Room 5 Book Characters
We had a book character day on Friday and we there were some amazing costumes for some interesting characters. The judges had a hard time picking a winner but in the end they chose Sara [...]
Oobleck
In science we made oobleck by mixing cornflourand water together. Oobleck isn't a normal liquid or a normal solid. It is a bit like quicksand. When you push or squeeze or apply pressure it becomes [...]
Year 4 and 5’s Terrific Trip
With great excitement we set off early on Thursday to reach Auckland by 10.00 am. Fortunately the traffic was not too heavy and we didn't even need to use the bus lanes. Emma from the [...]
Tomarata Staff Upskilling
Several members from Tomarata School spent Sunday upskilling their First Aid knowledge last week. We had a very informative and interesting tutor and have learnt the latest ways to treat injuries and carry out first [...]
CatchIT
Today we had another session with Liz to look at how our trapping was going. We plotted our results on a pictograph. Mia and Ella both had photos of their rat and mice catches. Some [...]
Cricket Coaching
Our cricket coaching has started again and we have been enjoying the skills and games Brett has been teaching us. We were learning batting skills this week.
Our Olympic Ambassador
We were very privileged to host Brooke Neal at school today who represented New Zealand in the Olympic games at Rio. She played defender in the Black Sticks and they came 4th in the Women's [...]
Show Day 2016
Another successful Show Day. Well done to all the students who entered their calves and lambs, scarecrows and gardens. There were 60 animals entered, 53 gardens and 29 scarecrows. Almost all of our students were [...]
Footsteps
We learnt 5 new dances with Kate over 5 weeks. Some of the moves were tricky but we did pretty well and we had lots of fun.
Basketball Coaching
We have been very lucky to get some awesome basketball coaching this week. We have been practising our skills with Manni and Josh. We love basketball!!