Student Health Team attend forum

This week our student health team attended a forum along with teams from a number of other schools at Wharenui. They did a great job sharing their project and got some great ideas from other students.   Thanks to Maliyah for winning the jar of UV beads by guessing the number in the jar!  Wharenui School did a great jobs of organising interesting activities for us to take part in.  And there were some serious dance moves going on!

Inquiry review

Last week we did a review of our understanding about identity, both what we knew about the topic, and ourselves. Students answered 25 yes/no question on a grid, coloring in for yes and leaving blank for no. 

Students were really interested to see how everyone different everyone was. 

Inanga Study

The Inanga Study has started for Tangaroa & Atā Hapara students. A short lesson by Kathryn and Kirsty about the programme was delivered to students last Tuesday. The students found the details and facts about the programme were fascinating and realised that 'inanga' meant young and that 'whitebait' meant the older. Whitebait is in decline and this programme enables the sustainability of this species.

The field trip on Friday involved walking down to the Otakaro site which is known as Lake Kate Sheppard from where the previous retirement home was located.

Students were told about the spring tide and when it was due and how long it took from Lyttleton to get to Otakaro-two hours for the tide to reach the lake. The location when the freshwater and saltwater meet is called the Mahinga Kai or the 'love zone'. This is the spawning ground for the whitebait.

This is going to be an interesting study. Keep an eye on this blog for more interesting developments.

Term 1 Pics

The Tangaroa blog is now underway. A few pics of the term so far. Sorry, it has taken so long to start.