Saturday, February 17, 2018

Tu Tangata, Tu Maia!

Our school whakatauki Tu Tangata! Tu Maia! - Stand Tall Reach High, was inspired by our beautiful Redwood tree that has graced the HES grounds since the early 1900s. 
As part of our Term 1 focus Turangawaewae - Our Place, we have been investigating the tree.  Children have been 'wondering' about this tree.  
Some wonderings are:

  • who can climb it?
  • how big is it?
  • how big are the branches?
  • who planted it?
  • how old is it?               

We then went to see the tree and thought about our questions, some which we do not know the answer to, and which we will have to investigate more.  

There was an idea that the Redwood tree could be as tall as the Sky Tower!





Our beautiful Redwood tree


The children love this footage of the Redwood tree - it really does give a sense of how big this tree is!
drone footage of Redwood tree

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