He Puna Kawenga

 In He Puna Kawenga we have been learning about the water cycle. We understand that at the beginning of the cycle (when the rain falls) it is mauri / pure. As the water makes it's way to our oceans, the mauri is lost. We brainstormed ways that we could do our bit to help our oceans stay clean. The year 5/6 classes went out to Castlecliff beach with rubbish bags and gloves! We spent an hour searching the beach and sand dunes for rubbish that people leave behind (we had fun too!)

This term we are spending lots of time learning about water through hands on learning tasks. One of the tasks was to work interdependently to create a waka using different materials. Here are some of our finished creations!