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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.