Hi, my name is Flutter the Butterfly. I am an adult even though I am only eight weeks old. You often see me flitting from one flower to another whenever you spend some free time playing around the open fields at Ta Qali. However my life does not consist of simply flying around…
I started my life in a clutch of eggs which were laid on the underside of milkweed plants. The eggs were the size of a pin head and as the week passed, our eggs became darker till we finally hatched into long thin caterpillars.
As soon as we became caterpillars, we spent a whole month feasting on leaves. We only stopped eating when our skin got too tight since we grew bigger. By the end of the four weeks, from I tiny cm we reached the full length of 5cm!
Now my wings are beautiful and spread out but at first when I got out of the chrysalis they were crumpled and damp. So I pumped fluid from my abdomen into my lovely wings to open and harden them. Now my diet is different than when I was a caterpillar because I feed on nectars from the heart of the flower with our long straw-like tongue called a proboscis. My life span is from 2 to 6 weeks to enjoy the lovely, warm summer months.
Glenn Pace and Damian Zammit 5.3
Kif nixtieq li tkun is-sena 2010
Is-Sena li għaddiet ma tantx kienet ħażina. Jien ħadt gost għax għamilt hbieb ġodda .Darba minnhom kont waqajt u weġġajt. L-iskola qed nieħu ħafna gost ma’ ħbiebi.
Jien nixtieq li nibda s-sena 2010 bit-tajjeb. Jien fl-2010 se nagħlaq għaxar snin. Nixtieq li nibda nikteb pulit u li jkolli ‘pool’ id-dar. Nixtieq ukoll immur għand il-ħabib. Jien nixtieq li fid-dinja jerġgħu iqumu d-dinosawri. Nimmaġina li dis-sena se tkun sena tajba. Ser nagħmel proponiment li ma niġġilidx ħafna ma ħija.
Ser nipprova noqgħod kwiet dis-sena, ħalli nibdiha bit-tajjeb. Jien nixtieq li l-bnedmin kollha joqogħdu kwieti u ma joqogħdux jiġġieldu u jgħidu kliem ħażin Glenn Pace 5.3
Mellieha Heights or l-Aħrax tal-Mellieħa
This is a big coast to the north of Malta near Cirkewwa. Here we find cliffs like those found at Ta’ Ċenċ in Gozo. It is a wild place with wild rabbit,wild flowers like the red orchild and wild grass like the sorrel or l-Ingliża. Birds like iċ-ċefa u l-garnija which are sea birds live on this coast too.
Jade, Michela, and Janice.
We all lvoed this poem so much and we would like to share it with you all.
Sea Song
Sea-shell, sea-shell,
Murmuring sand,
Murmuring sand.
Sea-shell, sea-shell,
Far-away land,
Far-away land.
Sea-shell, sea shell
Sing in my hand,
Sing in my hand.
Sea-shell, sea-shell,
I’ll understand,
You ‘ll understand.
James Kirkup
By Shalon, Nicole, Rebecca
One fine day Jake and Emma went to the beach.
There they met Becky near a sea gull.
The sea gull had black stuff on its feather.
That black stuff was oil.
There was an oil spill from a tanker out at the sea.
The sea gull couldn’t fly so it couldn’t catch any fish to eat.
The children were very worried because it could die.
Luckily a lady from the zoo came near the children.
She told theme that she could take sea gull and clean it from the oil.
Jack and Emma and Becky wanted to help.
They were going to help by attending the animal club meeting.
Say this tongue-twister. Start slowly. Get faster and faster.
She sells seashells by the seashore.
Babu Valley at Żurrieq
Wied Babu or Valley Babu at Żurrieq is found at south-west of Malta. It is a valley with high rocks at the sides. There is a lot of greenery like the Maltese national plant called Widnet il –Baħar or Maltese Centaury and the popular tree il Ħarruba or Carob Tree.
Many tourists go to the Blue Grotto the rocky bay of Żurrieq. Here there are many sea creatures like the starfish ; il-paġell, għarusa, il-qarnita or octopus il –gringu u l-morina..
The Maltese national bird, il-Merill or Blue Rock Thrush is also fonud on this coast of Malta.
Rebecca and Nicole
Il-Baћrija
Il-Baħrija is here with other Rabat zones.
Il-Baћrija is found towards the west of Malta . There are cliffts, wild grass like the Maltese żafżaf and the wild flowers camomile . At Baћrija we find clay, il-qabru or the sweet water crab and the bird il-bufula is-sewda or the warbler.
The lovely country-side Fomm ir-Riћ is near il-Baħrija.
Oriana & Johanna
Marsascala or Wied il-Għajn
This place is found on the south-east coast of Malta. Here we find cliffs with the Maltese national bird and plant, the Blue Rock Thrush – il-Merill and the Centaury – Widnet il-Baħar.. There is a sandy beach with pebbles and seaweed.
We also find the Saint Thomas Tower and much wild grass and many beautiful wild flowers.
Marsascala or Wied il-Għajn is here.
