The Tortoise and the Hare
What a great show. Thanks to the New Zealand Playhouse we had an entertaining morning enjoying their production of the Tortoise and the Hare. It is amazing what three actors/ actresses can achieve. [...]
Tough Gal and Guy Challenge
We had a great group of Tomarata students entered in the Tough Gal and Guy challenge. They look like they had an amazing time. The entrants loved getting muddy. Some temporarily lost their [...]
Food for Thought
This term we have been looking at healthy food options and how to check which foods are good to eat every day and which foods are only treat foods that should be eaten occasionally. Naomi, [...]
Gavin Bishop Visit
We were so lucky to be able to listen to Gavin Bishop while he told us about his life as an author. He showed us some of his books and read to us from one [...]
Success at last
We have finally managed to catch a mouse in our traps. First one for the term. It was obviously placed in the right place. Well done our pest trappers.
ANZAC Biscuits
We were on holiday when ANZAC day was celebrated but we still wanted to make some ANZAC biscuits. We learnt that these biscuits were made by people and sold to raise funds to [...]
Balloon Static
It was all about balloons in Room 5 today. We were investigating how to make static electricity and show electricity attracting and repelling. We learnt that everything around us is made up of tiny little [...]
Hot Yeast Buns
Today we cooked some hot yeast buns. It was great fun kneading the dough and shaping it into our buns. We had to wait for the yeast to work so the buns would rise. Luckily [...]
Maths Whizz
Maths Whizz has had an update. It no longer requires "Flash" to operate which means we can log in with Safari. There is a whole new look to the programme that the students are very [...]
Aussie Rules
We had an exciting time today learning the rules and skills for Aussie Rules. We ended our skills session with a kicking game and we can see already we have some great kickers who might [...]