Kindy Visit

On Friday we were lucky to have our visit from the kindy.  They had lots of children to bring and meet us this time which was very exciting.  As always the Pod 1 students really looked froward to seeing the staff and students from Hurupaki Kindy.  We shared a story about 10 clowns with them and they even joined in.

Kiwi Predators

As part of our inquiry on kiwi we have been learning about all of the different predators.  We were very lucky when a possum was trapped in the wetlands and we were able to see a possum up close.  Miss Tyson shared lots of her knowledge about possums with us, she was also able to answer lots of our questions.

Sparky the Kiwi Visits

At the end of Term 3 we were very lucky to have Mr Webb and Sparky from the Whangarei Bird Recovery Centre visit us in Pod 1. Sparky is a one-legged kiwi and has been hand reared by Mr Webb after being found as a young bird, caught in a trap. We were all thrilled to be able to see a kiwi up close and touch him too. Sparky put on a great display of finding and eating worms!

Cans for Good

Hi whanau

Welcome back to school. We look forward to Term 4 with your lovely children.

We have started collecting tinned food for Cans for Good. This is a school wide project organised by Watties with the aim to collected cans for the Salvation Army's Food bank. Please feel free to send these in at any time over the next 3-4 weeks.

Many thanks
Karen Johnsen

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to Term four, we have some new students in Pod 1 this term and we want to say a huge welcome to these students and their whanau.  We look forward to getting to know you all and enjoying the final term of 2016 with us!!  We have many exciting things planned and even some trips planned!!

Kiwi Dog Visit

We were very lucky to have Pete Graham and his dog Tama visit us.  We learnt lots about the process of tracking kiwi.