Monday, 13 October 2025

Year 2's Penguin Party




Today Year 2 continued their close look at the native manu of Aotearoa by focussing on korora / penguins.

What do you already know?

"They are in the south pole mainly" Ibaad

"They like being in the water and diving in" William

"They lay eggs" Alice

"They have a orangish yellowish beak" Miabella

"Some live in dry places like sand and some live in the snow" Ethan

Juan "Blue penguins live in NZ"

"There's lots of different types" Lilly

"Penguins catch fish" Maneesha

"They live in the Antarctic" Eric

"They are rare" Kellam

"They swim" Emmelia

"It looks like they are flying in the water" Logan

"They can slide on ice on their tummy" Emile


What did you learn?

"They protect their babies"

Juan "They live to 8 years"

"They are good swimmers" Syzel

Logan "They change colours when they are moulting and all the feathers change"

"They spend most of the time in the water and come up on the land at night"



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