Yummy Honey in my Tummy!

We finally tried the delicious honey that we were kindly given by McGregor's Honey last term. There were four different flavours - one jar had honey collected from the Whangara area, another collected from the Otoko area, another collected from the Ormond area and the last one was from around Awapuni. It was interesting to see the different colours of the honey. We wondered what different plants might be growing in these areas to alter the colour? The lighter coloured Whangara honey turned out to be a clear favourite!

 

Duckling Update....

 

Our little ducklings had a taste of the big wide world on Friday afternoon. Not enough shelter out there for these little water fowl yet so they are happily splashing in a paddling pool on our back lawn in a pen for the time being. 

We Have Ducklings!

 On Wednesday night two of our eggs hatched and then on Thursday we eagerly watched a third little duckling trying hard to break out of his shell. Their shells must be very hard because it took him all day!

It was pretty exciting when the ducklings arrived! We had lots of visitors and enjoyed sharing our ducklings with the rest of the school.....

Look at them now......They are doing so well and they LOVE playing in their water!

Baby Ducks?

On Friday we took turns hiding in Mrs Allan's cupboard to 'candle' our duck eggs to see if we have any babies developing in the incubator.....In nine of the eggs we were clearly able to see the air sac at the bottom of the eggs and the rest of the egg was dark, which is an indication that there could be a baby duck growing inside! We have our fingers crossed and have been counting down the days on the calendar until the eggs hatch (hopefully!)

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Cool Creations in Rm Tangaroa

I just love working with such a creative bunch of learners! There are new discoveries and creations every day .... and people learning from each other all the time!

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Drop, Cover, Hold!

 Today we practiced our earthquake drill as part of the New Zealand ShakeOut! Do you know what to do in an earthquake? Ask anyone in Room Tangaroa and they will be able to tell you - Drop, Cover and hold on!

Athletics Day - Year 2s

 What a fantastic day for athletics today! Everyone was super kia kaha and gave everything a go! The running races were exciting, with all runners giving 100% effort to get to the finish line as fast as they could - kia maia! The tabloid events afterwards were loads of fun too. Check out our photos here