The Pine
Once upon a time in a far corner of town Everything was gloomy, everything was down. I'll tell you the story of the pineapple frown. Once some time ago Pineapple trees could sway and fro. [...]
Making Shopping Bags
This week Eva came in to show us how to make reusable shopping bags from T Shirts. We had a huge selection of shirts to choose from. Some of them were so nice we just [...]
Room 5 Cake Stall
What a great selection of goodies we had to choose from today. We have some impressive cooks at Tomarata. Thanks to everyone who supported the stall. We raised about $250 which will go towards our [...]
Chocolate Slice
Today for maths we did some cooking instead so that we could have something ready for our cake stall. We quality tasted it and it was delicious. It will be for sale at [...]
Caitlyn and her Animals
The friend of all animals by Hope and Caitlin. Caitlyn went into the forest and found an injured baby deer. She looked around for it's mother but there was no one in sight so [...]
Catching pests
It was very exciting today to find something different in our rat traps. We think it is a stoat as it has a long skinny body and is brown with a white belly. We have [...]
Zero Waste Centre
Room 5 and Room 4 had a great visit on Friday to the Zero Waste Centre in Henderson. We first of all did some activities with Anna and Tori before we had a tour around [...]
Floating Eggs
We investigated how well eggs float in water from the tap and then what happens when we add salt to the water. We discovered the eggs sank to the bottom in the tap water and [...]
Baked Cinnamon Doughnuts
We had a good excuse to do some cooking this week as we had been given some eggs to use. The Baked Cinnamon Doughnuts were delicious and quick and easy to make. Our 'cooks' are [...]
The Coffee War
There is a problem at the Mangawhai Activity Zone when people want cow’s milk at the coffee shop but they can only get plant based milk. So a lot of people have complained to the [...]