We were lucky to have Stella Schmid visit for our Duffy assembly today. At the age of 10 she couldn't read. She didn't go to school 80% of the time because she lived with her grandparents. When they passed away, her family realised she couldn't read. She didn't have the opportunities to read when she was you get, so she reads at every opportunity now.
She now owns 3 businesses and travels New Zealand sharing her passion for reading and the environment.
Her message to us today was about how important we are.
"Someone in this room has the potential to be the prime minister one day."
"Someone in this room has the potential to be the future minister of conservation."
She talked about the kereru and how it is the only bird large enough to eat some of the seeds for our big trees. Once it's extinct, the trees will be too!
The huia is already gone.
By the time you wake up in the morning, 170 species will die.
There are 3 species of rat in New Zealand.
- One came with Maori and was a major food source.
- Ship rat originally came from India. It kills 26m native birds and insects every year. It has the potential to have 10 babies every 2 months.
-Norwegian rat can swim. It eats the birds and insects I. The canopy of the trees.
Possums come from Australia. It was brought here for its coat. There are more things that have been brought into our country, than the things that belong here.
Stoats come from Europe. They were brought here to fix the rabbit population. The rabbits were brought here by gold planners to eat. They over bred and ate too much grass then dig up farmland. The farmers demanded stoats were brought. On average 40 kiwis are killed by stoats each day. It's cousin the weasel is the same, but smaller. The ferret is from the same family. He was brought here for its mink coat. They were farmed. When it was decided that they weren't welcome here, they weren't sent back or destroyed... 4700 were released back into the forest.
The Kauri has been here for 250m years. We used to be covered in them, yet 1% is left.
Native-made its way here on its own.
Endemic - can only be found in one place in the world. 80% of our native population is endemic.
Introduced - brought here by humans.
Hi it's Sophia here from Room 7 at Hornby Primary. We also had Stella come to our school last term. She was very interesting. I think it is sad that so many animals are dying out. Thank you for including so much information in your post. Did the students in you class like their books?
ReplyDeleteHola, Gilberthorpe it is Michaela and Venice from Hornby Primary School in Room 7. It is good that you listen to her story because it means it's never to late to learn how to read. We also had Stella come in our school. Next time maybe you can put the writing bigger. We really like your blog post good job, Adios.
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ReplyDeleteIt's Freya and Temera from Hornby Primary School.
Did you have fun with Stella Schmid. I really like the way it all made sense.
Maybe next time you could add some more detail about what you did.
How long did it take?
Hi it's Xaviar and Jasmine from Room 7 at Hornby Primary School. We also had Stella come to our school. She told us some of the same things she told you. Maybe you could put in headings for the different topics you are talking about in this post. I like how much information you have. What the most interesting fact you found out?
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