Year 3 - Seagulls Are Special Too

Today Year 3 learnt about seagulls in New Zealand.  They aren't often appreciated as they're a familiar scavenger at the beach, but did you know the red billed and black billed gulls are in decline? You can listen to this to find out more Concerning Decline a RNZ interview We found out lack of food, litter, loss of habitats and pest predators are a problem.

We researched the three types of gulls found in New Zealand and sketched them.

Then we read Celia Seagull and the Plastic Sea 

We discovered plastic litter threatens our sea birds, so we went on a litter hunt.  Sadly most of the litter was plastic wrappers from lunchboxes. We can help by packing a litter free lunch.  How many litterfree lunches did Year 3 have?

Room 7 had 9 litterferee lunches

Room 8 had ELEVEN litterfree lunches YAY

Room 18 had 6

To reward the extra effort of packing a litterfree lunch we had a prize draw for each class. Congratulations to Matty, Luka & Chase. 

Kia Rite Kia Mau with Auckland Emergency Management

 

Today Year 6 were lucky enough to meet with Matua Taipu & Whaea Rebecca from Civil Defense. We completed the Kia Rite Kia Mau program based on Atua Maori.  

During the 90 minutes we learnt about the Maori God's that personify natural disasters. 

Next we thought about the values that would be important in an emergency situation. 

Then we played a matching game to help us realise how we can be prepared.

Lastly, we practised our responses to disaster situations as they happen.

At the conclusion, the tamariki were amazed to get a fabulous goodie bag full of resources. Please spend some time with your Whanau coming up with a plan for when disaster strikes. 

To find out more visit  https://www.aucklandemergencymanagement.org.nz/

Nga mihi nui Matua Taipu and Whaea Rebecca!! We're looking forward to seeing again next week with our Year Fives. 

 

Year Four - Where does our kai come from?

 Today Year Four harvested broadbeans.  We made broad bean dip by podding the beans, microwaving them, double podding and whizzing them up with salt.  We served the dip on rice crackers.

How did they taste?

Touma "It looked funny but it tasted nice"

Charlie "It tasted like avocado"

Gracie "Had a bitter taste but in a good way"

How did we get the boradbeans to eat?

1. composted lunchbox scraps

2 used compost to grow broadbeans in the mara kai

3. harvested broad beans and ate them minutes later

4. composted the pods to start the cycle again

5. save some broad beans to dry out so we can plant them next winter

Most of our kai comes from the supermarket.  How does it get there?

We watched this video Kaipara Kumara and read this article Kumara Behind the Scenes

There were a lot more people, trucks, packaging, machines and time involved in getting kai from the farmers to the shops!

Just for fun we created Broadbean mascots to promote this unpopular veggie.

Year Three's Broadbean Harvest

 Today Year Three harvested broadbeans and made broadbean dip to eat on crackers.

BROADBEAN DIP

Ingredients - broadbeans and salt

Method:

1 Pod broadbeans

2 Microwave for 2min on until outer layer splits

3 Double pod broads

4 Whizz in a food processor with salt until smooth

5 Serve on crackers

6 Dispose of pods into the compost or wormfarm

7 Save some pods to dry out so we have broadbeans to plant next year.

Constance "Picking them was really fun."

Carrie "I liked eating it"

Tino "The broadbeans on the cracker smelt like popcorn"

Awa "It tasted like avocado"

Coby "It looked like guacamole"

Josh " I have to say it was amazing"

Where do veges in the supermarket come from? 

"All over the world" Eloise

"The shop owner grows it in their garden" 

"They come from the earth"

"They come from farmers that grow them then they come in trucks" Audrey

We learnt about how vegetables get from market gardens to the supermarkets by reading this article Kumara Behind the Scenes.  

Luca "From the market garden they put it in a truck to the packhouse and then into another truck to the distribution centre and then another truck to the supermarket"

There were alot more steps than straight from our Mara Kai! Also growing our own kai with our own compost with seeds we saved from last year is very cheap. And there are no trucks.  Are there is no plastic packaging.

We wanted to make our broadbeans look fun and healthy to eat, so we came up with our own broadbean mascots.