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.
