Butterphant Report

 This term for writing we have been working on reports and Miss Hines said she wanted us to write a report about a fake animal. We got to choose to do it with a partner and I did it with Klaudia. To do this we had to first pick our fake animal and then make a planning scaffold for our writing. After that we had to start writing and this is our final product. Hope you like it :)

The butterphant is a very interesting animal. They have many interesting characteristics.They live in The treetops of Africa. They also have a very effective way of getting rid of their enemies.

Butterphants are really interesting creatures. Their scientific name is Loxolocera. They are smaller than normal elephants because of their butterfly ancestry. They are basically an elephant with butterfly wings for ears. Their diet consists of roots, grass, fruit and nectar plants. Thanks to their butterfly wing ears they have the ability to fly. Butterphants bathe in thick nectar after hot and exhausting days. They like to bathe in bubbling mud on cold days when it is too cold to bathe in cold nectar. In winter they start to begin their mating season and it ends at the start of spring. Their young are called Camph and they are born through the trunk of their mother in an egg. They are also severely endangered and there are no more than 120 of them left.  

The butterphant usually lives in the Baobab treetops in Africa. Sometimes you can find it scouring the plains for food or to find somewhere to bathe. If they are unfortunate enough to be born in a place with no trees they will most likely die. In the early 17th century they chose to live in the Baobab tree because it is one of the only trees that can hold their weight.

To defend against their enemies, which are Hornets and sandflies, they flap their wing ears and create a wind so powerful that the enemies go blow away. Their wind is so strong that it's almost impossible to stay stable on the ground near the Butterphant. It is as strong as a wind turbine at full power.

If the Butterphant gets stung/bitten, The will blow up 10x their actual size, they also turn a dark purple colour. 

In conclusion, Butterphants are severely endangered and the population is just about 120. You can find them peacefully caring for their baby camph  And washing themselves up, All in the treetops of africa. Blowing their enemies away just with a flap of their wing ears, it's a pretty amazing animal with an interesting lifestyle.

Cara and Klaudia

Week 10 Maths Workbook

 This was our maths work book for the week

Sloths Report

 This term we are working on writing reports for writing. This is mine.Hope you like it 😀

Sloths

Sloths are one of the most interesting animals on the planet. They eat so many interesting foods. They live in parts of America. Furthermore, they also have many dangerous predators.

Sloths eat so many different things. A sloths diet consists of leaves from the cecropia tree, twigs and buds. They get their water from juicy plants. Their low metabolism means that they can survive on barely any food. It takes them a day to process food that would take other animals only hours to process. Did you know that they only come down their tree once a week to go to the bathroom, and when they poop they poop out about half their body weight. 

Sloths live in very interesting places. Sloths live in the treetops of trees in Central and South American tropical forests. To move from tree to  tree the swing from canopy vines. They spend most of their lives in the treetops napping and remaining hidden from their predators.

Sloths have many vairing predators. A sloth's main predators are jaguars and eagles. Their other predators include harpy eagles, ocelots and other big cats. They hide in their tree because they are the same color as the tree. Their slowness is not just being lazy, but it helps them survive because the predators don't see the tree rustling so as not to give away their hiding spot.

In conclusion sloths are a very fascinating animal that lives in ways that are different from other animals.

Advertising Poster

For part of our novel study we had to make an advertising poster. This is mine. Hope you like it. 😀  

The Runaway

 This week me Madison and Klaudia wrote this with the help of Miss J. We had to write a sensory story. This is ours. I hope you like it :)

             The Runaway

I was running away from home after the latest fight between my mum and I, when I fell over. An excruciating pain shot through my back and up my spine. The world went black. Moments later I was in a  potato sack, being thrown into the back of a van. Rough and scratchy against my skin. Juddering. I felt the van starting to move. Where was I going? I wondered. We drove for what felt like days, it was probably just a few hours. When we stopped we were parked on the side of a road I thought. 

All I had on me was my phone. But when I was thrown in the van the screen cracked. I was lucky enough for the phone to still work. I tried to call someone for help, but I had no reception. 

Then I noticed there was a tiny hole  In the sack. I squinted my eyes looking into the hole. I thought I saw the figure of my dad. I got frightened because the last time I saw him was when I was 6. But recognised him straight away. But why would he take me?

Through the blur of the potato sack, I saw him jump out of the van and yank open the door in the back.. The sack and me, was pulled out of the van and I was shoved onto the driveway. 

What is he going to do to me?!

Cara, Madison, Klaudia

Identity Poem

This week we had to make identity poems about ourselves. This is mine. What would you write in your identity poem? I hope you like it.

 

Weekly Quiz