Week 5- Ella W and Caroline

On Thursday we went to the Arataki Visitors Centre in the Waitakere Ranges. We went on a bush walk and our guide told us there was a good reason at the start to bring possums into New Zealand. We learnt about Manuka and Kanuka trees and what the differences were. They used to use Rimu and Kauri to make houses but now they don't. We were also told that in the bushman days they used Rimu as a comb. We learnt about the Kauri tree and one of the oldest ones got burnt down in a fire. There was a disease that doesn't hurt us but it is killing Kauri trees so we had to spray our shoes before we went on the walk. It is book week next week and on Tuesday we are going to dress up as our favourite book character. On Thursday is Wacky Hair Day to raise money for the PTA. This Monday we had Teachers Only Day so we had a holiday. Next week is our Citizenship Cup so Miss H will be looking for a great citizen in our class.