Tamaki Makaurau

Long, long ago two tribes were enemies. One was called Turehu and one called Patupaiarehe. The Turehu had red hair and green eyes. The Patupaiarehe had blonde hair and blue eyes. In one team there was a prince and in the other was a princess. Did you know that the Patupaiarehe had rakau to fight with and the Turehu had patu to fight with?

When the prince went to get some ika, tuna, kina and a pipi from the awa, a beautiful princess arrived. The prince said, "Oh my gosh, you look so pretty!" The princess gave a giggle. Then slowly the princess came and said, "Can I come with you to your team?" The prince said, "Yes!"

When the Patupaiarehe found out they quickly told chief  Waitakeri that the Turehu had stolen their princess. The Patupaiarehe got their rakau ready and practiced their fighting. Soon the Turehu did the same thing. When they met face to face, they started to fight.

Soon the ground started to shake. It was Mataaho, the atua of the earth. The atua got so angry that he made two maunga and said, "You have to stop fighting and be friends". When Mataaho went away they decided to let the prince and princess get married. The enemies became best friends. The prince and princess had babies and they lived happily ever after.

Kindness Video

We have been learning about the importance of being kind to each other. When we are kind to someone we not only make them feel happier we also make our self feel happier.

We watched the Kindness Boomerang video first, then came up with some ideas about how we could be kind to each other at school. Each group developed an idea to film. We decided who would be the director, actors, camera person and props person. Then we filmed each scene and edited them together. We hope you enjoy watching our video.

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Botanic Gardens

Botanic Gardens

Last Thursday, Rooms 16, 18 and 20 went to the Botanic gardens because  it would be great for us to learn about nature and recycling.

We had to walk for 5 minutes to walk to a little garden. We could hear lovely noises. I could hear animals croaking and the wind blowing and trees howling. It was a very long and hot day. Luckily my dad was here to carry me but my mum was just there to get fit.

At the Botanic Gardens  we went with this guy named Paul who showed us how to make compost with coffee, brown leaves, twigs, green leaves and horsepower of poo. We also made compost. It was stinky yuk.

Then we switched over to Sarah. she taught us how to make a worm farm with worms, a little mat, food and stones and that's it. How to make it. First you get a bucket then you get a large river stone and put it in the bucket. After that you put black mesh in the bucket.Next you get some small stones and put them in the bucket as well. Then you get green mesh and also put it in the bucket. Meanwhile put in some wet ripped strips of newspaper. Then you get a magnifying glass and have a look at the worms. And then you put the worms in the bucket. Next, then you put in little strips of food.

It would be nice if the whole family could come with us but at least my mum and dad came.

Botanic Gardens

Last Thursday Rooms 16 18 and 20 went to Botanic Garden to learn about recycling and how to make a worm farm.

First there was a man called Paul. He took us into the forest then he laid down a mat and it had pictures of birds and insects. Paul told us how the FBI eat the the leaves. First he said they chew chew then they poo poo poo and they rot rot rot.  The FBI stand for fungus bacteria and invertebrates.

Then he took us into the children's garden to show us how to make a food garden.

It was called a compost heap. We had to lay a black mat first. Then we put on some greens, browns and coffee. After that we had to mix it.

After we  made our garden we went to to a lady called Sarah. She showed us how to make a worm farm. It was so easy. All we had to do  was put in a river stone. Then we put on a black mesh and some small stones and a green mesh, then some strips of wet newspaper. Then we had to look at the worms. Next we put in worms, then cut up worm food. Then we put a  mat  that was carpet on top. Then we took it apart.

I was really happy because I haven't  been there  in ages and my favourite part was going in the Forest.

Botanic Gardens

Last Thursday Rooms 16,18,20 and 23 went to the Botanical Gardens.  We went on a bus. We went to the gardens because we had to learn about our topic recycling.

First we went into a garden house. Then we met Paul. He took us into a forest.He taught us about nature animals. Second he showed us a blanket about the animals and the invertebrates that live in there. Next we had to find brown,green and yellow leaves. Then we had to put it in a group.Then he told us about the F.B.I. You might be thinking about the police one but it's not. It stands for Fungus, Bacteria and invertebrates. Fungus and bacteria makes the leaves die. Invertebrates are animals that have no backbone. Invertebrates chew,chew,chew then poo,poo,poo.

After that we had to walk to the kids garden. First Paul gave us some soil to put in the gardens. We could choose any garden. Then we looked at the compost. We all made our compost with our buzz groups. We had to  put down a black mat . Second we had to put down wooden planks to make a frame. Third, we had to put in brown dead leaves and twigs. Fourth we had to put green stalks,leaves and vegetables. Then we had to put in coffee and horse poo. We had to mix it. Then we had to take all the wood out. After that we had to put the rubbish into the compost. Then we had to clean up the coffee on the ground. I wanted to get a broom but I didn't.  I just got a dustpan.

After that we went to make a worm farm with Sarah. The worms were called tiger worms. We also did it in our buzz groups. We had a green  recycle container. First we had put a river rock in the container so the worms can't get out. Second we had to put black mesh in the container. Third we put in little rocks. Fourth we put a green mesh at the top of the little rocks.  Fifth we put in strips of wet newspaper. Sixth we looked at the worms then put them in the container. But we didn't because Will just straight away put them in side the container.Then we broke vegetables and put it in there recycle container. The vegetables were cucumbers and other veges. Finally we put in a mat made out of carpet.

My favourite part of the day was when we got to play on the kids side and get a drink of water because it was a very hot day. At the Botanical Gardens I learned about the F.B.I which means Fungus Bacteria Invertebrate.

Botanic Gardens Trip

Last Thursday Room 16 18 and 20 went to Botanical Gardens. We learned about nature and recycling.

We had to walk 5 minutes to a medium garden.We could hear cicadas and birds singing in the garden. Paul had something in his backpack. It was a mat with  lots of pictures of animals.The animals were a tui eating another bird. There also was a weta and a couple of worms to. He told us us about the F.B.I. The F.B.I stands for Fungus Bacteria and Invertebrates. The fungus and bacteria rots animals and brown leaves and the invertebrates chew chew chew and pooh pooh pooh.

After another 5 minute walk to the veggie garden we got to make a compost heap. We made it with coffee, brown leaves, green leaves and horse pooh.

Next we went with Caroline to make a worm farm. We had to get to a small recycling bin, then a large river stone to cover the hole or the tigers worms will fall out. We needed black mesh, small stones, green mesh, wet strips of newspaper. Then we needed to look at the worms with a magnifying glass then pour them in carefully. Then we needed to tear the veggies into small pieces and last of all put on the thick square of blue carpet. Then we had to put a thick square of wood on so the rain doesn't get in.

I felt quite good about my day because we got to learn about nature and recycling. My favourite part of the day was our group making a compost heap.