Hochstetter's Frog

Hiwi the Kiwi

Today the whole Manurewa Central School came to   see Hiwi the Kiwi show. First we walked silently into the assembly. Secretly I heard music on the front. Mrs

Minstrel and Mr Minstrel were in the auditorium to teach us about looking after fish and seabirds.

Nirmit quickly came down. Mr Minstrel told him to hold a fake fish. Next he told him to measure the fish with a little short ruler and see if the fish is too small.  

Mr Minstrel told us about using a wet towel for fish.

And if the fish is too small you have to grab the fish and put it back in the sea. Put it on the big plastic box with  salted ice because it helps the fish get bigger.

Mr Minstrel told us again about that you need a life jacket. He told us a story about 3 people who weren’t wearing a life jacket who went on the boat. Then after that they went inside the water. Splash. Suddenly they sank in  the water. That's why you need a life jacket.

My favorite part was when he told the story about 3

people.  

Hiwi the Kiwi

On Monday morning the whole school went to the amazing Hiwi the Kiwi show. First the Minstrel was singing songs. The Hiwi the Kiwi show was about looking after fish and seabirds.

First he called Nirmit to come and tell him to measure a pretend fish. If they are too big or small throw it back in. The funny thing was Nirmit nearly kissed a pretend fish. Wow!   

Next he told us to use a wet towel when you hold a fish so it doesn't damage the fish’s skin. He also said to ice the fish with salty water to keep it fresh.

The next lesson was always use life jackets when you are on boats so you don’t drown.

Don’t let birds eat the bait or it will die so shoot it with a water gun.

My favorite bit was when he said “Booboo”.

Hiwi the Kiwi Show

When Manurewa Central school walked through the auditorium doors there was groovy music on. First Minstrel said, “Okey dokey.” Then the crowd shouted out, “Hokey pokey,” and that meant we need to be quiet as a mouse so we could listen to Minstrel.

The first lesson he told us was to always have a fishing ruler when you're fishing.If the fish  is too big it might have baby fish in its tummy so you carefully put it back in the water with a wet towel. If the fish is too tiny you need to put it back in the water because it is a baby and it needs to grow much bigger.

Always pick up a fish with a wet towel because it has this special sunscreen on it and if you wipe it off by just touching it and putting it back in the water it will die.

When you catch your fish put the fish in salt ice because a fish lives in salt water and if you put it in fresh water it won’t taste nice.

Minstrel told us a story about life jackets.The story was... there were 3 strong men that were really good swimmers who thought that they didn’t need life jackets even when the boat was going really fast and the life jackets were in front of the boat.Then all the 3 men went flying out of the boat. They could swim but the boat left them and now they have passed away and that's why you should always wear life jacket.

My favourite part was when the whole school sang “Kai moana, fish from the sea. Kaimoana to feed the family. Fish for the future and there will always be more kaimoana for you and me.”

Swimming Skills & Water Safety

Hiwi the Kiwi

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