Monday, March 30, 2015

Enviroschools Day at Tiaho School



On Wednesday Room 2 went to Tiaho School to learn about the Enviroment with Wheae Jenny.  We were put into different groups and we did 6 different activities.
We planted little Pohutakawa trees into black pots. There were also Hebes and flax. The flax looked spiky like long grass.
We learned the names of native plants, that usually grow in the bush, by playing plant bingo.
 The story was about the Wairoa River and we learned that town water comes from Lake Waikaremoana down the Wairoa River.  But when we had a drink of the water from the Tiaho drinking fountains we thought that the water tasted disgusting. However we thought that Tiaho had very cool drinking fountains. They were shiny! The knob was  very easy to push down so the water came out easily.
We learned about white bait and eels and saw some exotic fish like cat fish which mess up the eels homes so the eels die.
We went to see Mr Smith and saw the cat eating the bird and the trap for catching rats, weasels and stoats. Weasils and stoats are destructive because they are predators of the native birds.


 At the end of the day we said Thank you. We got seeds for the school and some of us got prizes for listening. We were happy because we had learned a lot about the Environment.





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