Today Room Tahi reviewed all the places that help make us a GreenGold Enviroschool with a mapping activity, scavenger hunt and Kahoot. We learnt about how we can take action and win prizes by entering the Moth Plant Competition. Simply click https://tinyurl.com/18i2w7zz for the 2023 Howick Pest Free Moth Plant Competition before 6 April and be in to win
Room Rima got excited about invasive weeds with Mrs Daniel today. After a quick quiz and tending to the compost we went on a weed hunt.
We found moth plant and wolly nightshade. Lots of the learners want to talk to their whanau about entering the Moth Plant Competition. They were especially excited about the cash prizes! See the posters below for more details:
Today Room 8 learnt about pest plants and took action to help the environment.
First we buddied up to read weed id cards. Next we put on gloves and collected tools. Then we hunted down weeds.
In the orchard we found Wandering Willie & GIANT Wollie Nightshade. We used our tools and teamwork skills to cut and pull the weeds out.
While we were working Harry found a special New Zealand prey mantis. Can you see its fat body and orange/ purple leg spot? That's how you know it's not a common South African prey mantis.
Next we're going to go home and talk to.our parents about entering THE MOTH PLANT COMPETITION, so we can continue our mahi in the community & WIN PRIZES.
Year 2 are kaitiaki for the Sunnyhills Honey Bees. We got thinking about our new topic. What do you already know about bees?
Milana - bees make honey
Madison - humans can eat honey
Hunter - bees have stingers to get animals out of the way because they need to work fast
Allan - bees have an abdomen
Evie - bees pollinate
Ranger - bees need flowers so they can make honey
Hazel - bees have black and yellow stripes
Silas - bees drink nectar out of flowers
Chloe - bees make honey and move seeds into plants
What do we want to find out?
Hunter - how do they make honey?
Hazel - why do they have stripes?
Coby - how do bees sting?
Octavia - why do they like flowers?
How are bee bodies different to ours?
We took action by planting calendula flowerrs to feed the bees and watering the garden. We hope we get to try Sunny Honey next time.
Today Room 18 took action in the Edible Gardens with Mrs Daniel & got busy learning about bees. We tended the hot compost, planted flowers, learnt bee body parts and even saw a slater spider.
Today Room 10 continued learning about bees with Mrs Daniel. Can your GEM name the parts of the bee? Using our new vocabulary we created anatomically correct bees with Play Dough. Lastly, we visited the bees and watered their flowers.
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.
