Waitemata @ Waikowhai Primary School

Week Four was an action packed week! On Wednesday we had Sally from Watercare come in to talk to us about stormwater drains. We had great fun building valleys and rivers with stones and plastic and seeing which group could make the fastest river and the deepest valley. Sally then taught us about what happens when we let other things go into the drains like, soap, oil and food. We discovered that all of the stormwater drains around our school lead into local waterways such as the stream at Molley Green and Waikowhai Beach. The toxins that go into the drains have a direct effect on the living things in the water. Watercare treat Aucklands waste water, they are able to clean water that is tipped down the sink, or flushed down the toilet, but stormwater drains lead straight to the streams and oceans. On Thursday we set off to Molley Green to look for bugs in the stream. The types of bugs we found would determine the healthiness of the water. What fun we had! We used scoops w...

Gymnastics! Room 10 are loving our Wednesday morning Gymnastic sessions. We are learning about static, locomotive and rotative movement. Here are some pictures... Walid and Zion are working with the lovely Katie using Numicon to make number patterns. They are able to find halves and doubles of numbers to 20, well done boys! We said a very sad farewell to Miss Southwell who has been the cheerful face greeting us in the office for ten years. Lots of tears were shed as Room 9 gave her a beautiful send off in their assembly. We will miss you Miss Southwell!! Week four looks exciting with Watercare coming to teach us about stormwater and wastewater drains. Watch this space...

Every Week we catch up with Room 7 for some buddy reading. Sometimes we read to them, other times they read to us. This week they read us something from their personal blogs on their chromebooks. We were very impressed!

Week one term 3! Our citizen of the week.......Amaya! Well done! Here she is choosing her prize