kauri tree

this is the art that room 10 11 12 did 

Camp recount

thankyou lettter

Parkvale school.

Howard st,

Parkvale,

Hastings.

10.4.14

Dear  Bridgit,      

Thank you for coming on camp and helping us with  preparation for dinner and pudding.  Thank you for being kind and cheerful, it put me in to a good mood.  It was great that  you cheered us on in the paddling race.  It really help because it made us win.  

My favorite thing about camp was the rock climbing, it was hard to climb because you had to get your footing right.  I only got up to halfway on the rock wall.  I only got to have three turns of the rock walls.

I really like to thank you for helping cheeters on the amazing race and the human pyramid and kayaking.  Once again thankyou for coming on room 10s camp.

Kind regards,

Ethan Miller.

Freshwater Eels

Freshwater Eels

There are 2 different types of Eels.   They are the shortfin  and longfin Eels.They were born in Pacific Ocean.  They have swum up our rivers and lakes in nz for millions of years.  When they get bigger and older, they go to breed in the sea.  

One Eel  breeds 1-20 millions of eggs. The longfin eel breeds when only  at their end of their life. When they breed they  travel  5000 kilometers away  from Nz.

Freshwater Eels are scavengers. It will eat up dead  creatures and clean up the rivers.They eat living fish and bugs and weeds and meat.

The longfin can grow up to 25 mm a year.  So  if you have caught a meter long eel that eel might be quite old. Probably older than you.  They can live up to a hundred years.