Amazing Race

"Go"! On Tuesday the 2nd day of camp, we set out on an Amazing Race around Dunedin. The Amazing Race involved a lot of running and catching busses.  To brighten up Dunedin we gave out some balloons. We struggled to run up steepest street in the world, feed ducks at the park and did some teaming up. The McChickens won pride but winning isn't everything. There was so much fun to be had on that bright Dunedin.  By Ellie, Sam, Olivia and Esther

Enviro Schools Hui

On Thursday the 23^rd of October all the Enviro schools came to Te Anau for a Hui. First of all Kids Restore the Kepler did a speech, secondly we split up in our groups for a tour of the bird park. In the duck enclosure there were two goose nests with eggs. Then we went to see the kaka. The kaka eats kowhai leaves. After that we jumped into the cars and went to the Kepler track. At the track we did all sorts of fun activities like the blind game when a buddy guides you to a tree blindfolded and then you have to find it again with no blindfold. Then we learnt to use a tracking transmitter and find birds. We meet Billy the stoat again and set off a stoat trap. Then we walked deeper down then track to a huge tree. We got back to the car park and did some trading. We traded honey for a bird nesting box and Snapdragons for a corrugated iron bird. We finished and everyone went home.  It was a very enjoyable day. We are looking forward to the next hui.

This is a cat caught in a trap.  

Spring Art

On Wednesday we sprang into action with spring art.  This is us working on our pictures.  First we did a background of a tree or stem then we had a choice of how we made our flowers.

This is Chloe doing her spring art.

Tis is Tessa and Emmerson doing there art

This is Paige and Jessica using there fingers on there paintings.

This is Destinee,Lindsay and Samantha using craft paper.

Ellie

Here is Ellie sharing here poem.

Ellie

Snow and Billy

You know those predators that have been threatening the Kepler track? Well.... on the 1^st of September Mrs Ball brought Snow and Billy to school.  By now you probably thinking who Snow and Billy really are? Snow is a ferret and Billy is a stoat.  Snow is cute and active but Billy he can get so scared he could jump out of his coat.

They came to school in a glass cage so they could not get out. There was also a piece of glass between them so they can not fight, but if they did, who do you think will win?

Snow the Ferret

 Billy the Stoat

Their glass cage

Burwood Takahe Visit

On the 29th of July some students and teachers went out to the Burwood Takahe unit. We saw and fed the Takahe.

Helen Dodson talking to us about the incubation room.

They keep the eggs in here till they are a certain age.

They keep the eggs in here to keep them safe.

This is where they keep the Takahe when they have hatch to dry them.

This is where they use to puppet feed the Takahe chicks.  They don't do this anymore.

The stoat proof fence. Also very electric.

The Takahe coming to have their dinner. (they are the little black dots on the other side of the fence)

The Takahe eating.

Lydia, Ellie and Blake looking at the takahe eat their food.

A man talking to us about how Takahe use their beak to eat tussock.

Te Anau School Hangi

On the third of July Te Anau School had a hangi to celebrate the end of their Matariki topic. Over Term 2 we all did lots of art through out the classes. At the start of the term Room 12 was put in charge of digging the hangi. Over a few weeks we completed it. It was hard work. When the day came for our hangi it was cancelled but Redcliff restaurant kindly cooked our vegetables and Dale’s hangi team cooked the meat on BBQs. We also sang songs like at a traditional Matariki celebration.

We had some food once we sang our songs. Yum Yum. We had lots of different varieties of food like root vegetables and meat. We reckon the best one were the chops. Once we finished eating our parents looked through the classes. What a day. But it wouldn’t have been possible with out the parents, Dale’s team, the teachers, Redcliff, Kiwi Holiday Park for donating their place, Mr Rush and all the children.

Written by Thomas, Lindsay and Jayden