Community Celebration

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Yesterday on 26 September our school had a garden day. We invited parents and our comunity to come and see what we have been working on this term. We are going to plant vegetables in our Mara Kai Garden like Kumara, Riwai, Taro and Timo Timo. We will be planting them next term. It was a fabulous day and everyones topics were interesting.

Parts Of A Plant In Te Reo Maori

My Reflection

Topic Reflection

Energy –The Balance of Life

What is energy? - is power,solar,gas,muscular.


Where do humans get energy from? - They get there energy from food that they eat And staying healthy.

Plants

1. What substance does a tree use for food?(highlight your answer in yellow)
a. photosynthesis                                                       b. chlorophyll

c. glucose                                                                   d. leaves

2. What four things does a tree need for photosynthesis? (highlight your answer in yellow)
a)Air
b)Water
c)Sun light
d)Carbon dioxide
3. What causes a tree's leaves to appear green? - Chlorophyll


4. What signals a tree to preparing for winter?(highlight your answer in yellow)

a. The days become colder.
b. The weather becomes dry.
c. There are more rainy days.
d. There are fewer hours of sunlight.

5. How does a tree get water?(highlight your answer in yellow)

a. It makes water in its leaves.
b. It turns glucose into water.
c. It absorbs water through its roots.
d. It uses photosynthesis.







6. Why do a tree's leaves change color in the fall? (highlight your answer in yellow)

a. The tree has less chlorophyll.
b. The tree has less water.
c. The tree has no leaves.
d. The tree is growing quickly before the winter sets in.

Compost

What is compost? - Compost is a organic matter that recycle our waste into nutritious soil for the garden



What are the things that you cannot put in a compost bin?
List 5 things that you can put in a compost bin.

• Food scraps
• Green stuff
• Banana peels
• Grass
• Leaves

Sustainability

This term you have completed a group project about the roles, rights and responsibilities of how people maintain sustainable food sources.
Draw a flow chart that represents the responsibility that people have to maintain the food source your group researched this term.



Sustainability group topic (e.g pork farming): - Pork farming



Insert the picture of your flowchart in this space
Insert the picture of your kai garden in this space.

Draw and label a picture that represents a healthy Kai garden.

MY TOPIC REFLECTION

• What have you learnt about this topic?
• What did you like about this topic?
• What is your role in practicing sustainability for a balanced future - at home, at school, in my community?

I have learnt what sustainability means.It means re-using recycling things so that there is enough for everyone. I liked working on my project because i learn how to be a sustainable person. To be sustainable at home  i need to make sure i recycle all the bottles and food scraps. At school i can be sustainable by not littering on the school ground but putting my rubbish in the bin. My role in the community is to not make any more  litter and to be careful with our resources.