BLAKE NZ-VR comes to Owairaka

On Friday last week we went to a BLAKE NZ-VR session to learn more about the threats to the oceans around NZ. During the session, we all got to wear a Virtual Reality headset and experience what it would be like to dive in different parts of the Hauraki Gulf. Unfortunately many places around the Gulf have been over fished and are now very unhealthy. 

We had a great discussion about what causes damage to our oceans and then about ways we can help protect the Hauraki Gulf. Did you know that less than 1% of our marine environments are protected!

What ideas do you have to help stop over fishing and polluting the Hauraki Gulf?

T3 W1 - Caught Being Good!

Congratulations to this weeks Caught Being Good certificate winners, Zarda and Abdi! 

Well done showing the school value of Manawanuitanga! Ka pai.

T2 W11 Caught being good!

Congratulations to our Caught being Good Certificate winners! 

Well done Mariam and Milo! Through your actions you have demonstrated the school value Manawanuitanga, which has been great to show how much you love learning.

 Keep up the awesome work in Room 25!

Garden to Table - 5th Session

Today was our fifth session of Garden to Table - the rain was drizzling on and off, but we still enjoyed ourselves! 

The kitchen team worked really well together to make Matariki inspired food and the gardening team were exploring the medicinal garden, where they tried some Kawakawa and they helped to make the compost better. 

We are really enjoying our time at G2T and it's sad that it's our last session next week.

Thank you very much to Sarah, Richard and the parent/community helpers that make G2T possible.

What was your favourite activity that you did at Garden to Table?

Garden to Table - 3rd Session!

It was our third session of Garden to Table today! 

The kitchen team worked resiliently at making delicious Middle Eastern food and the gardening team were busy planting peas and broad beans. The spices in the food really elevated the dishes that we got to enjoy together at the end of the session. We are very excited about what's coming up in the following weeks!

Thank you so much to Sarah, Richard and the parent/community helpers that make G2T possible.

What was your favourite activity that you did at Garden to Table?

Quality Blog posts!

Today in our Cybersmart session we learnt about what makes a quality blog post. We checked out a few blogs from other schools to see what they were doing well in their blog posts. Then we filled in the rubric that showed the type of bloggers from beginners to experts. Do you agree with everything he has put in the table? Would you add anything else, if so what would it be?

Here is Dekovyn's rubric:

What we share...

Today in our Cybersmart session we learnt about what personal information we should share online (public) and what we should NOT share (private).

Here are Poppy's ideas. Do you agree with everything she has put in the public and private columns?