount of their diet is based on
insects. They usually eat insects during the summer. Also in the summer they eat fungi,
moss and roots. Some food is hidden underground for winter. They collect their food by
first off smelling it out, then they go to the location their nose takes them to, then they
grab it with their tail and bring it back to the nest.

Reproduction

Harvest mice breed before they are one year old. They can have three to seven litters a
year. Their mating season is in between May and October. The mating season can go
onto December depending on the weather. They are pregnant for two weeks and five days.
The young are weaned from milk by fifteen days. A litter can have up to eight young. The
estimated population of harvest mice is 1,425,000.

Threats

The harvest mouse is easily affected by land changes. That includes harvesting, burning
of bristles, hedge removal and pest removal. Climate change and flooding can also be
threats. Animals like crows can kill harvest mice.

Conclusion

That is the end of my report on harvest mice. I hope you learnt something from my work.
I find harvest mice interesting with their different features compared to other mice, like its
blunt nose. Fact Time! Did you know that harvest mice are mostly nocturnal?

Animal Corner

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Silly Sentence for Maths

Kia ora bloggers
This term the years 5's and 6's are going on a ski trip down in Mt Ruapehu. Miss Dixon has set us tasks on things like temperature and distance. One of the tasks was to create a silly sentence with a buddy so we can remember how to spell thermometer. My buddy was Sara.  Here is my silly sentence.
The
Hippy
Eagle
Rang
Monkey
On
Mother's
Emerald
Telephone
Eating
Raspberries

Creative Writing

Kia ora bloggers
 At the end of last term we started writing adventure stories. My story is about a cat going to Sydney, Australia. The cat's name is Kedi. He is adventurous, has some brothers and lives in Indonesia. Sorry the photo couldn't be copied. I hope you enjoy.

Kedi in Sydney

Chapter 1: Thoughts

There Kedi was - starting to work his life out as he walked the streets of Indonesia.
Scattered around were his brothers Iggy, Manchester, Indah, Berantakan, Keranjang and
Ngantuk. They each had their own cat profiles/passports.

Name: Kedi

Age: 5

Animal: Cat

Siblings: Iggy, Manchester, Indah, Berantakan, Keranjang and Ngantuk

Birth date: 20/04/1995

Personality: Adventurous

Name: Iggy

Age: 4

Animal: Cat

Siblings: Kedi, Manchester, Indah, Berantakan, Keranjang and Ngantuk

Birth date: 3/012/1996

Personality: Funny

Name: Manchester

Age: 6

Animal: Cat

Siblings: Iggy, Kedi, Indah, Berantakan, Keranjang and Ngantuk

Birth date: 6/01/1994

Personality: Sleepy

Name: Indah

Age: 7

Animal: Cat

Siblings: Iggy, Manchester, Kedi, Berantakan, Keranjang and Ngantuk

Birth date: 1/09/1993

Personality: Scared

Name: Berantakan

Age: 9

Animal: Cat

Siblings: Iggy, Manchester, Indah, Kedi, Keranjang and Ngantuk

Birth date: 19/06/1991

Personality: Smart

Name: Keranjang

Age: 5

Animal: Cat

Siblings: Iggy, Manchester, Indah, Berantakan, Kedi and Ngantuk

Birth date: 20/04/1995

Personality: Arty

Name: Ngantuk

Age: 8

Animal: Cat

Siblings: Iggy, Manchester, Indah, Berantakan, Keranjang and Kedi

Birth date: 9/11/1992

Personality: Happy

Thoughts were racing through Kedi’s mind as fast as the time he killed a mouse on
Saies St. That was a good time he thought, as he went off track into his gila mind.
“Wait where was I?” Kedi said with a shock. “That’s right, I was planning my life.”
You may not have figured this out yet but Kedi had different ideas from his brothers. He wanted to be the first cat to cross the whole entire planet. So cross the planet he shall.

Chapter 2: Shock

Kedi went to sleep late that night. Why? Because his worst nightmare had just come upon his racing bijaksana mind. This nightmare was so dark, so scary and so creepy. This exact nightmare was...

He had to tell his family the news! Dun dun dun…

Kedi woke up with shock from a nightmare about telling his family the news. He had never even thought twice about how much this would scare him. “I mean it was only one nightmare, what if I had the same nightmare over and over and over again but each time it got creepier?” said Kedi to himself. Suddenly his confidence spiralled down. But, deep down inside Kedi still had the courage to tell his family and complete his dreams of crossing the world. The next day he didn’t pack his bag, instead he went straight to his family. “I’m going to cross the World” Kedi quickly said to his family. “Woh, woh, woh speak slower chippy cat,” said his Dad. “Ok, I’m going to cross the entire planet,” mentioned Kedi shyly. “What, that’s awesome, we're so proud of you,” all of his family shouted. This definitely isn’t the reply Kedi expected. His family all gave him a hug and left Kedi alone to go and pack for his big adventure.

Chapter 3: The beginning, well the beginning of the list

Kedi had just put himself in a very difficult position. He had written an extremely long list of stuff to pack. It was so long that he thought he could make a world record for the longest list in the world. You may not think this list is long, but for a cat it is. As Kedi was packing his bag Manchester came rushing into Kedi’s tree and flopped straight onto a branch fast asleep. Kedi carried on packing. He aimed to leave his tree at 6am sharp. It started to rain so Kedi took his bag under a big leafy branch to stay dry. Not the kind of start he wanted for his amazing adventure. He was starting to tick off things on the list until he saw the word ‘camera’. He hadn’t seen that camera for days. Kedi only had half an hour till he had to leave. He searched everywhere. Under his blanket, around the built in kitchen. He couldn’t find it anywhere! Then he saw Manchester. Kedi looked under Manchester and what did Kedi find, his camera! He walked over to his bag and in went the camera. Kedi was starting his adventure at exactly 6am sharp.

Chapter 4: Plane trouble!

Clip, clap, clip. Kedi was running onto a plane to go to Sydney in Australia! Rmmm the engine started. Rmmm the plane was on

the runway. Rmmm take off! Kedi was surprisingly in the business class room. There, waiting for Kedi was a seat glimmering in the sunlight praying that Kedi would sit on its comfy, puffy seat. Plop! Kedi was on it in a jippy. “This is what I’ve been dreaming about,” Kedi said falling to sleep. Ring ring! He was awoken by a bell. He looked over his shoulder and saw a cart full of food. “Hello… Cat!!!” “There’s a cat on the plane ahhh!!!” Screamed the flight attendant. Kedi pounced around until eventually he found the animal area. “Please tighten your seatbelts we are going in for a landing…”

Chapter 5: Watch out Sydney here Kedi comes!

Sizz, sizz, sizz! “Ahh!” screamed a flight attendant running into the controls room. “The wings are on fire! Make a call!” “Hello guests please stay calm but we are going in for a CRASH landing,” called out the pilot through the speaker. “Anybody, anyone, everybody SCREAM!” Yelled the Soca Boys. Everyone just had the instinct to scream. They never even listened to the Soca Boys. Kedi, wondering how to escape in time had to go for the first plan that came into his head. He rushed around unlocking all of the other animals and told them to follow him through the hatch to the top of the plane. They listened alright. “The door, it’s open, jump out NOW!” Yelled Kedi to the other animals. POOF! The plane burst into flames at the exact moment they jumped out. It looked so cool as they jumped out acting like they were movie stars. But, actually they were risking their lives for entertainment. No, literally they were, someone was videoing them at the time. “Good job troop,” he said to the animals as if they were in his army at war. Kedi walked out to the harbour not knowing where he was going…

Chapter 6: Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!

Kedi walked into this curved building on the harbour of Sydney not knowing where he was. Kedi was so tired from his adventure so far he fell into a deep sleep in this sort of auditorium with hard concrete walls. 2 hours later… “HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH!” Kedi was woken up by a loud noise coming from what he could see a lady, an opera lady. “BE QUIET!” Yelled Kedi. But from what humans could hear it just sounded like this “MEOW MEOW!” For some reason the security was called. Right about now you would think that Kedi would have scrambled but no he waited until the security came. “Bye, bye have a nice concussion,” Kedi said and moved out of the way so the security would bonk their heads on the hard wall. Kedi ran as far as he could looking back at what he had just done. He didn't notice that he had just jumped into a submarine…

By Louisa Joyce

Translations

Indah-Beautiful

Berantakan-Mess

Keranjang-Basket

Ngantuk-Sleepy

Gila-Crazy

Bijaksana-Wise