Room 6 Explore Trees and a very different one!

Today, we focused on the Story book "Woowee!  Look at that Tree" by Ben Knight

A fabulous story about a tree that grows differently from every other tree.

We acted out how the great grew...

We talked about how important it is to be you and how wonderful we are all different. We looked at the story and drew what happened in the beginning, the middle and the end.

Lastly, we went out into nature, chose our favourite tree and sketched it.

Brooklyn:  "I made different-sized branches"

Emily:  "I drew 8 branches. "

Layton: " I drew different knots on my tree."

Geovanna:  "I drew skinny branches. "

Room 2 Explore leaves, trees and being Unique

 Room 2 started our session with some time in nature. 

                                                      We collected leaves from our trees. 

We collected 10 leaves. 

Then we put them in a row. Can you count 10 leaves in a row?

This afternoon, we focused on the Story book "Woowee!  Look at that Tree" by Ben Knight

A fabulous story about a tree that grows differently from every other tree.

We talked about how important it is to be you and how wonderful we are all different. We looked at the story and drew what happened in the beginning, the middle and the end.

Vera-J: "The tree grew bendy, and now the children like it."

Felix: "The other trees grew straight, but he was bent. The children were playing on the bent tree."

Cohen: "It is raining on the tree to help it grow.

Kotomi: "Some tree were long and grey, but our tree was special." I the end they children play with the tree.

Eneriko: "Some trees were straight, and one tree was like this..."

Project Jonah Visit Year 4

 Today, Year 4 had a very special visit from Michael and his walk-through whale from Project Jonah.

What do we already know about whales?

Nolan "Whales hearts are bigger than people"

Luke "As big as a car"

Evelyn "They live in the ocean"

Kyrie "Whales are fat and juicy. They breathe air"

Eiden "Whales are thick"

Aiden "Whales are the biggest mammal"

Eden "Whales have a spout to shoot water  and to breathe"

Celine "They can hold their breath for 20 minutes."

What did we learn after visiting with Michael and his whale?

Charles: "The humpback whale has the biggest arm of all animals"

Atlan: "A humpback whale can eat 6 tonnes of krill a day"

Hiraya: "Some whales have baleen, but some do not"

Nico: "Blue whale hearts are bigger than small cars"

Collins: "Humpback whales are the only whales that have long tubercles for smell"

Gaynuka: "Humpback whale sing loud"

Millie: "They have eyes on their sides, so they can't see forward very well so they use smell and hearing to locate things"

Bryn: The fluke is made out of cartilage, the same as our noses"

Rylee: " When the humpback whale sprays out of the blowhole, it is not just water. It is snot, air and water"

Verage: "Humpback whales work together to eat krill by blowing bubbles while spinning underneath them"

Thank you so much, Michael and Project Jonah.  We loved learning with you!

Pestfree Cadets & the Furry Vermin

Today, in Session Two  of  Pest free Cadets we began by creating a predator free sanctuary.  We had to choose the native animals to place inside the fence and the pests to keep out. Ethan talked about some of the amazing native species we have in New Zealand like the luminescent limpet, the puriri moth, the Kiwi & tuatara. then he told us about some of the destructive pests that harm our native animals.

We were amazed to see taxidermy specimens of some of the pests that threaten our unique native species.  

Ethan handed out fake poop and footprints for us to match to the pests like master trackers. 

Next time we are gong to set out tracker tunnels to see which pests are in our environment.

Year 3 Feelings About Food

 Today Year Three got thinking about food.  We reviewed the food groups and how they're good for our bodies. 

You can watch the video about it here

We checked in our lunchboxes to see if we could identify what food groups we have to eat today. It was very tempting not to eat anything.....

Next, we looked at how kai makes us feel. Too little and we might get HANGRY, too much and we feel overfull. 

Room 29 made posters to encourage everyone to make healthy food choices.

Room 1 Look at what a plant needs

 Today, Room 1 looked at what a plant needs to grow.

A plant needs: rain, sun, air, warmth, soil, compost and space.

We also had a chance to do a quick litter hunt to keep our native bush clean. Well done, Room 1, for your mahi.