Year Three Kai Continued

Today, Year Three were back out in the Mara investigating kai.  First we observed the differences since we were last there in March:

Zoe "The leaves had gone from the fruit trees.  Last time there was lots of fruit and leaves"

Augustino "Cabbages were growing"

Evie K "There was no more leaves on the apple trees and no more apples"

Isla "The leaves will come back in spring"

We tried silver beet fresh from the garden.  

Next we thought about the differences between home grown kai and kai we buy in the shops.  Kai we grow at home is fresher and takes a lot less energy to transport and store so it's better for the environment.  We can't grow all our kai, but it's great if we can have a couple of fruit trees or a small veggie garden at home.

We created diagrams to show the differences between homegown and store bought kai. 

Lastly we thought about the senses that we use when we eat and created a vocabulary bank.

Next time we are looking forward to finding out the groups we can put kai into and how the different food groups are good for our bodies.

Room 7 had a slightly different afternoon because they had the big job of collecting all the bins from around the school for tomorrow's waste audit.  Also, when they were in the Mara Kai they say a HEDGEHOG.  At first it was curled up and then it was waddling around the garden. This led to some hedgehog research.  Did you you know they can swim? Their quills act like a life jacket as they are filled with air.  Unfortuanatley they below in England - they are now considered a pest in New Zealand.

Next time we will be doing a special Civi Defense lesson, then we are looking forward to finding out the groups we can put kai into and how the different food groups are good for our bodies. The children want to end this unit by making kumara soup from the mara.