Getting outdoors

 

This week we stepped outside the classroom to start exploring our local environment. The weather was kind and we managed the 1.6km walk to visit Centennial Reserve.

The goal of this trip was to learn about our local area and the kinds of things that live in and around it.

Our Autahi and Tautoru explorers took full advantage as they quickly found plenty of cicada shells and brightly coloured funghi.

Many built huts and nests for the birds. Their were a few fairy gardens made but sadly we didn't spot any while we were there.

This exercise also was an opportunity to grow our resilience and that even though the walk was hard in some places we still kept on going. In Autahi we say that we give everything a try.

Our trip has also been great inspiration for our writing this week as we all talked about the different things we saw.

This will be the first of many adventures out to explore the local beauty all around us.