This week we have been learning about the Yanomami tribe who live in the Amazon rainforest.

Callum: “We learned that the Yanomami live in a yano which is a big dome without a roof in the middle. It is made from sticks and logs from the forest.”

Lauren C: “The yano can have over 100 Yanomami people living in it and each family has their own section.”

Jay: “In the afternoon the boys go off hunting with the men. The boys hunt lizards for practice and the men hunt things like monkeys for food for the tribe. A hunter doesn’t eat anything they themselves have killed out of respect for the animal.”

Lauren U: “In the afternoon the girls do different chores with their mums, sisters and their aunts. They collect food from their garden such as manioc and bananas. They go into the forest to collect Brazil nuts and caterpillars.”

Isla: “They eat this thing called manioc. They have to squeeze the juices out first or else it is poisonous. It is a bit like a potato with a rougher skin.”

Finlay: “We learned that there is less and less of them because goldminers are coming into the forest and passing on diseases to them or even shooting them.”

Kendal: “We learned that every time a Yanomami cuts down a tree they beg for its forgiveness or they believe a star will fall out of the sky.”

Antonia: “We learned they sleep in hammocks that they make themselves. This is to keep them off the ground because things like driver ants or other creepy crawlies will get them.”

Declan: “The hole in the middle of the yano is there to let the smoke out from the fires and also to let in air and sunlight.”

Who has impressed?

Chloe: “The Cool Capybaras table impressed me by winning table of the week and breaking the run of five in a row that the Swaggy Sloths had.”

Antonia: “Taylor has impressed me because she has been much more focused on her work this week and concentrated better.”

Kendal: “Lauren C has impressed me because she has helped out with the p6 show.”

Callum: “Declan has impressed me because he is always so kind to people in the playground and always lets people join in his games.”

Harry: “Kai has impressed me this week because he done excellently in the team challenge yesterday where we looking at animals and their survival skills.”

Emily: “Olivia impressed me by helping out with the p3/2 Roman assembly.”

Adam: “Kendal has impressed me because she didn’t give up with her maths and now she understands it better.”

Mr Berginis: “I’m very impressed with how much resilience and hard work the class has shown during our fractions topic. They have tried their very best to learn all of the different skills.”