Netball

This week two team's of year five and six went to an Eden/Albert netball tournament. The year sixes won three out of eight games and us year fives won all our games and placed first overall, here is the cup that we won.

Whakatauki

In Maori we have been learning about a Whakatauki.  A Whakatauki is a proverb, what is truly valued in the Maori Culture. The Whakatauki that we have been learning about is if we all shared then no one would go without. We would be able to provide for all that come to us.There are also Proverbs in the Bible that encourage us to share.  Read these proverbs : Proverbs 19:17; 22:9; 31:20.  Jesus also showed us the teachings of God when he feed the multitudes of people with the fish and the loaves. Read more about this in the Gospel of John: 6 or the Gospel of Matthew: 14.

Evolution

In room six we have been learning to classify animals.  Scientists classify animals into groups in order to easily identify, sort, and name them.

Classify = SORT
there are many ways to group living things.  one way is according to how they use their food for energy.  You can classify animals into two main groups.  Vertebrate or invertebrate.
All vertebrates have...

• covering of skin that protects them
• Skeleton inside their body
• Muscles that help them move
• Blood moves through tubes
• Lungs or gills for breathing

Invertebrates

• 90% of animals are invertebrates!
• Invertebrates tend to be small because they don't have a backbone.
• Many live in the ocean because the water helps support their weight.
• Some have a hard covering or shell on the outside of their body for protection - insects, spiders, crabs, snails, clams.

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