Tuatara

Ainsley's Nana visited Room 7 all the way from Invercargill. She told us about Henry the 100 year old tuatara. We have begun doing some report writing about tuatara. We also made some clay models and for our great tuatara pictures we added sand to give some texture to them. Have a look at them on the slide show and read some of our reports on tuatara.

A tuatara is a special creature in New Zealand. The tuatara has sharp teeth. The tuatara eats spiders, wetas, worms and birds. A tuatara lives under the leaves and under the ground. A tuatara is clever because it can see in the dark. By Aya

Is a tuatara a lizard? No, they are reptiles. A tuatara has got some spikes. It lives for a hundred years. It can eat meat like birds and wetas. By Ashlee

A tuatara is a reptile. Tuatara have 6 – 8 eggs. They live up to 100 years old. Tuatara can also hunt in the night. A tuatara is special to the world. By Forest

A tuatara is actually a reptile from when the dinosaurs were here. Did you know that tuatara can lay 6-8 eggs? They have green and brown skin so they can hide. The tuatara eats meat like spiders and birds, but they do not go and chase the thing. He sits there and waits and when he sees a bird he jumps. By Jessica