Class Blogs – Page 31 – Tomarata School

Hangi at Tomarata

We had an exciting day today as we all had the opportunity to observe how a hangi is made. We had to wait a few hours to sample the results but it was worth [...]

By Mrs Salt|2023-02-14T11:57:23+13:0024th June 2016|Class Blogs, School Events|1 Comment

Wai care at Tomarata Lake

Room 4 and Room 5 visited Tomarata Lake today to check the quality of the water. Shelley and Rachel from Wai care brought all the equipment we needed to carry out water tests. We checked [...]

By Mrs Salt|2023-02-14T11:57:23+13:0014th June 2016|Room 5, Science|3 Comments

On Wednesday we learned about Matariki. We listened to different stories that explained the seven stars and how Maori and New Zealanders celebrate Matariki. We read a story about seven sisters who made [...]

By Mrs Gore|2023-02-14T11:57:23+13:0014th June 2016|Room 3|2 Comments

Matariki

Matariki is the name for the group of seven stars that appear in late May or early June. It is also a name for the Maori New Year. We celebrated Matariki today by making kites [...]

By Mrs Salt|2023-02-14T11:57:23+13:008th June 2016|Room 5|4 Comments

Science observations

Today we discussed energy in different foods. We investigated how well some foods burnt. We used silver beet, rice crackers and potato crisps. We made predictions about what would happen to the food and then [...]

By Mrs Salt|2023-02-14T11:57:23+13:003rd June 2016|Room 5, Science|1 Comment

Wai care Visit

Today we had an information and training session with Shelley from Wai care to discover how healthy our local lake is in readiness for our field trip. We learnt how to test for water clarity, [...]

By Mrs Salt|2023-02-14T11:57:24+13:0031st May 2016|Room 5|1 Comment