Our Supermarket Visit
Today we visited the New World Supermarket to carry out our new skills of label reading. We looked for foods that are good to eat every day and food that we should only eat sometimes. [...]
Science with Balloons
On Thursday we had a great day playing and learning with balloons. We are learning to think and work like scientists. We know we need to observe things by using all our senses. We know [...]
Congratulations Aniwa
Room 5 have been lucky enough to receive a big box of books from Ashton Scholastics again this year. Aniwa's entry for the word building competition was drawn out and she has won a $20 [...]
Correspondence with Auckland Council
Since writing to Auckland Council we have had great feedback from Mr Braithewaite. We were wondering what had happened to our sign and have discovered it is at Rustybrooke Transfer Centre. We will try [...]
Library Roadshow
Today, Rodney Library came to Tomarata School. We were entertained with new stories, puppet plays and book theatre. We were reminded that the new Wellsford library will soon be officially opened and that membership is [...]
Learning about Healthy Food Choices
Naomi from Pam's Foods spent the morning with us on Monday teaching us about becoming more knowledgeable about the food we eat. We learnt about the four important food groups that we need to eat [...]
Welcome Mr Campbell
We are very lucky to have Mr Campbell in Room 5 for the next five weeks. He is a teacher in training and will be looking for a school to teach in next year. As [...]
Chess with Paul
We were so lucky to have some chess lessons from a chess expert last week. Congratulations to those students that used the opportunity to learn how to play or mprove their chess skills. We learned [...]
Progress on the Corner: Has the rubbish problem been solved?
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed , it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead Well done Tomarata. All the phone calls and letters have [...]
