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.

Samantha

Here is Samatha sharing her poem.

Samantha

South Spell2014

South Spell 2014

12 students from Room 12 were selected to go to the South Spell competition. We were spilt into 3 different groups of 4. There was 42 groups overall. The spelling test was divided into 10 different categories.  We were supplied with a Mitre 10 pen, some scrap paper so we didn't shout out the answer and a piece of paper to write the right answer on. Just about every parent that came offered their vehicle. We had a blast working together as a group. We were spilt apart when we got to the desks so we couldn't cheat (although we wouldn't!!). We were about a metre away from the next group of kids. The names of the people who got through to South Spell are: Lydia, Rosie, Thomas, Connor, Jessica, Esther, Tessa, Emmerson, Luke, Samantha, Lindsay, Jake. We think it's a great opportunity and everyone should try and aim to get through to South Spell.

A huge thanks to everyone who helped us.

By Lydia and Rosie.

South Spell competition

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

Takahe Visit

Takahe visit

On the 12^th of June 4 students of Te Anau School went up to the Burwood Takahe breeding center to visit the school’s adopted Takahe called Murchison.

When we got to Burwood we had to climb an awkward ladder to get in to the enclosure.

At Burwood there are about 33 Takahe that is about 11.5% of the worlds Takahe population.

Unfortunately we didn’t get to see Murchison but we saw a lot of Takahe the same age as him so we sort of know what he looks like.

We helped catch takahe by blocking the exits when we had finally cornered the Takahe the DOC specialists weigh them by their legs. Also looking for good blood tip feathers so they can figure out which gender they are.

By Jayden, Fergus, Samantha and Esther