Room 14's Discovery

Room 14 were about to learn all about our honey bees wuth Mrs Daniel, BUT Henry found a something when we were composting the gardens. Mrs Daniel said it was a cicada shell.  

We wanted to find out more:

Do cicadas love bees? Alice

Do cicadas eat nectar like bees? Harvey

How many legs do cicadas have? Alonso

How do cicadas get out of their shells? Helena

Do cicads love wasps? Lexi

How old do cicadas grow before they die? Isabella

Do cicadas like fruit? Quinn

Sophie said we could Google to find the answers. We found a video that answered some of our questions and found websites to answer the rest.

Alice - the loudest cicada is the Walker Cicada

Lexi - cicadas are one of the loudest animals

Flynn - cicada nymphs live underground for 17 years

Luca - cicada adults live only for a few weeks

Because we were SUPPOSED to be learning about honey bees today.  We compared cicadas and bees.  They are the same because:

Harvey - they are both insects

Lexi - they both have wings

Sophie - they both have 6 legs

Henry - they are both spikey

Isabella - cicadas sounds help me relax

How are they different?

Joshua - cicadas suck sap and bees suck nectar

Lexi - they make different noises

Harvey - cicadas are bigger

Cicada don't help trees but bees do

Henry - cicadas don't sting

We did finally manage to also compost the garden, plant flowers to feed the bees and water. 

We wonder what we'll discover next time with Mrs Daniel ...

Wrapping up our term with roast veggies

Koru Whanau are wrapping up their term one enviro learning journey by harvesting, cooking and eating kamo kamo and zucchini from our edible garden.

Kamo kamo and zucchini are both delicious when sliced, roasted with salt and olive oil and served with grated cheese. They're super easy to grow too.

What's your favourite roast vege?

Cameron notices a wriggly worry with our worm farm - Action Learning - Reflection

UPDATE FOR THE BLOG BELOW

A massive thank you to Mrs Trembath and Room 14 for our sturdy new worm buckets for kids to put their lunchbox scraps in.

Room 14 do an amazing job feeding and watering our worms each week, so we can return nutrients to our edible garden. You rock!!

Special thanks to Sticky Bambam for the sicker labels!

THE WIGGLY WORRY

Today, while Year One were learning about what to put in our worm farms and why we have worms at school, Cameron noticed a problem; the bins children put their lunchbox scraps in are all cracked and broken. Also, they don't have any labels or instructions. Sounds like an issue for our Going Gold group to resolve. Good spotting Cameron! We're always reflecting on ways we can keep our sustainable practices running smoothly.

More Compost Critters with Year One

Why are worms and other compost critters so important?

"They make nutrients" Ben

 "Worm poo helps plants grow" Milo

 "I made bacteria. It breaks down dead stuff." Dylan