Animals

Making Choices

Who would you ask if you wanted to get a pet?  Would you have to buy your pet and if so, how much would one cost?

Keeping them

Healthy

Find out how to keep

your pet safe and well if you go on holiday.

Keeping them

Clean

How often should you clean your pet?

Health and Safety

Are there any rules that you must  follow to do

with the law?  Do you need a dog licence and where do you get this from.  Do you need a

cat licence?

Gardening

Designing your

Garden

Draw a plan of your garden and use

colours to code the different sections.

Weeding and Planting your

Garden

Identify weeds.  Show

you know how to pull/dig weeds and  prepare the ground.

Looking After your Garden

Show the things that can be pests or

damage your plants.

Health and Safety

Try out TWO types of organic products you can use to keep away pests.

Go

Farming

Looking After Livestock

If you are on a work placement, create a diary or poster of your responsibilities in

looking after the

animals on the farm.

Land Management

Find out what is meant

by ‘land management’.

Farm Machinery

Identify at least four different types of farm machinery and be able to say what they are used for.

Health and Safety

Show you know how to start and stop a tractor safely.

Our

Planet

World Awareness

Show you can name at least ONE country from each continent.

Protecting our Planet

Find out the importance of trees.  Why are they good for the planet?

Native New Zealand

Make an item from the Flax plant as a gift to someone.

Health and Safety

Ask a qualified adult to come and talk about herbs/plants that are good for you.

Recycling

What does

Recycling Mean?

Produce a wall

display or powerpoint of the things that you can recycle.

Visit a Recycling Place

Take photos of the different stages of the recycling procedures.

Helping your Community

Talk with your Teacher/Tutor/principal about how your School/Centre can help with recycling.

Health and Safety

Why is it important to keep plastic bags away from small

children?

Seasons

Sensational Seasons

Create a

Seasons Table for your classroom.

Celebrations

Show what seasonal

treat you enjoy on your birthday.

Clever Clothing

Design/make your own seasonal accessory.  

Eg: Sunglasses

Health and Safety

Why is it best for us to

eat seasonal food

rather than food which

is grown out of season.

Weather

What to Wear?

Look at different photographs or pictures that show the weather and describe what sort of     day it is.

New Zealand Weather

Find out which areas of New Zealand have the hottest weather.

Colourful and Creative

Make a collage/picture/painting of your favourite type of weather.  Say why this is your favourite weather.

Health and Safety

What sort of dangers can extreme weather conditions create for us?  Find out what these words/phrases mean:

flash floods, land slides, avalanche