Our International Visitors get a Taste of New Zealand

 

Our international students and their NZ buddies had a fabulous time today experiencing our Education for Sustainability programme. 

They visited the orchards, the whare heihei (chicken house), 

bee hives (they were all asleep) and we also dug around in our Mara Kai (food garden). The tamariki dug up lots of kumara (Maori sweet potato). We actually think we dug up the world's largest kumara!

Afterwards, we juiced some tangelos from Ms Everitt's tree and ate some kumara, which Ms Daniel had roasted at home. What a delicious way to experience how we care for our planet at Wakaaranga.

Travelwise Leaders monitoring our Drivers

 Did you know the speed limit inside a school zone is 30 km/h? 

This morning, our Travelwise Leaders, along with Maggie Hablous from AT, had the opportunity to become road safety champions. They had to monitor and collect real-time speed data outside our school gate.

We used the speed radar gun and recorded the speed of the passing cars. We will analyse the data we collected soon.

Hendrix: "Having the best time of my life!"

Raquel: "It was really fun to use the speed radar. One car recorded 41, which is over the speed limit."

Mia: "I enjoyed recording the speed and getting toots from the cars to support us."

Zoe: "We made up a chant for the passing cars! Beep if you want to save the environment!"

Hannah: "I loved it when the cars honked their horns at our signs."

Abby: "I enjoyed recording all the speeds down."

Sophia: "Checking the cars' speed limit along with holding the sign up high was a highlight for me!"

Madi: "I liked seeing how fast the cars were going and then recording that."

A big THANK YOU to Maggie for bringing the signs and radars for us to use.