The+Native+Bush

**__New Zealand Native Bush__**

We have started our learning by brainstorming everything we know about the New Zealand bush.

 We drew a circle map in class about what we know. Here it is as a brainstorm:

media type="custom" key="3389646" In Term One we had a great time learning about the New Zealand Native Bush. We visited the Maungatautari Ecological Island, where Gemma took us on Captain Kaka's Detective Trail. As we used our detective skills to find the answer to our clue, we practiced our skills of observation, using our binoculars to look carefully, as well as listening for clues.



**Writing Instructions**

Our focus text type in literacy through this study was instructions. Look at our powerpoint where we wrote a set of instructions for completing the Detective Trail to match photos from our day.

We listed synonyms for the word 'look' so that we did not repeat the word over again. Can you find these synonyms in our instructions? || media type="custom" key="27743399" ||
 * media type="custom" key="27743401" || **Descriptive Poetry and Music**
 * media type="custom" key="27743401" || **Descriptive Poetry and Music**

We also wrote poems for some photos from Maungatautari using our descriptive skills. Once we had written the poems we set them to music and recorded it. Watch and listen.

Do you think that our music represents the words in the poem? ||
 * **Painting Techniques**
 * **Painting Techniques**

We used a range of painting techniques to paint these pictures of the New Zealand Native bush.

Aim: to use a range of techniques so we did not need to paint using brush strokes. ||  || By Ronan ||  || my big trees trunk. For my korus dead leaves I used a paint brush and splogs.
 * [[image:http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/qIRRorenXsAPlCpnNMAToQ563252/GW461H345 width="320" height="240" align="right" caption="Maungatautari Native Bush - Creative Kids of Room"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/XvdhzJU9W_SEIG6waGA0Zg425184/GW456H343 width="318" height="238" align="right" caption="[Untitled]"]] || For my brushing technique I used a rug roller for

By Kaitlin ||
 * By Teri || [[image:http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/A8LjXrOJurIzA_SMxbkhPA548103/GW453H338 width="315" height="236" align="left" caption="[Untitled]"]] ||