Treemendous Makeover.

In the weekend we came to school to plant some trees for our new Enviro Centre. There were 1000 trees to plant and it was a rainy day. Lots of people came to help so it didn't take long to get all the plants in and afterwards there was a drink and a sausage sizzle to warm us up. What a tremendous time we had!

Fun times at gymnastics.

Today we went into New Plymouth to gymnastics. It was fun there because we got to crawl through a tunnel, jump of high things and we got to jump over the rope. Bryan our coach helped us and so did Jody. We are going to gymnastics each Monday until the end of term. Thanks to our parent drivers for your help.

The Kawakawa Tree (Pepper Tree).

Today Ms Butt brought in some branches off her Kawakawa tree for Mrs Cooper and the Gecko children. This is a special tree in New Zealand and some people use the leaves to help them feel better. We made a tea from the leaves by boiling them in water and straining the tea ready to drink. Some of us thought it tasted delicious and others thought it was yuck! It was supposed to make our tummies and sore throats feel better. Stella J said "it tasted like water and was yummy" William C "it tasted like leaves and I feel ok now", even our Principal enjoyed tasting our tea. You are able to eat the leaves off the Kawakawa tree and Gecko room loved tasting them. They tasted quite hot and peppery in our mouths. This is a special way that we use trees.

The Tui.

Hi friends in England. Here is a picture of the Tui to show you what it looks like.

Koru Landing big opening morning!

This morning we had our Koru Landing opening ceremony. Our Principal Miss Hepworth thanked all the adults for their help to make our school look beautiful. She also thanked the children for their ideas to make Koru Landing. Mr Pritt did all the hard work making Koru Landing and Mrs Peters designed it. Thanks so much you guys! Our school gardens are looking so great and we love to play in them. In the middle of the path in Koru Landing there is a beautiful koru shape, we will try and take a photo of it to show you. Do you know what a koru is?

Some special birds.

 

Thanks Joel for bringing in your Kokako and Tui birds to school. We enjoyed hearing their beautiful sounds and were sad to hear about the Kokako being endangered because of predators. Sometimes we hear the call of the tui at school. It is Mrs Cooper's favourite bird because it has a lovely white feather under his chin.

Here we are asking you a very important question!

How do you use trees?

This term we are learning all about trees. Our inquiry question is 'how do we use trees'. Can you tell us how you trees at your school or home?

Observational drawing fun.

We have been busy looking closely at leaves we have found in our school forest. We each found our own individual leaf and took our time drawing using magnifying glasses. One of our discoveries was that leaves have veins and lots of lines and marks on them.