We have been learning about the awa to keeping the awa clean. Today we went to the school wetlands and Meadow and Odin pour rain on to a Mount Taranaki that Matua Richard  made. He spent all morning making it to show us what rainfall does to the awa. One side was muddy and had no grass or trees on it so that water turned into mud. The other side was cleen.

Te Kahui o Nga Manu went to the Waitara Awa today because we have been learning about the Awa. we had fun and we saw a man fishing and he got a fish. We had morning tea and got to see some carvings of birds. We looked at the bridge and saw the wharf across the river.

I have been learning about money. I created a shopping list showing food items and how much they cost.  I am proud of my shopping list because it’s fun. Something i found quite challenging was finding the prices. Next time i might try make the prices lower. My tips about my list were to not forget beans.

We went to the Waitara Fire station .  We have  been  learning about Fire safety.  Kereru and  Tui had a hikoi to the Waitara  Fire Station.  I  was in a smoke house  it  wasn’t on fire.    Also I  was in  a fire engine. I know how to be responsible around matches, lighters and fire.

Next time  I would  like  to turn on the fire siren.

My tips for others  is to get down, get low, and get out.

On Thursday the 5th June we went to the museum and Library with my Dad.  At the library we designed Tukutuku  patterns. Then we went to the museum, we looked at eel and bird traps .  We also looked at Maori pa sites. My favourite part was when we looked at trapping the animals. We got to explore at the end, my group looked at the boat and the bat cave. Then we went back to school on the bus.