Our trip to the Turangi Trout Hatchery

Room 14 and Room 13 went to visit the Turangi Trout Centre on Thursday 17 March.  We went on a bus to the Trout Hatchery because there weren't enough seats in a car.  The bus was really slow because there were too many people on it.  We had a fantastic time learning about a number of things.  We learnt that for trout to survive in our rivers the water needs to be clean, clear and cool.  We saw little fish and big trout in the Waihukuhuka stream.  The boy trout are called Jacks and the girl trout are called Hens.  Trout don't like dirty water because if dirt gets in their gills they will die.  Trout lay their eggs in the Waihukuhuka stream because it is clean, clear and cool.  The green algae on the rocks at the bottom of the water is eaten by the bugs and the trout eat the bugs.  After our big day we went back to school on the big green and white bus.  We felt tired on the bus and Terry fell asleep.  Josh had to wake Terry up when we got back to school.