This week we have been learning how to make a Limerick, I hope you like it. Whats your favourite type of poem.

There once was a boy called Crumb

He said his finger went numb

He nailed them together

Thin as a feather

His parents called him dumb

Book Character day

 This week is book week. I was Gangster granny. here is my costume 

How to make Caramilk banana slice

This term we will be doing a set of instructions and we will get someone to follow them, this is my recipe that i really like. Maybe you might like to try it?

 Caramilk banana slice

   ingredients/ materials:

• 5 very ripe bananas

• ¾ cup  Brown sugar

• 1 cup Caramilk chocolate chips/ Milk chocolate chips

• ¼ cup Milk

• ¼ cup oil (any oil is ok)

• 2 Eggs

• ½ tsp salt

• 1 tsp Cinnamon

• ¾ cup flour

• ½ baking soda

•  Potato masher

• Large bowl/pot

• Baking tray

• Spatula 

• Baking paper

• Non stick spray

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a  pan with non-stick spray.

2. Peel bananas and mash well. Stir in brown sugar, oil, milk and eggs until combined.

3. Add in dry ingredients and stir. Fold in 1/2 the chocolate chips.

4. Spread the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle remaining chips on top. Bake 18-22 minutes, until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

5. Cool completely and cut into squares.

 

Concentration camp research

 

This week for reading we had to research about the concentration camp of our book

Boy in the striped pyjamas.

Hanmer camp map

With Miss J, were doing activity around Hanmer camp and this was the one i chose to do first. Hope you like it.

 

Butterphant Report

For the past few weeks Miss Hines has given us a task to write a fake animal report. Cara and I did ours on a Butterphant, It was a combined effort by both of us. A Butterphant is a Butterfly Elephant. I hope you like our report, what fake animal would you do yours on? 

 Butterphant

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.. 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

Elephant report

This past week, we've had to make a report about something we know lots about. I chose to do mine on Elephants because I think they are a very important and fascinating animal. What would you do yours on?

 Elephants

Elephants are a native animal to Africa. They habitat in wetland, forest, grassland, savannas, and deserts. Elephants don’t really have predators, Humans are their greatest danger. Some cruel humans kill elephants just for their tusk which is leading to extinction.

 Elephants like to habitat anywhere wet. The elephants like to bathe in mud and wet areas. You could find them in wetlands, forest, grasslands, savannas, and deserts. Because they get very hot carrying around all that skin. Fun fact their skin is 2.5 centimeters thick. The folds, and wrinkles in their skin can retain up to ten times more water than flat skin does, which helps to cool them down. They keep their skin clean and protect themselves from sunburn by taking regular dust and mud baths.

 Elephants don't have particular predators, but humans are very determined to hunt down elephants to get the tusks. Humans like their tusks because they contain Ivory and you could sell them for half a million dollars. Some states it's illegal to sell ivory, but it's really not nice to kill elephants to kill a whole elephant to sell their ivory. 

Fun facts: Elephants have a lifespan of 50-70 depending on their breed. Most elephants also have a very good memory. They can remember the day they were born. Baby elephants are called a calf. They also can stand up within 20 minutes of birth. In conclusion, Elephants are very intelligent animals, they are one of the most human-like animals apart from monkeys. Their diet consists of eating roots, grass fruit, and barks, and they eat a lot of these things. An adult elephant can consume up to 300 pounds of food in a single day.

Klaudia Anderson