Year Five Travelwise

Today we were learning to recognise how active travel is good for our tinana (body).  Especially our heart and muscles.

What do you already know about your heart?

"It pumps blood to your body" Max

If you have a heart attack the doctors can reset your heart" Taylor

"It's the size of your fist" Ebony

"You need your brain for your heart to function but you also need your heart for your brain to function" Will

"You need your heart to live" Riley

"It helps you breathe" Scarlett

"It pumps oxygen around your body" Abel

"If it stops beating you die" Savvy

"It's not a heart shape" Sharmaine

Paige "If your heart isn't working properly you can get a heart transplant"

"Some people are born with a hole in their heart" Jax

"You can have heart failure" 

We read about our heart and worked out how to take our pulse.  Next we counted our beats in 6 seconds and multiplied that number by 10 to work out our BPM.  We took our BPM at rest, walking, running and in recovery.  We graphed the results and analysed them.  The harder we worked the faster our heart pumped taking oxygen to our muscles.

We reviewed with a quick Kahoot.

After morning tea, we thought about our muscles.  What do we already know about muscles?

"They help you move around" Mina

"They are strong" Janssen

"The more you workout the stronger they get" Jacob

"They get stronger through active travel" Rufaro

Zoe "When you walk or ride you use your muscles when you get dropped off in a car you're just sitting down"

Esther "The stronger your muscles the faster you run"

We read about muscles and labelled major muscles in our body i our online workbook.

Lastly we used our muscles to help move mulch to our native bushwalk.

Next time we're going to learn about how active travel is great for our mental health.

Waka Eco Warriors Pest Detectives

 

Inspired by our day out at Eye On Nature, the Eco Warriors became pest detectives today.  We thought about the types of pests that might be eating our chickens' kai. Jacob said "Rats and mice"  

Then we used the chew cards kindly provided in our Eye On Nature take home box.  Joshua pushed the non toxic lure into he core flute and Lucas nailed the card on to the chicken coop down low.  

We also had tracker tunnels from our Pest Cadetship last year, so we reset those with fresh ink pads and some of the lure.  Next week we'll analyse the results to see if we need to set pest traps. Stay tuned to see our results! Thanks Eye on Nature! 

Year One's Special Seeds

 Today Year One split into small groups and passed around a mystery object.  What was it? A pebble? A shell? A nut? No it was a bean seed.  We shared our ideas about how we could get the seed to grow:

Sophia "We water it  and I made one at kindy"

Elijah "You have to put it in the ground and put water on it"

Willow "The bean needs some air"

Leon "The seed needs water and sun"

Edison "The seed needs space so the roots don't squash together"

Next we put on our garden gloves & went on a walk to see where we have seeds growing in our Mara Kai and Orchard.

We picked ENORMOUS carrots and showed them to Ms Von. 

We also picked apples. 

We all got to try giant carrot. Lastly, we drew a picture of Fredge from 5+Aday with all the things that he needs to grow seeds. 

Can your tamariki tell you what seeds need to grow?

Year One - What makes plants grow?

Today, Year One are learning about how plants grow.

 We passed around a mystery object.  What is it?

Edison "It was a bean"

What is a bean?

Mckenzie "A type of food that grows and its good for eating"

Shakya "You can cook it"

Edison "A bean is a seed you can eat"

What is a seed?

Peter "When you put a seed from a tree it will grow.  I have apples on my tree"

Kayla-Rae - "A seed grows into a tree"

"I have a lemon tree"

"If you have a watermelon seed and you give it water a watermelon plant will grow"

Niko "I know that they grow into flowers and trees and other stuff"

Janaya "It's something that grows in soil"

Ezra "Some seeds are really big"

What do seeds need to grow?

Kalane Jade "You have to put some water on it and you have to put it under the ground"

Leon "You need  some sun"

We went to the Mara Kai to explore what had been growing. We saw the soil, the hoses for watering and felt the hot sun.

Check out the GIANT carrots that we picked! We took them back to Piwakawaka to peel, chop and EAT. YUM!

Afterwards we wanted to record what we had learnt, so we drew a diagram to show what seeds need to grow.

Lastly we put all the carrot tops and peels into the worm farm to turn into new soil for growing more kai.

Next time we are going to learn about the parts of a plant.  I wonder what veggies we will try next ...