Tahu's Visit

On Thursday 11 May Tahu came to visit us. She works at the Orokonui ecosanctuary and she came to help us prepare for our whanau group trips next week. She brought some friends along to help her and each class worked with them for about forty five minutes. She started by telling us some stories about the history of our country going back millions of years and singing a song about the special place set up to protect the environment at Orokonui ecosanctuary. We did some role play about how to keep the pests out and then we went outside where we learnt about some native plants and we each made a pretend poo ball to demonstrate how birds like the kereru help spread seeds. Finally, we used a tracking device to track down a kiwi statue just like they do to keep track of the kiwis at the sanctuary. It was a very interesting and enjoyable session and we learnt a lot about New Zealand's history and its native plants and birds.