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KAURI’S FANTASTIC FISHING TRIP

On Monday, Kauri class went to The Groynes to release our babies and to catch their older relatives.

To explain: In Term 2, Peter from Fish and Game brought about 40 salmon eggs into class and taught us about their life cycle. Peter also came to school and taught Kauri how to tie knots for hooks and how to cast a line. We were amazing!

We looked after the eggs and fed the young salmon as they grew. Because we are awesome, about 30 survived.

After we released ‘our babies’, we spent the next 90 minutes fishing. In total, we caught 15 salmon to take home to eat and 2 salmon that we released. We also enjoyed watching the fish getting gutted by Peter, Emma and Neil. A huge thank you must go out to the parents and grandparents who came along and made the trip possible. Every student now has a fishing licence. Need more? Just ask.

Here are some pictures of the day. There will be some writing and photos on the learning blogs soon.

Photos from Kauri fishing day on October 17th.

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We have also been learning about metaphors this week. Here is a metaphor poem that we wrote as a class about our class. Enjoy.

METAPHOR POETRY

LEARN: Metaphor – compares two things but does not use the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.

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Kauri is a fire

Burning with great learning

Kauri is a herd of elephants

Charging into the class

Kauri is a Mastermind

Moving things with their brains

Kauri is a thunderstorm

Yelling everywhere we go

Kauri is a bunny

Caring for others

Kauri is a snail

Moving so slowly down to the mat

Kauri is a kangaroo

Bouncing with ideas

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Kauri have been learning to use similes in their writing. A simile compares two things using 'like' or 'as'. Here is the simile poem about our class. As you can tell, we have a sense of humour.

Kauri is as ….

Quick as a sloth

Slow as a tortoise

Large as a fully grown rhino

Happy as a maniac

Nice as Santa

Weak as a pencil

Strong as a baby

Loud as a room filled with elephants

Quiet as a thunderstorm

Brave as a soldier

Wild as a tiger

Lazy as a cat in the sun

Busy as a rat

Put it all together and you’ve got Kauri class!