The Hangi Powerpoint Presentation
Tomarata school had a Hangi last Thursday. Click on the word below to open a powerpoint created by Room 3 hangi
Clubs 2016
Students had a huge number of clubs to choose from this year. All the clubs look really exciting and I know everyone is happy with the activity they have chosen. It is great to have [...]
Mathex 2016
First Place - Diamond Sharks! We thought it was so much fun. Sam got to join in with the yr 4's too. It was awesome. 2nd Place - The Cheetahs. We liked running around the [...]
Mathex 2016
Today we ran our school Mathex competition. Well done to all the competitors. The questions were quite challenging as they were from previous national Mathex competitions which require good maths knowledge and skills.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Matariki Kites
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]