Curriculum Design: Group Learning Focus: We should work together for the wellbeing of everyone.

Thank you for taking the time each week to share in our teaching and learning. We utilise this communication and documentation forum to share with you, our whanau, on a weekly basis. Our Curriculum Design Group Learning Focus “Me mahi tahi tatou mō te oranga o te katoa – We should work together for the wellbeing of everyone. How this whakatauki will  intentionally  be considered and embedded  into both our Teaching and Learning and Kawa of our day.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

What's that Wiggling !!!

Wow Thomas what have you found.

Thomas Henderson has brought along something 'wiggly' he found at home. I wonder what it could be? Let's find out!!!

We placed it under the computer microscope ... and found a hairy body and 6 hairy legs with very sharp claws. '... they need sharp claws to hold onto things'. I think you are quite right Thomas. We looked in some reference books and looked in Wikipedia on the computer and found out that it had been a Huhu grub, but now had changed into a Huhu beetle. And we learned a new work metamorphosis - pretty magic really. On Wikipedia we even saw some people eating the grubs and beetles ... YUCK. I wonder what they taste like??? (Rumour is the grubs taste like Peanut Butter - anyone game to try!!!).

Thanks for sharing your beetle with us Thomas.

Now do you think we could return it to it's home. Where does it live? Who would we ask or where could we find out?