Story Tellers

A few weeks ago we had 2 story tellers come to our school and share some amazing stories with us.

One of the ladies was from Scotland and the other was from the USA.

The lady from Scotland told us 2 stories, one about a traveler who cut off a frozen mans feet for his boots and then tricked 2 old people out of their home because they were mean and nasty and then the man with no feet came and knocked on his door and gave him the fright of his life.

And her second story was about the creation of the fridge when a queen froze a wizard and put him in a cupboard and it stayed cold forever.

The other lady told us one story about a tribe who stopped caring and a man they called the Ancient One.  The Ancient One did care and one morning when he went to harvest his crops the kids had beat him there and had a food fight the man was furious but didn’t say anything he just went over and started planting seeds for a new crop and soon all of the kids joined in and after that they all liked him and cared.

We all liked the story tellers and hope they come again.

By Emmerson  Destinee and Taisei.

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

Rudd Kienpaste

Ahh spider. Last week Rudd Klienpaste came into Te Anau school to tell us about spiders. He told us about and how spiders make a nest and how they protect it. We learned some interesting facts. He also showed us a tea tree that looked dead but was actually very healthy. Tiny bugs feed on it, which made a small circle of life. At the end before he left he asked a special guest to come up and hold the spider. That special guest was Todd who looked very scared but the scariest thing was that everyone was screaming.

Star Dome

On Tuesday Room 12 and the rest of the school went down to the Events Centre to see the Star Dome. The Star Dome is like a big blow up tent you go inside of.  From inside it looks like you can see the stars.  Mr Parkinson told us all about the stars and galaxies. We found out that space isn’t just stars and planets. Also a shooting star is a granny star that is losing its colour and it beams it all out in one huge go. There was a picture of a comet flying through space, did you know a comet is only about the size of a basketball? We watched a clip of an astronaut going through space, which felt 3D. He told us that two galaxies crashing together at two hundred km per second still takes millions of year to create one huge galaxy. There are all sorts of colours in space. We found out so much more about space and a big thanks to Mr Parkinson for letting us use the Star Dome and teaching all about our galaxy.

By Lydia, Rosie and Chloe

Snow Day

Snow day

Did you see the snow on Monday the 26^th of May 2014? Well Te Anau School saw it and had the best day ever playing in the snow. Before the snow melted Rm12 took some pictures of the snow and creations people of Te Anau School made. With the pictures we made a snow video. Click the link below to see.