This week Room 6 has been exploring trees! We wandered slowly down the nature trail, observing all the different trees on our way down to Putikitiki (bottom field).
When we got there the children were given time to look in a natural hut and all among the bushes.
We found lots of natural treasures.
For tane mahuta week our class has adopted a tree to look after. It is the plum tree next to our class.
As the kaitiaki, we wondered how we could look after it???
After a little bit of research, we found out the oldest fruit trees in New Zealand were planted in 1820 in the Napier and Kerikeri area. From Ms. Jones we found out that our plum tree is between 4-5 years old. Her tips for looking after our tree were to use compost, mulch, and very importantly not picking the plums before they are ripe.
The Plum tree.
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