BEES

    

          HOW FLOWERS ATTRACT BEES 

The most important thing that bees do is pollinate flowers which
  reproduce the flower or plant. The flowers need to be pollinated
so they have to attract pollinators. To attract pollinators, the flowers
have to make smells and have special colours to attract the bees.
The flowers also use nectar to attract pollinators.

WHY WE NEED BEES TO POLLINATE

Flowers and plants need bees to reproduce. This is because
without bees to pollinate the flowers will die and not reproduce.
This means that tomatoes, pears, apples, cucumbers and peaches
will grow extinct if there flowers are not pollinated!! So now you
know why pollination is so important.

HOW BEES POLLINATE

Bees need to pollinate flowers but how do they do that?

When the bees push through the flower to get to the nectar
the bees have to brush past the stamens which leaves pollen
on their furry coat. Then when the bees go to other flowers the
pollen on their bodies brush off on to the stigma and the pollen
help make new seeds. This is crucial because if the bees did
not pollinate fruit and vegetables then the fruit and vegetables
will not grow and we will have less food. If the bees don’t pollinate
the tomato plants, for example, then the tomatoes will not be able
to grow and will wither away.

  

        COLLECTING NECTAR

The honey bee has a special stomach that makes honey called a crop.
This is where they keep their nectar. When the foraging Honey Bee has
collected the nectar from a flower and puts it in it’s stomach (the crop)
then a process happens in the crop which turns the sugar in the nectar
into honey.  Then when the foraging bee returns to the hive the hive
bees take the honey and spread the nectar on their long tongues to
dry the honey. When the honey is dried the bees put it in the honeycomb cells. 

              SUCCESS CRITERIA

WALT

We are learning to write an information report.

Success Criteria:

 We will plan and then write an information report on a topic of our choice related to bees.

Our report will:

• Be interesting!
• Give information about a topic of our choice related to bees.
• Show a clear link to our planning.
• Start with an opening statement about our topic.
• Have at least 3 paragraphs.  Each paragraph will have an opening statement
• and a series of facts related to that statement.
• Include some complex or compound sentence structures.
• Include at least one diagram, photograph, illustration or map to go with the text.
• Finish with a general statement about the topic.
• Use information from at least 3 different sources. 
• This information will be written in our own words and we will write down
• our sources at the end of our report.

Sources

The importance of bees

Google search

Friends of Earth

Lake Daneill

On Wednesday the 14 of June, Room 1 and 8 combined, got ready for the  Lake Daniell tramp.
The cars we drove in took us all they way to reefton were we had toilet stops and then we
continued. Then the cars drove thru springs junction and into the lake daniell carpark. On the
way to the car park we listened to Crosby,Stills and Nash hits . Earlier this week we learnt
about umbles and hyperthermia.

 Soon we got out of our cars and  had a count call (thats when we were given a number and
had to yell out our number).  After that started the walk it was fun. After a while of walking we
stopped to have a snack. Soon we crossed over a gorge with a strong current. About every
30 mins we had a snack. On the walk we had to find stuff for a scavenger hunt.. After about 2
hours we arrived at the Manson and nicolas hut. The hut was under construction. We walked
up a small jetty and then had our lunch. The walk back was uneventful and soon we were back
at the carpark. I really enjoyed the walk, and it's a great walk for beginners.

Callaghns ridge

On the 11 of April 2019, Room 1 and Room 8 met in the morning and got into
car groups to leave on a tramp up Callaghans Ridge. The cars drove out of
Greymouth and drove up Callaghans Road. The drivers parked the cars and
we all got out. Soon we were walking up the ridgeline. Luckily when it started
raining we had rain jackets to protect us from the rain. We also had a scavenger
hunt to find birds and plants along the track. One of the birds on the list (a tomtit)
came right up to us just as we started the walk. Before the walk we were given a
number to remember so that the teachers could quickly see that we weren’t lost.
The track was muddy because of the rain and the ground turned to clay. At lunchtime
we stopped under the trees and had to make a shelter. My team (Dakota, Charlie,
Summer, Jackson and Me) tied three ropes holding a tarpaulin on to some trees.
When our shelter was finished we had lunch. After lunch we carried on with the walk. 

How bees pollinate

  How Bees Pollinate

 Why do we need bees to pollinate?

The most important thing that bees do is pollinate flowers. 
If a plant is to reproduce it needs to be pollinated so that it grows
new seeds that grow into a new plant.  Many flowers produce nectar to attract bees.
When the bees push through the flower to get to the nectar the bees have to brush
past the stamens which leaves pollen on their furry coat. Then when the bees go to other
flowers the pollen on their bodies brush off on to the stigma and the pollen help make new seeds. 

Why is this important?

This is crucial because if the bee didn’t pollinate fruit and vegetables
then the fruit and vegetables won’t grow and we will have less food.
If the bees don’t pollinate the tomato plants then the tomatoes will not be able to
grow and wither away.

Quick Write

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooom there it was again. That noise. A scouring light sprawled
over the dark sky like a sheet on fire. I shivered and crouched lower, the wooden
beams of the mill cowering over my shivering body as though they were alive.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooom the loud screeching thunder rung in my ears. A slow
breeze cackled as it went through the shattered glass of the old mills window.
Once again a bright light filled the room glowing a deathly green. I hunched
down with my mouth hanging in mid air as if I had stopped breathing. I waited -
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooom. I clawed the ground and waited. By now I guessed that
the lightning was about 6 kilometres away. Outside the lightning tore at the ground
glowing up the cloudless sky. A minute went by ………    ……. a line.. a straight line
of light flung itself onto the small mill. Fizz fizz fizz, what was that. A glow filled the
room this time red……… ……… it was fire!!! Another streak of lightning whizzed
into the room my mouth froze. My body froze. The dark night was illuminated with a
green deathly glow. I screamed and screamed and screamed. My hair flew into a fire I
screamed as I rushed over to the stream near the mill. I dunked my head Into the water
staring in awe at the dark cloudless sky getting filled with lightning as though it was water.  

Complex Sentence Paragraph

“Look! Look down there!” His voice could just about be heard above the sound
of the aeroplane’s engine and the shrieking wind in their ears.

“Can you see it?”  On top of the wing the two boys looked down struggling to
see because of the wind. Mike looked and could just manage to see a big frigate
bird below them . The boys craned their necks to see the bird. A heap of melon
sharks jumping around in the water below and chasing the fish in the sea below
the frigate bird..  By this time a bunch of security guards were walking over the
top of the plane when suddenly a big gust of wind from the engines swooshed
through the air and hit the boys on the back. The boys struggled to stay on the
wing of the plane. Both boys held onto the ailerons and held on for dear life.
Soon the Men got closer and hauled the boys up onto the wing. Mike and the
other boy were taken in side the plane and told off for stowing away on the wing of the plane.


In Room 1 we have been learning about prepositions and clauses.
In this piece of writing the yellow words are the prepositions.
Here is some writing we had to do about looking down.

Reading Tasks 2019

Throughout the last few weeks in Room 1
 we have been doing reading tasks about a certain story.
This week we have been asked to make a reflection.

I read the story "Giving it a Shot" In my opinion the story didn't make much sense really because all it was was Lauren and her dad arguing about whether Lauren should be a shot putter or a runner because Lauren had came third in the running race but her dad said she could have came first.  I think that her dad wanted Lauren to be a runner because maybe he had been a runner when he was a kid. Also when Lauren finally gave in she didn't seem any happier.
The pictures for the story looked like bits of magazines glued together to make a deformed face.