This week, Richard from the Regional Council came and worked with the Junior tamariki to support our Kaupapa for the term of “Whenua”. He talked to the tamariki about the bugs we have here in Aotearoa. An interesting fact we found out was that there are more types of Moths than Butterflies!
The task for the day was to build a “Home for a bug” using giant bamboo stems, leaves. sawdust, sticks and bark. The tamariki had to gather all the materials from around the school grounds first.
We then filled the bamboo stems with what we had gathered.
After we finished building the small homes for the bugs we put the bamboo “homes” in a safe place in the school grounds. We hope the bugs love their new homes!
