Our awesome Arataki visit

Wow!  Yippee, yay, yeehar!

On Tuesday, Room 1 travelled to Arataki because we wanted to learn about native plants.  We went on a bus, and we had a lot of parents come with us.  The weather was sunny but a bit cold when we left at about half past nine.  Read on to find out some of the things we did, saw and learned...

"Dab, dab, scratch, scratch, sniffff!"
We had to get little blue sponges and dabbed the sponges on some leaves and sniffed.  Some smelled stinky!  And some smelled like nothing, and some smelled good.
By Mahad, Caitlyn and Isabella.

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We did sniffing potions, and they were strong.  Room one used up native things for it.  Some were not so yummy smells and some were.  The disgusting ones smelled like dogs droppings.   We put it in cups.  Some had seeds in them.
By Milana, Solana and Finn.

Simon found a weta and said it was a girl weta because it had a sharp thing at the back for laying eggs in soft trees.  He said to us that the daddy weta will come out of the hole first and see if it is safe, but if it isn't the daddy weta will kill the animal.  The weta's ear was on its elbow, and its legs were long.  It was orange and brown and white.
By Jared, Saihaj and Dreo.

We blind folded Gigi's mum.  We had to turn her around and make her touch a tree.  She had to feel it, and then when the blind fold was off, she had to find it again.
By Mia-Rose, Poppy and Will.

We had a class photo next to a concrete frame.  We took a photo so we can remember when we forget.  There was a tiny ice cream shop next to the frame.  There was wood around the bark.
By Charlie, Cooper and Giselle.

Canopy are the tall trees in the forest.  Sub canopy are the medium sized trees.  Shrubs are the small sized trees in the forest, and lastly the forest floor is on the ground.  It was pretty fun and easy to learn.  These are the things we learned at Arataki.
By Joanne and Anya.

The smallest tree turns into the tallest tree in New Zealand.  It's quite funny that that happens to the smallest tree.  It is called the Kahikatea.
By Farah, Jayden and Vincent.

At Arataki we got turns getting pulled up the hill on a nikau leaf.  After we got pulled up we got to help Simon pull it.  Then when everybody had a go he chucked it back into the bush.
By Gigi and Daniel.