Sunday 1 June 2014
Double Graduation
Thursday was a special day for the Foleys. Kieran Foley (Haumoana old boy) graduated at Massey Wellington with his Industrial Design degree with Honours and Kay on the same day, with her Batchelor of Education. What a celebration!
Edible Art 2014
The focus for this years Edible Art Parade was 'Going Global' which could not have been better for Room 3. Lydia had come back from her wonderful trip to South Africa with stories of her visit to Kruger National Park and the plight of South African animals. She explained to us all about poaching and the effect it was having on some of these animals.
Anti-Poaching became our theme and from there the children worked cooperatively in groups to choose from one of the ten most endangered animals in South Africa. Once chosen it was all about planning, collecting and then creating the animal out of recycled 'stuff' that was a food related item. Not an easy task, but they came up trumps.
Seeing them spending their whole lunchtime gluing on little bread bag ties and corn kernals along with other kids from other rooms, who just happened to join in, was superb. It really was cooperative learning at its best.
Check out their creations...real Green hat creativity!!
Aren't they awesome? And in case you haven't heard all 5 costumes went through to the finals in the Junior grade. I was in Wellington at my graduation and when I got that news, I hightailed it home to be at the evening show where they were 'walking' the cat walk. Talk about exciting!!
The result was our Ethiopian Wolf, modelled by Sophia took 2nd place and our African Elephant, modelled by Lydia was 1st. I think our message of Anti-Poaching was just too important to overlook.
Well done everybody, as it really was a TEAM effort.
The job now is to think how we will use the $250 prize money!!
Anti-Poaching became our theme and from there the children worked cooperatively in groups to choose from one of the ten most endangered animals in South Africa. Once chosen it was all about planning, collecting and then creating the animal out of recycled 'stuff' that was a food related item. Not an easy task, but they came up trumps.
Seeing them spending their whole lunchtime gluing on little bread bag ties and corn kernals along with other kids from other rooms, who just happened to join in, was superb. It really was cooperative learning at its best.
Check out their creations...real Green hat creativity!!
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| Black Rhino |
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| African Elephant |
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| Cheetah |
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| Ethiopian Wolf |
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| African Lion |
The result was our Ethiopian Wolf, modelled by Sophia took 2nd place and our African Elephant, modelled by Lydia was 1st. I think our message of Anti-Poaching was just too important to overlook.
Well done everybody, as it really was a TEAM effort.
The job now is to think how we will use the $250 prize money!!
Meeting a Kiwi
Last week was just tooooo exciting. Not only were we trying to finish off our amazing endangered South African costumes for Edible Art, but we also had our Native Bush trip to The Pan pac Kiwi Creche at Lake Opouahi.
Paul from Mountain Safety had prepared us well for the trip into the bush, and Tuesday saw every child coming to school in a woolly hat, warm gear, gloves and a substantial packed lunch.
It was pretty exciting to take off in the bus to a destination none of us had been to before. The ride took about 1 1/2 hours and I am pleased to say the bucket and flannels I had taken along (just in case) didn't need to be used. Robyn from DOC, Paul and Mack, a trainee ranger, were all there to meet us. They took us through the predator gate and into the creche where we met some of the amazing kiwi volunteers who work tirelessly to take care of our beautiful national bird... the kiwi. These people give up their time to go into the Kawekas and retrieve the kiwi chicks who only have a 5% chance of survival, and bring them to the Creche at lake Opouahi where they live predator free until they are big enough to go- it on their own. They are then returned to their homes with their chances of survival rising to about 85%, if I remember rightly. A fantastic effort I'd say!
We saw eggs, predators, traps, plants, but to top it all off we got to touch a real kiwi, which I found quite moving. I won't go into any more detail but I will share a couple of the childrens stories, which are much more fun to read.
All in all it was a special day, and made so by the great help from parents and caregivers that came along to share it with us. Thank-you so much.
I got to feel a kiwi yesterday at Lake Opouahi. It was fun. The kiwi was soft and it looked wet but it wasn't. The kiwis eyes aren't very good so they use their whiskers to feel with. The kiwi was scared. It had a long beak and two strong legs. We heard birds in the bush and we got to see the predator traps go off. We could smell the native bush. I had a good day. Jaxon
On Thursday I went to Lake Opouahi. I liked tasting the kawakawa leaves that Mack tricked us into eating. He said they were icecream leaves when they were really pepper leaves! A cave weta jumped on to Gus's face, he stayed very still until Mack took it off. He let it go free and it jumped away. It had very long legs. I saw some bush stinging nettle and some black berry. A piece got caught onto Sophias neck and gave her a fright. We went on a bus we had never been on. I sat right at the back and it was fun. It was very exciting for everyone. Kyle
Yesterday we saw a kiwi for real. It was a baby but it was big for a kiwi. It was 11 months old. My favourite part was eating the kawakawa leaves that Mack tricked us into eating. My family came for the trip too. It was a spectacular day. Luca
Paul from Mountain Safety had prepared us well for the trip into the bush, and Tuesday saw every child coming to school in a woolly hat, warm gear, gloves and a substantial packed lunch.
It was pretty exciting to take off in the bus to a destination none of us had been to before. The ride took about 1 1/2 hours and I am pleased to say the bucket and flannels I had taken along (just in case) didn't need to be used. Robyn from DOC, Paul and Mack, a trainee ranger, were all there to meet us. They took us through the predator gate and into the creche where we met some of the amazing kiwi volunteers who work tirelessly to take care of our beautiful national bird... the kiwi. These people give up their time to go into the Kawekas and retrieve the kiwi chicks who only have a 5% chance of survival, and bring them to the Creche at lake Opouahi where they live predator free until they are big enough to go- it on their own. They are then returned to their homes with their chances of survival rising to about 85%, if I remember rightly. A fantastic effort I'd say!
We saw eggs, predators, traps, plants, but to top it all off we got to touch a real kiwi, which I found quite moving. I won't go into any more detail but I will share a couple of the childrens stories, which are much more fun to read.
All in all it was a special day, and made so by the great help from parents and caregivers that came along to share it with us. Thank-you so much.
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| Hena-C with a kiwi egg- it is huge! |
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| Lake Opouahi- a little gem |
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| Bruno up close to a kiwi...Wow! |
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| The predator fence |
On Thursday I went to Lake Opouahi. I liked tasting the kawakawa leaves that Mack tricked us into eating. He said they were icecream leaves when they were really pepper leaves! A cave weta jumped on to Gus's face, he stayed very still until Mack took it off. He let it go free and it jumped away. It had very long legs. I saw some bush stinging nettle and some black berry. A piece got caught onto Sophias neck and gave her a fright. We went on a bus we had never been on. I sat right at the back and it was fun. It was very exciting for everyone. Kyle
Yesterday we saw a kiwi for real. It was a baby but it was big for a kiwi. It was 11 months old. My favourite part was eating the kawakawa leaves that Mack tricked us into eating. My family came for the trip too. It was a spectacular day. Luca
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