Year 2 - Seagulls are special too

 Today Year 2 learnt about seagulls in New Zealand.  They aren't often appreciated, but did you know the red billed and black billed gulls are in decline?

We read Celia Seagull and the Plastic Sea

How can we help the three types of seagulls?

Nala "More rubbish bins near the beach"

Isabel "Don't throw rubbish into the sea"

Jackson "Go on a boat with a net and scoop up rubbish"

Rosie "Collect rubbish at the beach"

Bryn "Use the plastic again"

Hugo "Take three for the sea"

Nolan "The wind puts it back in there"

Torres "Recycle plastic and make a rubbish bin"

Luke "Stop dropping rubbish because it ends up in our drains  and goes to the ocean"

Acacia "Pick up litter from the sea"

Evelyn "Don't drop rubbish"

Atara "Use a fishing rod to fish for rubbish"

Freya "We should have a cleaning  day every week"

Hugo "BRING A LITTERFREE LUNCH"

We went on a rubbish hunt:

Year 3 Kumara Part 2

Our year 3 tamariki continued learning about the journey of the kumara to Aotearoa and how important it is to the Maori people. We read this article and talked about how the iwi from Mataatua record the whakapapa of the kumara compared to Tanui - Te Tapa Ingoa

We compared and contrasted growing food ourselves and how food gets to the supermarket by reading this article Kumara Behind the Scenes

We took action by using our school compost to enrich the soil in our Mara Kia in preparation for the kumara planting and mulched our new native trees to protect them from the dry season.

Tread Lightly Caravan Visit 2024

 

Eco Warriors Sharing Our GreenGold Kura

 

We are going to be sharing our GreenGold Kura with a group from Howick Primary School in Week 5.  We reviewed our school enviro map to make sure it was up to date and choose highlights to take them to when they come:

- Bee hive

- Nature walk

- Mara kai

- Chickens

- Piwakawaka

- Lizard Lounge

- Compost bins and worm farms

Joshua, Liam, Ava, Naomi and Chloe are going to be showing them around.

Next week we will review the Guiding Principles, our learning journey and have a look at Howick Primary School's Enviro Blog.  We can get some new ideas for next actions.

Year 0/1 Learn with Kiki Kiwi

 

Today in Education for Sustainability with Ms Everitt and Ms Daniel, we learnt about litter and how it can travel down stormwater drains to the sea. Sadly, animals think our rubbish is food and get sick when they eat it.

We read "Kiki Kiwi and the Travelling Trash' a Keep New Zealand Beautiful story. 

After lunch, we went on a litter hunt and sorted what we found. The biggest pile was plastic packets from lunchboxes. This won't decompose and will be on earth for hundreds of years. We can help by bringing a litter-free lunch to school.

On our hunt, Ceejay found some snails!

Year 2 Crazy for Kereru

 Year 2 focussed on the Kereru, our very special wood pigeon. We went on a walk around our kura in search of native trees that Kereru love to eat.

We found Kowhai, Karaka & Puriri. 

How wonderful to have these trees at school!

Only the kereru has a mouth big enough to gulp down the big berries of

the puriri and then spread the seeds in their poop.

We spotted the pink flowers on the big puriri trees.

Can you see the beautiful kowhai flower?

We shared this picture book and learned more by 

watching a Meet The Locals video. 

Next, the tamariki drew kereru.  We worked hard to blend pinks, purples, greens and blues to show the special colour of their plumage.  

Can you see the big white bib?

After morning tea we did Pigeon Cosmic Kids Yoga 

and went on a litter hunt.  

Some things are a threat to the Kereru. Riley bought in a skull he found at the beach on the weekend. It could be a possum skull.

Next time we are looking forward to finding out about NZ seagulls.