Learn About the Characteristics of Different Animal Groups

Animals are classified into two big groups - invertebrates and vertebrates.

INVERTEBRATES

This invertebrate song will help you learn about the characteristics of invertebrates.





VERTEBRATES

Sing a song about vertebrates to learn about this large group of animals.

What are the most important characteristics of amphibians?  What makes an animal an amphibian?  

What are the characteristics mammals have in common?  What makes an animal a mammal?

View this video to find out about the main characteristics used to classify vertebrates as mammals.

Sing a song about mammals.

Check out this Mammals link to find out what makes an animal a mammal, where they live and the different types of mammals.

You can read further facts about mammals here.

To identify an animal as a mammal, it has to have these characteristics.

What are the characteristics all birds have in common?  What makes an animal a bird?

What are the characteristics of reptiles that we should know about so we can recognise them and compare them with other groups of animals?

Learn about the characteristics of fish so that you can recognise them and differentiate them from other animals.

Learn about the amphibians, reptiles and fish

Drag each of the characteristics into the bin it suits best.


What Makes An Animal a Mollusc?

Mollusc Characteristics and Types of Molluscs


Main Characteristics of Molluscs



Learn about molluscs and how they survive.




Molluscs and Echinoderms

The World's Deadliest - Hermit Crab vs Conch

What do we know about Animal Families

Musical Patterns

In music we are learning how to write a rhythm pattern using musical notation.  Look at the pattern Giovanni has created.


Can you clap the pattern he has created?

Do you know the names of the notes he has used and their values?

Whakatauki of the Week

Whaea Rhiannon has started to introduce a whakataukī to our studio each week.

ANZAC Service

On the first day of term Otakaro and Travis studios walked down to the Burwood War Memorial for an ANZAC service.  Children and teachers from the Lake Terrace Pre School joined us.  Mr O'Reilly came with his guitar and Miss Reynolds with her ukelele.

We stood respectfully in a semi-circle shape around the monument. Mrs Forbes-Henry introduced the service and led us and read together the poem 'In Flanders Fields' and sang the national anthem.

Riley holding the NZ flag

Reading 'In Flanders Field'

Mrs Forbes-Henry introducing our service

Malena places her wreath

Descriptions of The Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood

REAL Challenges Presentation - Week 10, Term 1

Sasha Allen - Completed the McDonald's Duathlon!

Zoe Croot - Improved her fitness over four weeks.

Zoe Croot - Her recording table

Sam Watson - Completed the McDonald's Duathlon!

Jack McStay - Walked around the Travis Wetlands twice!

Jake Hughes - Completed the Muddy Good Run, this is his competition number.

Jake Hughes - He also improved his swimming!

Holly Neale - Completed the Weetbix TRYathlon

Hannah Gowland - Prepared two meals for her family!
Meal one: Corned beef and vegetables

The final product.

Meal two: Mince and vegetables

Ollie Munt - Raised money for the Child Cancer Foundation!