New Classrooms officially opened
The weather was perfect. Winston Peters was a hit with the students- and the farmers. It was lovely to have Ina Collins, a Tomarata School (Forest Reserve) foundation student cutting a ribbon along with our [...]
Des Hunt: Author Visit
We were so lucky to have a visit from Des Hunt on Friday. We learned that he wrote a "Back Story" before he wrote his novels. That is when he writes about the background of [...]
Fashion Technology Challenge
Our challenge this term was to design a fashion outfit that could be modeled. Teams of 4 or 5 worked together with newspaper and sellotape to construct the clothing. The model then walked the catwalk [...]
Discarded Clothing
Every week we have an accumulation of clothing that our students either don't want or don't recognise as their clothing. Consequently, the stage is frequently covered with clothing. Unfortunately, most of it is unnamed and [...]
Friday Afternoon Tabloids
We have traditionally held Tabloids afternoons on Fridays when the weather allows. This week we have Damian, the Rodney Sports Coordinator from North Harbour here to help us to run our afternoons effectively. He is [...]
Clay work
After our visit to Morris and James we were inspired to do our own clay creations. I was great fun working with the clay and we made all sorts of interesting objects.
We’ve moved in
At last, we have have moved into our new rooms. We were all so excited to have our new spaces which are warm and spacious and bright. We have started out how we want to [...]
Morris and James Pottery
We visited Morris and James Pottery as part of our Art topic this term. The pottery was very colourful and creative. It was interesting seeing how the potters turn the clay into pots and plates [...]
Blessing Our New Classrooms
An important part of the opening of our new classroom block has been completed. Saturday morning a group gathered to bless the new building. The blessing was led by Fraser Toi and his wife Betty. [...]
Rat Trapping
Our rat trapping team have been setting mouse and rat traps around school this term as part of the Forest Bridge Trust pest control scheme. They had their first catch last week with a Norway [...]