Living Landscapes!

We have kicked off this term with a series of walks around our school landscape.  First we went up the tsunami hill behind the hill.  It was a hard climb but the view was worth it!  We could see our school landscape clearly from the top.  Doesn't it look stunning!

We finished the week, walking our Pepeha.  We had a lovely relaxed picnic at the Hamanatua Stream and then walked to the top of our Maunga, Maungaroa.  

Bees

Room 6 and some Enviro Kids got to learn about bees. Bee Man 1 and 2 came in and taught us about bees. Bee Man 1 brought a mini bee hive in and the bee hive had a mini window so we could see the bees working. 

Facts:
The girls are the workers and the boys are called a drone. The boys fly round to try and find a mate. When they find a mate they die so the queen can have some baby bees. When you get stung the bee dies because the stinger is attached to the bees tummy and the tummy gets ripped out so it dies. The workers live for about 6 weeks. The queen lives for about 2 to 3 years. If a queen bee dies one of the eggs gets chosen to be the queen bee. The workers feed the chosen one lots and lots of royal jelly. If you have a bee sting you flick the stinger out with your sharpest nail. We each got to keep a dead bee.

We are looking at our dead bees.

Some kids are looking at the mini bee hive.

Tay and Minnie are looking at the mini bee hive.

Bee Man 1 is showing us a dead bee.