Over the past few weeks, on our lead up to our Arataki ‘Kauri Dieback’ trip, our children have been learning about…Biodiversity and how living things make up the living world - plants, insects, people - and how living systems are interrelated to make one.
Ecosystems and how living things (plants/animals) live together to survive and thrive.
We began by looking at our own eco-system and what we need to survive. Once our children identified what we needed to survive we then looked at how each item connected to each other, leading us to exploring the relationships between us and our environment.
We viewed a short video, courtesy of Mr Meadows, which explains this in an easy to understand way to support our learning.
Children applied this learning to a new context and had to demonstrate their understanding by creating play dough models of their eco system, then video how their play dough models support each other in their eco-system.
If we look after our eco-system we look after ourselves.
Kauri Dieback Study - Kauri trees are unique and under threat.
As part of our Kauri Dieback Study we will be visiting the Arataki Educational Centre, situated in the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park, 300 Scenic Drive, Waitakere.
Our senior children will be…
“learning, experiencing and discovering the unique features of our Kauri, and why they need protecting. Students will have fun replicating the girth of our largest Kauri, explore their distinctive features with the 'coolest' magnifying glasses, learn the important role Kauri play in our forest and pot up a native seed or seedling to take home. They will come away with an appreciation of Kauri dieback and what actions they can take to prevent this disease spreading.”
Our junior children will be…
using their senses to explore the forest - by experiencing and discovering the sights, sounds and smells of the forest. The leafy wonderland of Arataki comes alive as younger children use language and sensory awareness activities to explore their environment.They can smell the forest with magic 'sniffy dabs', see the colours of the forest on their artist palette, feel the textures of the trees when they’re blindfolded, and listen to the sounds around them during quiet time.”
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