My pet snail

My mum found the snail in the bush at my house. I put it in an upside down container and took it to school. It had some grasses to eat so it was a happy snail. My snail slid along on the glass in the snail race, he went backwards towards the start line. He didn't finish the race. I had his container in my pocket and he sneakily popped out and I think he must have got squashed in my pocket cause I can't find him now. I was going to keep him as a pet forever. Conroy.

Minty Lamb

Minty the lamb Minty the lamb who has been to St Vincent Room, is our spring lamb. He comes from Judi’s daughters farm and he is a lamb. Minty lamb is a dorper lamb, they live in South Africa. He is a boy dorper. One time it was wearing a nappy, but he does pee on the floor. Marlin

Dad's near death experience

Dad’s dreadful shock Yesterday dad was building a pig pen on the farm for a farmer. When he had finished he stepped back to admire his work, he accidently touched the electric fence behind him. ZAP!! The shock picked him up and threw him right across the pen into a steel bar. He was breathing super fast and his heart racing. He picked himself and drove himself home in the van. He has a red mark from hip to hip most of the rednes is in the middle of his chest. He is lucky to be alive. 
 by Rueben. Sept 19th 2012

SAVE THE SNAILS

Ashton’s snail facts… Powelliphanta Hochstetteri Hochstetteri is their real name. Snails eat worms, leaves and wild plants Snail predators: Wild pigs Rats Thrush Possums Weka Hedgehogs Snails have a hard shell with protects them and is their home. They live in the native bush.

Planting with Nelmac

It was hard work digging the holes for the new trees. It was very muddy and we found heaps of worms. Shane and Ruth from Nelmac helped us to plant the trees around the skatepark at Neale Park.

Bees, our heroes

The bees are tellng each other, that they have found nectar. They know where the honey is so they do a dance. Its a wiggle waggle dance. Cody H

Honeycomb is made by the bees. . Bees go in between the honeycomb and put eggs in cells and store honey in the honeycomb. Angel The queen bee is laying an egg in the cells. The workers are going to feed the larva in the wax cells. The workers are all female bees. Drones are males. They don’t do anything just mate with the Queen. Marlin and Jack Michael’s Bees Above the drive,through the gate is a wild hive of bees. They are in the branches. The bees flew to Michael’s tree. He puts on his bee suit and got the spray stuff to make them sleep. Michael gently gets the bees and puts them in the hive. No animals can get near the hive. Harold comes along (he’s my best friend) and takes the honeycomb and puts it in a machine and gets the honey in the jar. So when I go to Michael’s, I get honey for lunch. Cody H

Bees The Queen is leaving the hive and all the drones are chasing the Queen to mate with her. She will make a new hive. So she will lay more eggs to produce a hive. Dylan

The bees are telling each other where the honey is.  It's called the wiggle waggle dance.  The bees follow around and around in an 8. Then they flap their wings and fly to the flower. Nelson

All the wax makers are making more wax.  It is for the honey and for the Queen to lay more eggs in.  All of them live in a pattern.  It is a hexagon.
Jaz and Cole

The bees are making honeycombs.  They are putting pollen in the cells.  The pollen came off the flowers.  The bees visit the flowers. Leone

Bee larva

The larva are developing into worker bees. They are in the wax cells. Noah