Year Rua continued their bee investigations today by modelling how bees and flowers work together. Bees get nectar to eat and flowers get their pollen moved around so they can form seeds and fruit.
We observed bees in the Mara Kai and read about them. We took part in a Mystery Science lesson to create our very own flowers models and bees. Lastly we buzzed around the Green Room pollinating.
Next time we see Mrs Daniel we'll be making sweet treats with our Sunny Honey.
Chip Packet Project
Sunnyhills tamariki have been using their empathy GEM on our Zero Waste journey. We learnt that our chip packets can be turned into survival blankets for those living in poverty.
Please put clean chip packets in the bin in the Koru Courtyard to help with this new iniative.
Find out more about the project here:
https://www.chippacketproject.org/
Today we found out about how bees communicate where flowers are by waggle dancing. We broke into groups to come up with our own dances. We ended the afternoon with a dance off! Room 10 have awesome moves!!
Year 3,5, 5 & 6 took part in an experiment to explore privilege and equality. The experiment is outined here:
We threw a piece of paper representing all our life's goals, aspirations and dreams into a container but weren't allowed to move from our place on the mat.
This is what the tamariki thought:
IN THE FRONT
I feel like when you're trying to reach a goal you can't always reach it the first time.
You can succeed in life sometimes but not all the time
You'll succeed in life. You can always but eventually you will.
It was harder in the front becasue you didn't want to overshoot
Even if you're so far behind if you push through you'll achieve.
Some pople are lucky and some people aren't. If you try hard you have a bigger chance of succeeding.
It's like throwing yourself out there. When you hit you're succeeding and trying harder.
K2 - We were born smart and the people at the back need to try harder. It's not equal.
Work hard to achieve what you want
You won't always succeed
Room 6 - It's easy at the front
Some of your dreams will come true and some won't
Life comes with many challenges and you have to face your fears and work hard
FROM THE MIDDLE
People at the front have it easy, but if you're at the back you'll learn to work hard
Poeple are born in different places and it will be harder of easier to reach your goal
Room6 - You have to concentrate and work hard
I think it's actually have to practice to get better
FROM THE BACK
It wasn't fair if you start at the back because you have less chance.
The pople in front are like the rich becasue they were born with stuff and they were closer to their goals and didn't have to work so hard. The people in the back were the people who actually had to work hard to get what they want.
Life is not as easy as you think.
If you keep trying you can achieve your goals.
The people at the front had it easier. People who are rich get better school, better education and build more wealth so it's easy to get richer.
It's easier if you're at the front because you can see better. If you're at the back there are things in the way.
It was unfair becasue we couldn't see.
If you're at the front you could help the people at the back.
K2 - Depending on where you were it wasn't fair
People at the front had an advantage.
Privilege is something you're grateful for and gives you a better chance.
Room 6 - It's tricky because it's harder at the back. If you're at the front the target is closer.
Life is not fair.
Even if you got it in it's still not fair.
What sorts of things are a privilege to be born into? Born into royalty, born the oldest, being born in some places were there are better education, having responsible parents, having money, having strict parents, good health, luck, technology, education
Today Room 11 continued our growing kai learning journey with a deep dive into compost and broad bean sowing. We were excited to see how much our pea plants had grown. Can you see the flowers and pods? Some brave souls tried spicy rocket lettuce too.
The tamariki were sad to see so much litter in the Mara Kai so began picking it up. Some children even continued at morning tea time. What wonderful kaitiakitanga! Kiki Kiwi would be proud.
It was also a perfect opportunity to reread Kiki Kiwi and the Travelling Trash and remind ourselves why it's so important to pick up litter and keep drains clean.
Well done to everyone in Room 11 who brought a litter free lunch!! Next time we see Mrs Daniel we'll be seeing how much our broad beans have grown and eating more vegetables from the mara kai.
Today Room 15 learnt how to grow kai with Mrs Daniel in the Mara Kai. Can your tamariki name five things seeds need to grow?
We planted broad beans and tasted lettuce straight from the mara.
To practice our new vocabulary we made playdough plants. Can you see the roots, stem, leaves & flowers?
