Junior Park Explorers
Today the children from the Parerā hub went on a class trip to the Christchurch Botanical Gardens.
We took part in an educational programme entitled 'Junior Park Explorers' with our wonderful educator Tracey. We learned about some of the native NZ birds that can be found at the Gardens and learned how to make their birds sounds. We learned about the different types of spiders and insects that can be found at the Gardens too. We went on bird and bug hunts to try and find some of the creatures we talked about. We also learned about decomposition and what happens to trees when they die.
Finally, we played an amazing game called 'The Enchanted Forest'. Our educator, Tracey, dressed up each of the parent helpers as trees and then gave each of us a bug or a bird costume. We had to choose a tree to live in. But then Cara the builder came along and chopped down two of the trees with her chainsaw, leaving some of the creatures with nowhere to live! We problem solved and worked out that we had to plant new trees to replace those that had been cut down.
What a wonderful time we had at the Gardens learning about birds, bugs, and trees. Thank you to all our wonderful parent helpers for keeping us safe and for taking part in all the fun activities. We hope you enjoyed yourselves as much as we did.
We took part in an educational programme entitled 'Junior Park Explorers' with our wonderful educator Tracey. We learned about some of the native NZ birds that can be found at the Gardens and learned how to make their birds sounds. We learned about the different types of spiders and insects that can be found at the Gardens too. We went on bird and bug hunts to try and find some of the creatures we talked about. We also learned about decomposition and what happens to trees when they die.
Finally, we played an amazing game called 'The Enchanted Forest'. Our educator, Tracey, dressed up each of the parent helpers as trees and then gave each of us a bug or a bird costume. We had to choose a tree to live in. But then Cara the builder came along and chopped down two of the trees with her chainsaw, leaving some of the creatures with nowhere to live! We problem solved and worked out that we had to plant new trees to replace those that had been cut down.
What a wonderful time we had at the Gardens learning about birds, bugs, and trees. Thank you to all our wonderful parent helpers for keeping us safe and for taking part in all the fun activities. We hope you enjoyed yourselves as much as we did.
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