Tiritiri Matangi

Bloggers hello! Last week Tiritiri Matangi is where we went. Tiritiri is a sanctuary for endemic animals like, takahe and tuatara. We first went on a bus for 15-20 minutes and then on a ferry 
for 70 minutes. 

We saw a lot of birds like the NZ wood pigeon, it was really big and fat.  It took a long time 
for us to get to the top at the light house but we made it. It was tiring walking up. 

When we got up to the top we had lunch then a scavenger hunt was what we had. After the 
scavenger hunt we asked questions about the island and animals. 

We walked down to the hill to the beach and explored till the ferry arrived. When we got in 
the ferry I was sad because I really like that island. 

I learned that there is 1% of takahe left in New Zealand and that some of the  NZ wood pigeons 
are too fat to fly that is why they don't move so much. 

I hope one day you will see the wonders of Tiritiri Matangi. 
If you want to see the website click link: Tiritiri Matangi . 

Anyway Here are some pictures of the day!

Blog ya later-Skye!

This is the Wood Pigeon 
and on the bottom of it is the Black Robin.   





This is the Takahe!

Visual Art

Hey bloggers!! For the past week we have been doing visual art on endemic animals.

1. We had to choose one animal, I chose Hector's dolphin.
2. We had to paint a piece of paper white.
3. We had to get a picture of our animal we chose and draw an outline of it in a google drawing or doc.
4. My teacher printed them off then we had to scribble an outline of it.
5. Then we had to press the printed picture on the painted page and on the other side of the scribble we used a pen to make an outline. When I pulled off the printed paper there was an outline on the painted page! (Some of it wasn't there.😋)
6. We started to draw the geometric shapes inside the shape the animal we chose.
7. After that we started to paint the picture.
8. Next we painted another layer of paint for the background. I had to do white because I had black paint on my dolphin.
9.  I did the finishing touches and then I was done!                     

It took a lot of time but I finished it. Here is a picture of it.
The part I liked about it was when we started to colour it in.
If I could change the colour I would colour it sky blue, dark blue, pink and purple.    

My teacher put a border around it so here it is🠟.

Here it is with the border. 

Blog ya later!-Skye