FIJI is coming

FIJI is coming.

The hot summer sea wind's in my face.

Sweating fish trying not to get caught.

The fish are nervous.

The fish were calling to one another

"Don't get caught, don't get caught.

Hold on to your scales!"

The water was changing,

The fish are burning up.

Then the fish start rising to the top!

By Campbell

Calendar Art

Water Cycle by Campbell

Did you know water is life?

When you turn the tap on clean water flows out. Do you ever wonder where that water comes from?


Over 70 percent of water on earth is salt water and only 3 percent is fresh. Therefore water is rare. Water evaporates into invisible water drops. Most of you and me are made of water.

Water can be used in any kind of way like washing, cleaning, drinking, watering, making swimming.

These are some of the things that are in the water cycle:

• Solid = ice
  
• Liquid = water
  
• Gas = water vapour
  

Subsequently water is good for you and me. You should use water carefully because water is essential for the environment.

Have You Ever?

Have you ever
been trout fishing?
Trout swimming

Rod winding

Net ready

Eyes looking.

Wow it's a big one.

Have you ever

played hide and go seek spotlight at night?

Thorns digging into your skin

Feet snapping twigs

Wet ground

Soggy socks

Spot! You are out.

Whaling

WHALING IN NEW ZEALAND

Did you know whaling was once big business in New Zealand?

Whaling was big back in 1791 because there were heaps of whales and they killed about 50,000 a year.

Why were whales hunted?

Whales were hunted for their Baleen which was used for corsets and whips. Ambergris was an ingredient in the expensive perfumes. Oil was used for lamps and machinery.

Ship and shore whaling

There were two ways to catch whales.

• Ship whaling:
  The earliest whaling was done from ships, when the lookout spotted a whale in the sea he sent a boat to sail after it and they armed with harpoons and big powerful men and when they caught the whale they cut the blubber off with sharp whaling spades.
  
  
• Shore whaling:
  When the lookouts on shore saw a whale, the gangs of men jumped into their boats and rowed after it. They would harpoon the whale and drag it back to shore.
  
  
  

  Conclusion
  
  

  Not many people kill whales now because they are endangered, but the Japanese still do it. But they have big fancy boats and they catch two at a time.
  

  
  

  
  Report by Jackson, whaling boat by Jackson, Jamie & Nick; green-fluke whale by Campbell & Travis; blue whale by Caitlin M.