Banded Kokopu

Banded Kokopu

The Banded Kokopu is very interesting and has lots of unusual features about it.

The Banded Kokopu usually grows up to 20 - 25cm but has been recorded at 30 cm long they also are very good climbers. They live in the pool area of a catchment.

They spend the first 3 - 4 months at sea before migrating back to fresh water as whitebait. They breathe by swallowing water and pumping it over their gills. The Banded Kokopu mostly feed on invertebrates that live in the stream bends but they also eat insects that fall into the water.

The Banded Kokopu has been affected by people pouring sewage into the water they are also affected by deforestation and humans destroying their lakes and homes to build over.

We could protect its habitat and stop destroying them.

I think that the Banded Kokopu is a amazing, Interesting and unusual creature.

Complex Sentences

 Complex Sentences

The boy crawled around inside the large ball although it took him a long time.

The young boy reached out to touch the lizard so that he could feel it’s rough skin.

The chameleon flicked out it’s tongue while it was changing colour.

The chameleon flicked out it’s tongue so that it could catch the bug.

The old lady poured a cup of tea until the cup was full.

The old lady poured a cup of tea because she was thirsty.

Although there was no school today, the girl still got up early.

Although he felt so tired, he still kept running.

Before the swimming lesson started, the girl had to get changed.

Conjunction words:

- Where

- Although

- When

- While

- After

- Before

- Since

- As

- So that

- As though

- Until

The girl did not do P.E., Although she had nothing wrong with her

Although the girl had nothing wrong with her. She didn’t do P.E.

Until her ankle was better, The girl did not do P.E.

Because the girl threw a bag of rubbish, the river was polluted.

The water cycle

The water cycle

The sun collects the water from puddles, streams, sea… and that is called evaporation then it goes into the clouds which is called condensation finally Precipitation happens when it rains, snows, sleet or hail and then it starts all over again.  Here is a diagram of the water cycle:

The water cycle also known as hydrologic cycle is the journey water takes as it circulates from the land to the sky and back again. The Sun's heat provides energy to evaporate water from the Earth's surface (oceans, lakes, … ). Plants also lose water to the air this is called transpiration.

97% of our water isn’t fresh, that means only 3% is.