Questions+from+West+Tisbury+School

Questions for the Summerland Pirates Summerland School   1. How big is your island? (Isis) Smaller then Australia bigger than Fiji and split into two islands.

 2. Is your town named Summerland because it is always warm? (Ava)  Actually our town is called Henderson and our school name is Summerland Primary because before Summerland came an orchard used to be here.

 3. How many kids are in your school? (Henry)  Over 500 kids

 4. How many grades are in your school? (Ellie) In New Zealand we call them years instead of grades so year 1s (5 year olds) to year 6 (10- 11 year olds)

 5. What are learning pods? Why did you name them after beaches? (Chloe) Learning pods are a group of year 1,2,3,4,and 5, 6(10,11 year olds) classes that are in one area of the school who look after each other but are in different classes and we named them after beaches because there are lots of beaches in West Auckland. ( where we live) (Piha beach)

 6. What is netball? How many people are on a team? (Morgan) Netball is 1 of the famous sports in New Zealand and about 7 or 8 people in each team. Morgan has some follow up questions about net ball. Morgan loves sports, he plays baseball and soccer. How do you play netball? We read you do not dribble the ball, do you pass it all the time? What if another team hits the ball out of your hands, is it a penalty or can they keep the ball?

 (New Zealand netball Team)

 7. What are you doing to help protect the kiwi? (Everett) <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">We are trying to get rid of the Kiwi's predators - Dogs, Wild cats, Possums, people.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 8. Can you give us some information about the kiwi bird? (Violet and Gregory) <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">A female kiwi gives birth to an egg 20% it's own body weight and the Kiwi cant fly and they can live up to 40 years they also use their whiskers for feeling in the dark and the Kiwi is nocternal (sleeps in the day wakes up at night) (The Kiwi bird

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 9. Do you like wearing uniforms? (Madeline) <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">We like wearing uniforms but some people don't. (Our school uniform) <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 10. Do you have a school mascot? (Emma) <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">NO we don't.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 11. What season is it in New Zealand? (Solon) <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">At the moment its going on to winter and it has been raining a lot. <span style="color: rgb(64, 75, 87); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">
 * **Summer** || December - February ||
 * **Autumn** || March - May ||
 * **Winter** || June - August ||
 * **Spring** || September - November ||

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 12. What do you like to play at recess? (Carly) <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">We like to play Netball, Basketball, Soccer, going to the library and lots more.

We would love to have a video conference with you and we have some questions we would like to ask you we are abel to conference with you on mondays or tuesdays our time.

from Maggie's Multiage Class West Tisbury School on the Island of Martha's Vineyard

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">answered by Summerland 6 graders