Year 3 Kumara Kids

 Year 3 are ready to put their delicious compost into action, by growing kumara. Now is the time to start feeding the garden soil ready for spring planting. We want kumara to harvest for Matariki 2025 so we need to start them now.

First we warmed up by creating a fruit and vegetable alphabet. Next we learnt about Whakaotirangi, who brought kumara to Aotearoa NZ

https://instructionalseries.tki.org.nz/Instructional-Series/Connected/Connected-2020-Level-2-Digging-Deeper/Whakaotirangi-and-her-Kete-of-Kumara

We drew Whakaotirangi in a traditional poupou format. 

Then we learnt how to grow kumara slips before composting our Mara Kai. On the way, we made sure to add sand to the compost just like Whakaotirangi.

We can't wait to see if our kumara tipu have sprouted next week.

Year 4 Explore

  Welcome back for Term 4 Year 4! Today for a fun warm up we used our senses to take part in a quiz identifying fruits, herbs & flowers from Mrs Daniel's mara.

We also visited the school’s mara kai to see how it has changed in koanga / spring.

We thought about how we can use the herbs we grow at school. 

Lastly we explored the amazing history of tea - a beverage made from brewing leaves. Did you know it was invented in China?

Next time we'll be learning about Maori traditional tea and herbal medicine.