Waitemata @ Waikowhai Primary School

Welcome back to an action packed Term 4!!! We have already started off the Term with a bang by joining the Squawk Squad Rangers. Here are some picture of us looking for birds in our bush area using our homemade binoculars. We spotted lots of Piwakawaka, Mynas, sparrows and a TUI! We have also planted our Little Gardens into bigger planters on our fabulous back deck. Mrs Jones and Miss Daly managed to keep them alive over the holidays (just) and now they are happily growing in the colourful planter boxes. We are really excited to see the sunflowers grow really tall.

Day 3 and Mokoroa are coming 3rd! Thats out of 40,000 students. Well done Mokoroa!

Te Ana Ako (Kaiwhare and Mokoroa) have joined the Squawk Squad Rangers as part of Conservation Week. We are helping to raise money for traps so we can help become predator free by 2050. Along the way we are learning all about our native birds and why we need to help them. Here is the Day 2 video. Mokoroa are coming 10th out of 400 schools!!!

What a great term of Taekwondo we have had. We were very lucky to have Ma'am come and teach us Taekwondo skills. Here are some shots of our improved techniques.

Here are a few pics of our super cool day at Ecomatters. We learnt how to make a paper planter and planted edible plants. We sorted rubbish and learned more about where our rubbish goes. We also got to play team building games and play on the equipment at Olympic Park. Thanks to the parents who came, it was a great day of learning outside the classroom.

We are in our old/new building! It's soooo exciting. We have so many spaces to work in now AND we can work with Mokoroa. The long wait has been worth it. We love our new class 😀

Today is Miss Jensen's last day ☹️ we have loved having her in our class and we wish her well on her journey at University. We hope she comes back to visit. Tying in with our recycle and reuse theme Miss Jensen asked her friends and family for books to give to all of the students in Kaiwhare. What a great idea! Thank you Miss Jensen