matariki writing

Matariki is the Māori name for a group of seven stars known as the Pleiades star cluster. Some people think of Matariki as a mother star with six daughters, and it is often referred to as the Seven Sisters.

 There are about a thousand stars in Matariki only about seven are visible to the unaided eye

 Others think that Matariki are the 'eyes of tawhirimatea In the Māori language Matariki is both the name of the Pleiades star cluster and also of the season of its first rising in late May or early June

week 7 work

animal report

Animal hermit crab Hermit crabs can live for 12 to 70 years. Hermit crabs are reddish brown and some have purple spots. They have shells and claws. Hermit crabs are only a few millimetres long.

 They live in there shells in tropical areas and trees near the ocean.

 Coconuts hermit crabs eat fruit nuts, brine, shrimp and fish flakes.

 Hermit crabs predators are cuttlefish, squid, octopus and other fish types.

 The hermit crab’s life cycle is egg to zoeato, to megaloop, to juvenile crab, to hermit crab.

 Hermit crabs have 1,100 different breeds.