On Thursday last week, we had an exciting day in our Pūkeko hub with our Manu Inquiry Day. Each teacher organised a different inquiry based on manu (birds). Each home base rotated around the activities throughout the day. Here are some of the learnings and fun we had!
Mrs Spear's inquiry questions was "What birds live around St Albans School? Why do they choose to live here?
First we made bird watching glasses so we could view the manu. Next we explored our school and looked for manu. We recorded the number of each bird using tally marks. We discovered that we have lots of swallows and seagulls at our school. We also have parera, magpies and sparrows.
Lucy's inquiry was about the endemic takahē. Our question was, 'How are takahē similar to pūkeko and how are they different?' We learnt that takahē can't fly, are very rare and live in tussock grasslands. Pūkeko can fly, are common and live in swampy wetlands. We discussed the history of takahē, watched a video that celebrated takahē numbers reaching 400 and filled in a venn diagram about takahē and pūkeko. We also discussed the threats that takahē face.
Mrs Ford's inquiry question was: "Why do penguins have wings?"
We watched a video about penguins and learnt why penguins have wings and what they use them for. We also learnt about other birds that can't fly and what they use their wings for. Our activity was learning how to draw a penguin. Here are some examples of the penguins we drew.
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