2018 Northland Cross Country
This week was the Northland Cross Country Championships for runners that were eligible from our last year's cross country. It was held at Barge Park in Whangarei which was a fantastic venue. Unfortunately it was [...]
Making Shopping Bags
This week Eva came in to show us how to make reusable shopping bags from T Shirts. We had a huge selection of shirts to choose from. Some of them were so nice we just [...]
Room 5 Cake Stall
What a great selection of goodies we had to choose from today. We have some impressive cooks at Tomarata. Thanks to everyone who supported the stall. We raised about $250 which will go towards our [...]
Chocolate Slice
Today for maths we did some cooking instead so that we could have something ready for our cake stall. We quality tasted it and it was delicious. It will be for sale at [...]
Catching pests
It was very exciting today to find something different in our rat traps. We think it is a stoat as it has a long skinny body and is brown with a white belly. We have [...]
Zero Waste Centre
Room 5 and Room 4 had a great visit on Friday to the Zero Waste Centre in Henderson. We first of all did some activities with Anna and Tori before we had a tour around [...]
Floating Eggs
We investigated how well eggs float in water from the tap and then what happens when we add salt to the water. We discovered the eggs sank to the bottom in the tap water and [...]
Baked Cinnamon Doughnuts
We had a good excuse to do some cooking this week as we had been given some eggs to use. The Baked Cinnamon Doughnuts were delicious and quick and easy to make. Our 'cooks' are [...]
Red Riding Robyn Hood
Room 5 did some feedback after the Playhouse show "Red Riding Robyn Hood." We thought the show was fantastic. We thought the costumes were great the flossing was pretty good the acting was expressive the [...]
Speech Competition
Congratulations Lincoln. Your speech about the Pangolin was interesting and well. You live in a cold dark cage barely big enough to lie down in with No toilet, proper bedding, and barely enough food to [...]