Predator Free By 2050!

Now that New Zealand has become overcrowded with pests, the government has decided to use drones to help get rid of them. Each drone will cost $790,000 and that's alot of money! 

Drones have not been used in New Zealand but drones will be the key to help get rid of pests as it has a lot of energy and can self reset way more times than a electronic trap. These drones also fly around beaches encase of any other pests.

Maybe with all these drones helping by doing the jobs of humans we might actually get rid of all pests by the year 2050!

Hamlin Hills Trip!

On Friday both intermediate classes had our first field trip for this year. The trip was related to our topic for this term which is PESTS! On the day of our trip we had a small lesson from our tour guide Frazier explaining what we were going to see on the trip and what we need to look for.  

Nobody really knew where Hamlin Hill was but turns out most of us drive past it almost every time we go to Sylvia Park! During the trip Limiteti (one of the students) had a close encounter with a rat that nearly gave her a heart attack! Not only was there a rat moving around in the forest but there was a dead mouse in one of the traps that Frazier had mentioned!

As we were hiking up the mountain we started seeing more traps and ribbons that Frazier said we were going to see. The ribbons were different colours, so that means different codes such as Pink for Pests and Blue for Clues. 

Pest Investigaters

In room 9 for our inquiry we have been studying about pests. We have done art and most of us made ladybirds and the boys did spiders. I like how I created mine, I used red foam paper for my red coated wings. I like how my smart and creative teacher Mrs Riley thinks of these amazing artworks of pest even though she does not like art.



             



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