During our Monday morning hui/meeting we shared our weekend 'Tui Challenge' findings and guess what!? Charlie & whanau discovered Tui in Thompson Bush, Rupeni has Tui birds pictured at his home entranceway & not forgetting his 'Tui friend' who joined us for the day - thanks Rupeni! Archie shared his bird book which had an awesome NZ native bird sheet. This sparked more curiosity...keep reading to find out more!
Te Wananga Time/Discussion Time
Archie's NZ native bird sheet sparked the groups intrigue to further explore during Te Wananga Time. Tamariki asked, "That's a kiwi but...what's that one?" Kaiako recognised this as an opportunity for more group research - what are our other NZ Native birds? AND how do we uphold our Kaitiakitanga responsibilities - how can we help care for them? During Conversation Week - Department of Conversation 15-23 Sept, we understand "doing our part" to help support our native birds & wildlife is crucial.
You can help at home too, click on the link: Conservation Week - Take Action in your Own Backyard
How can we be great Kaitiakitanga? - Let's investigate!
Our group research uncovered a deeper understanding of Kea, Tui, & our special native bird Kiwi! We uncovered that kiwis can't fly making them an easier prey for predators. But hold on...what are predators? Our native puppets made for a suspenseful puppet show as the 'possum predator' was a pest to our small friend Kiwi, especially baby bird eggs!! And that Kea is such a cheeky Kea & you can find a lot of them in Fiordland! But! You can't feed Keas because they might forget how to feed themselves if 'humans' feed them all the time, what will happen when 'humans' aren't around & do birds really eat human food? NO!!
Exploring NZ Native Birds
While manipulating clay bird sculptures nga tamariki were provoked to share their own 'bird stories' from home...like seeing an Owl/Ruru at night...really!?? We've learnt Ruru/Owl are nocturnal! Our Thurs/Fri Group "Explorers" joined in too!
Can Tui & Pukeko Birds be Friends?..."YES!"
Reading through the Youtube Tumeke Tui story we discovered not only kiwi birds can't fly, but also Pukeko...well they prefer spend their day by swamps rather than fly. But if the the Tui & Pukeko can't spend both of their days flying together, how can they be friends? They can sing to each other! This inspired us to add some additional mahi to our art entry for the Winton Spring Flower Show - Pukeko! Watch this space!
Tao Tuhura - Where have the Tui Birds gone?
The Forest kindy whanau welcomed Marley this week. Using our new bird resource (thanks Archie!) nga tamariki did some tracking & found what appeared to be an egg..maybe a kiwi egg!?? As Kaitiakitanga we worked together to help build a protective nest around the egg, hoping the egg would be safe from 'predators.' AND check out all the kowhai seeds that were collected, surely if everyone in Winton plants these kowhai seeds we'll grow enough trees for our Tui birds to come back!?
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| **Proud AS** Be sure to read your child's ecological reflections! |
"What kind of bird came from this egg!?"
Toni, Marley's Mum, shared her ostrich egg with nga tamariki. We discovered that Toni has kept the hollowed out ostrich egg safe since she was 8 years-old! Wow!! Thanks Toni!
Department of Conservation - Conservation Week
Kaitiakitanga - Thank you to Taylor and Maddie for taking ALL our soft plastics from Kindy to be recycled using the depot bin at Winton New World!
Celebration of Learning - Family Night
Thanks for coming along to celebrate our Polyfest success! And remember to see Becks Koro if you'd like to join our Winton Kindy Parent Group, the more the merrier!
Thanks Jasmine & Skylar, we can't wait to use your bird whistles next week!
Explorers Group (Thurs/Fri) are off to Lochiel School Pet Day next Friday if we can get 3 more parent helpers.
One more week of kindy to go!
Enjoy the weekend everyone,
The Teaching Team :)
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