Wondering, observing and taking action for our Honey Bees

 

Year Rua got thinking about honey bees in brainstorms.  We wondered about what we want to know next:

Niamh - how many bees are inside the hive?

Braxton - what's the difference between bees and wasps?

Asaph & Ekam - Why do bees make honey?

Leela - Why do boy bees not have stings?

Oisin- why does the queen stay in the hive?

Eva - why don't boy bees work?

Elias - why do bears eat honey?

Don - Why are bees black and yellow?

Dylan - do girl bees sting?

Mason - why do bees attach humans when they steal honey?

Alae - Why is the honey sticky?

Harrison - do bees have venom?

Aaron - do bees walk around?

Vivaan -io bees listen to the queen bee?

Vivian - why do bees sting and die?

What action could we take?

vivaan - we could plant more flowers

🐥 Nau mai nga pi heihei

 Nau mai nga pi heihei. Welcome to our new chicks!! Thank you to Grainger, Isaac, Jacob & Jacob for collecting them. Thank you 

We can't wait to see them grow! Thank you to Ms Wall and Room 13 for organising everything and taking special care of our pi heihei until they're big enough to move into the whare heihei.

Reflecting on the Guiding Principles at Wakaaranga

 Years 5 & 6 have been reflecting on where we can see evidence of the Enviroschools Guiding Principles at Wakaaranga, with fun FlipGrid videos: https://flip.com/dc6f03ea

🌱❤️Adopt A Park

 Year Ono are keeping up our proud legacy of caring for Wakaaranga Creek Reserve with the Adopt A Park Programme: 

Empowered Students - Peer Mediators

 

Room Rima Reflect

 

Eco Warriors at Eye On Nature

 

Including:

- Maori Rakau Games

- Hot Composting 

- Walk like bird tag

- Climate Change Break Out

- Making beeswax wraps

- Signage for the Senses Garden

Kiefer Finds A Wasp Problem

 Keifer found that wasps are attacking our honey bees. He's going to investigate how to protect our bees from wasps, by either eradicating the wasp nests or creating wasp traps. What an awesome empowered student. 

Stay tuned to see Keifer's solution.

https://completegarden.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/bee-safe-wasp-trap-how-to-make-your-own-for-free/

UPDATE

Today Keifer tried verion one of his wasp trap.

Materials:

Vinegar 

Sugar

2l plastic bottle

Scissors 

Tape

Step one

Step two

Step three

Step four

Step five

He is going to check progress on Friday and tweak if needed. Good luck wasp hunting!!

Empowered Learners Taking Action

 Taylor from Year Five wanted to see the Waste Video we made last year. Afterwards we wanted to take action to encourage more litter free lunches. We made 'Packet Monster' Posters to display around school. Did you pack a litter-free lunch today?

Reflecting On Our Journey

 Wakaaranga tamariki are excitedly preparing to showcase our sustainability journey. Checkout these beautiful invitations for our GreenGold Reflection Day on Friday 31st March:

Year Toru Being Waste Wise

 We're learning about how the FBI (fungus, bacteria and invertebrates) break down our food waste to make new soil for growing more food.

13 tamariki from Rooms 13 & 27 have composts at home

9 tamariki have a worm farm at home.

Diverting food waste stops it turning into climate change gases in the landfill.

13 last week had a litter free lunch.  This week 15 have completely litter free lunches.  Well Done!