Thursday, 19 March 2015

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

fishing in the rangitata river








fishing in the rangitata river

Several types of fish live in the rangitata river. Some species are the threatened lowland longjaw galaxias and upland longjaw galaxias. Also the longfin eel/tuna, kōaro, Canterbury galaxias, alpine galaxias, upland bully and common bully.
Braided rivers are also home to popular sport fish such as trout and salmon.





click here for more information about the rangitata river

Monday, 9 March 2015

ashburton lakes

powerwriting



POWER WRITING!


WALT:Write without worry!
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??????????????????? what does it mean, some people say it means just question, but it means more than that, it mean lots and lots of questions. that's all people do ask lots and lots of questions and i have to answer them and it always turns into, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ZANE BE QUIT!!! EVERYTHING IS NOW IN BOLD AND CAPITALS, AAAAAHHHHHHH! oh that's better… OH NO ITS BACK WHAT DO WE DO NOW… oh yay its finally stopped. NEVER MIND ITS BACK OH NO WHAT DO WE DO NOW, ZANE STOP HITTING THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON, “sorry”.



Most days Mr Woo gets us to do Power Writing. This is where we have 2 rounds of 3 minutes and write without worrying too much. Sometimes we find some real ‘gems’ in what we write that we can use later (...and sometimes not!). We usually write about opposites. Today we had to write using ? and !





The bit i like today is…

I would use or explore (what ideas) further