Learning More About Pests

Today Frazer came to our school to teach Room 7 and Room 1 more about pests. He also took us for a walk around the school so that we could lay traps and us students could do the jobs we talked about in class. 

The jobs we had assigned to us were pulling moth plants, placing ribbons on trees, placing traps, nailing chew cards/wax traps and spreading peanut butter on the tracking card. He also talked us through different kind of pest footprints and chew bites.

During that lesson Frazer also handed out little pest themed gift bags and each of us a tracking tunnel, (that we had to fold ourselves).

Frazer also gave both Mrs Cardoza and Mr Ried a gift bag, tracking tunnel and one weta hotel that will be used throughout the year by the intermediate classes!

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. 

The Bad Race

Morral: Never Cheat!!!

Beginning:

One morning Tiger Faye and Cheetah Madisyn were

having the most biggest argument about who is the

fastest mammal. They would have races to see

who’s the fastest but they always come a tie!

Then one morning they were getting ready for

a race that determines who’s the fastest!

Initiating Event:

Tiger Faye was so outraged of coming a tie

all the time so she makes a little plan that

will make her champion. First she will add traps

for Cheetah Madisyn to fall for! The first trap is the

paint in the bucket that will fall on Cheetah

Madisyn’s head. The second trap is the rope

on the ground that will make Cheetah Madisyn

fall and break her ankle. The last trap is the net

that Cheetah Madisyn will fall in and will be trapped!

Problem:

The next day was the day to determine who’s

the fastest. Cheetah Madisyn was finishing all her

stretch’s while Tiger Faye just finished putting

up her traps for Cheetah Madisyn to fall in! Then

their names were agnomened over the

speaker “Cheetah Madisyn and Tiger Faye

up to the line to start the race. 3.. 2.. 1.. GO, and off

went Cheetah Madisyn and Tiger Faye. As Tiger Faye

ran Cheetah Madisyn gets her head all covered with blue

paint. “Oh man, but there goes Tiger Faye in the lead!”.

As Cheetah Madisyn tripped on the second trap she broke her ankle and wasn’t able to finish the race.

Solution:

When Cheetah Madisyn was about to be put on the

stretcher she saw Tiger Faye sneaking off to look

at her traps she did, suddenly Cheetah Madisyn

shouted out to the A.P.P. (Animal Patrol Police)

“Police Tiger Faye setted up all the traps!”.

As soon as they saw Tiger Faye they chased her

until they caught her. When they caught her they

made her say sorry to Cheetah Madisyn, Cheetah
Madisyn forgave her but Tiger Faye had to jail for
5 years.

Conclusion:

From that day forward Tiger Faye was known

as the Trap Animal and Cheetah Madisyn was

known as the fastest animal in the JUNGLE!