Year Four Find Out About Kawakawa

 Today Year Four continued their inquiry into herbs and tea. Today we were focusing on kawakawa, an important Rongoa (medicine) for Maori.

We looked at, sketched and smelt kawakawa leaves. We read one story and one article about kawakawa. Did you know it can be a tea, poultice or balm? It's a numbing agent and anti-inflammatory.

We all tried kawakawa tea with Waka honey.

We made labels for Waka Kawakawa tea. You can look at these using the link below. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12rNtl4BUZjiZxpTrZySJzclIPxptXL82Zvi_OnFRRnE/edit?usp=sharing

Kawakawa Tea with yr 4

 The year 4 tamariki had a special experience drinking kawakawa tea.

Yr 4 Exploring Herbs

Yr 4 are exploring the origins of tea, and our many herbs that are in the Senses garden and in gardens at home. 

Using some of our senses, we guessed what each smell was. 

Afterwards we created inquiry questions and researched the history of tea. It began in China and spread across the whole world,  including wealth, world trade, drugs, war and smuggling! 

Next week we'll explore Aotearoa's special kawakawa tea. 
 

Kawakawa Tea

 Today Year 4 investigated Maori rongoa. We made and tried kawakawa tea. Lasly we recorded the recipe.

Kawakawa tea for Matariki

 Today we made kawakawa tea. We sweetened our tea with Waka Honey.

"It smelt minty and nice" Brialla

"It smelt  like honey and leaves" Taite

"The leaves look like hearts and the tea is a bright sunflower colour" Vernica

Kawakawa is very healthy - used in traditional rongoa Maori for centuries. It's great for our coughs and colds.

Next we're going to make kawakawa balm.

Terrific Tea - History and Taste Testing

 

Today Year Wha found out about the fascinating history of tea that took over the world. We found out China was very important for tea and England acted quite badly in the history of tea.

Did you know in every place in the world the word for tea either sounds like tea or cha?

We chatted & found that all our whanau have different types of tea and different traditions around tea. 

We played a Kahoot to review our research.

Lastly we tried a delicious fruit tea 🍵 🍊 😋 

We can't wait to make our own tea next week!

Tea Time

 Team Wha are thinking about how we can use the herbs we grow at school. We brainstormed what we already knew about herbs & tea. We recorded our inquiry questions:

Room 31 - Does tea have caffeine? When was tea invented? Who invented tea bags? How many types of tea are there? Who invented bubble tea? How much tea do you put in a cup? Who discovered herbs? Why did the colonel the inventor or KFC put herbs in it? Can you be any age to drink tea? How many litres of tea does China drink per year? How many times a day do you drink tea? How did herbs get their name? How many colours can tea be? How long did it take to make the tea recipe? Which tea is the most popular?

We ate parsley, silverbeet & broad bean leaves Why do people drink tea?

Room 27 - Why do parents like tea? How much tea can a person drink in one day? Who invented caffeine? Who invented ice tea? Do you have to drink tea every morning? How do you make leaves into tea?

Room 30 -What is in a tea bag, What herbs go in certain teas? How do people know which leaves are tea leaves? Why do you use tea bags for tea? What does tea and coffee do to you? Who discovered tea? How do make tea? How did tea get its name? How is it a powder? How does the tea dissolve? Who is the first ever person to drink tea? How long does the process take to make tea? Why do you use hot water? How many types of tea are there? How do they get the tea in the bag? 

Room 28 - How’s green tea made? Is boba tea actually tea? When was the first tea made? What types of tea can children drink?

We went on a fragrance walk around the school.

Can you name the herbs we found?

Next week we're learning about the history of tea and trying fruit tea.