Landscape+Learning



Follow this address to lots of fantastic links about our Year 4 learning...

http://wakalandscapelearningyear4.wikispaces.com/

Term 2

Being an Eco Friendly Society.

Remember how important it is to... Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!

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Term 1

Summer Health

Remember to slip, slop, slap, wrap and seek!

Native Trees

Remember our trip to the Botanic Gardens on Monday 21st March

Layers of our Podocarp/Broadleaf Forests
Our native forests are very important. They act as -
 * Emergent Trees** - These trees are over 30 metres tall and tower above the forest; rimu, kahikatea, totara, rata, matai and miro.
 * Canopy/Roof** – The flowering trees of this layer grow to around 20 metres tall. They make a dense layer of foliage that filters rain and sunlight for the plants below. Some examples are tawa, taraire and beech
 * Sub-canopy** - Tree ferns, nikau palms, mahoe, wineberry and fuchsia can be found in this layer. They can grow to around 10 metres.
 * Small Trees/Shrubs** - This layer is shaded by the trees above, they are no taller than 5 metres. Many of the trees in this layer are young; they are waiting for a gap to open up so they can grow tall.
 * Forest Floor** - It's wet and dark down here. There are mostly mosses and ferns in this layer.
 * a carbon-sucker
 * a home for our native birds and insects
 * a food source for our native creatures
 * a water filter
 * a flood-stopper