STAND Awarua Holiday Programme – 3 October 2019
It was great to have Stand return to the visit the nursery – to give the opportunities to get out and about in nature. Today it was pond fun, firstly looking up close at some of the creatures that inhabit the wetland at the nursery. Water boatmen, damselfly larvae and a koura (freshwater crayfish) were the highlights in the nets this time around. the koura’s hairy front nippers, its tail, antennae and eyes were all looked at closely, and we talked about what a koura might eat! A walk around the pond picking up nature was followed by some very creative boat building – and the challenge of seeing if they would float for 30 seconds! A look for skinks, birds and insects, kai for lunch, puppet and song fun finished off the visit.
Bronwyn
Posted: 7 October 2019