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 prepare.
Lastly, we practised our responses to disaster situations as they happen.
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.
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.
We love to share and we love to get new ideas! In Week 5 Howick Primary School are groing to visit. We are going to make a map to show all the Wahi that help make us a GreenGold Enviroschool.
Melody, Indi, and ... are going to show them around. The Eco Leaders had fun today reviewing what helps to make us a GreenGold Enviroschool. In our classes we'll create a map and list of hightlights to share.
You can check out Howick Primary School's Enviroblog here. Maybe they can share with us some of their great Garden to Table planting and recipes.
Today Year Four warmed up by creating a fruit and vegetable alphabet. We could not think of anything for u and x. Can you?
Next we found out about Whakaotirangi, a Tanui rangatira who brought kumara to Aotearoa. We are going to follow in her footsteps by sprouting, planting and growing our own kumara.
Lastly each class took action in the Koanga Mara Kai, so we'll be reading to plant and grow.
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 our whole school Matariki Hangi 2025 so we need to start them now.
First we warmed up by creating a fruit and vegetable alphabet and exploring the changes in our koanga Mara Kai.
Next we learnt about Whakaotirangi, who brought kumara to Aotearoa NZ and started the first gardens. This meant iwi could settle and thrive in the new land of Aotearoa.
We drew Whakaotirangi in a traditional poupou format.
Then we learnt how to grow kumara slips.
We can't wait to see if our kumara tipu have sprouted in two weeks time.
It's koanga and a beautiful sunny day, so it was the perfect time to get out in the Mara Kai. Thanks to donations from Kings Plant Barn Botany, we had LOTS of seeds and vegetables to plant. First we worked together to pull the weeds and feed the soil. Then we planted marigolds, wild flowers, sorrel, zuchini, cucumbers and basil. Next term we'll also plant sunflower seeds. We can't wait to harvest the kai we've grown in Term One 2025 when we are Year 5.
What do you want to do next term Year Four?
Richie "Plant more seeds to grow more food"
Peyton "A scavenger hunt to learn about plants or birds"
Maya "I want to do some more cooking like tea or soups"
Renee "Learn more about the Hauraki Gulf and The Young Ocean Explorers"
Hunter "Learn about more trees"
Fiona "Learn more about birds"
Tasha "Do more drawings of sea animals"
Emersyn "Go to the beehive and look at the bees"
Lucy "Eat food from the garden"
Cyrus "Play Sustainable Shaun"
"Make tea"
