Plastic Problems DLO

For the past few weeks in Te Ngahere we have been learning about problems with plastic and the effects of it. To share our learning we made “problems with plastic DLO’s”. We had to include things about how plastic is made etc. I really enjoyed learning about this because after all this learning we got to make beeswax wraps!!! They are a sheet of fabric material dipped in beeswax (it wasn’t edible). We made these to decrease the amount of plastic we use daily.
I really enjoyed learning about plastic and making the bees wax wraps!!!

Te Reo Maori

For the past few weeks in Te Ngahere we have been learning to play a game called scattergories. A lady called Whaea Lisa came in to talk about what we knew and what we didn’t. She gave us a sheet that had te reo maori kupu on it and they were separated into categories eg tinana (body) kai (food) and then she gave us a letter and for each category we had to come up with a te reo word beginning with that word. I enjoyed doing te reo maori because I learnt new words such as huarere( weather). It was really fun and I hope to do this again!!!

Healthy Eating with Whaea Gina

For the past few weeks in Te Ngahere Whaea Gina has been coming into our class to talk about what we are really eating and how to read food labels. We talked about breakfast meals and how healthy or unhealthy our cereals or food may be. Firstly did you know that breakfast actually means to break the fast (fast means when you go without food for a long time).
We sorted the breakfast meals into 3 categories; Everyday, Sometimes and Occasional. We found out that Weet-bix and Porridge are the best meals because there sugar amount was less than 10, the fiber was more than 5 and the fat total was also less than 10. We had a really fun time learning about these because now we know how to read the labels on the back of food and we can monitor what we eat.

Healthy Eating with Whaea Gina

On Monday Whaea Gina came to our school to talk about healthy eating. When we got to the whare we saw lots of different kinds of drinks with packets of sugar next to them. Each packet represented how many teaspoons of sugar was in that drink. We had to sort them out into groups of everyday, sometimes and occasional categories. We learnt that e2 had the most sugar in it; it had 24 teaspoons in only a 750ml bottle!!! We learnt lots about what is really in drinks like V, Mother, Coke, Diet coke, water, powerade and more. I am now going to start watching the things I drink because  I now realise how unhealthy I could get just by drinking a can of coke!