Green Week T1

Wow – what a fantastic Green Week!

There have been lots of things going on at Owairaka School.  We have been:

• reviewing our Care Code
• having healthy, wrapper free lunch boxes
• doing book swaps
• dressing up in green
• caring for our environment.

In class children have been wondering:

• Where does honey come from?
• How do chickens lay eggs?
• How many seeds are in a pumpkin?
• Why are leaves green?
• What happens to rubbish that is left on the ground?
• Why do plants grow well in spring?
• What are ant nests and how do they work?
• How much oxygen does one tree make?
• How many different plant species are there?

Today was Green Day and Walk to School Day.  Thanks to everyone  who dressed in green and came to school in a TravelWise way.

Race Relations Day 2016

Race Relations Day is always a very special day for our school community.

The theme for this year was, Welcoming Diversity: Learning From Each Other.  

At 9.30am, we went to the hall for a special assembly.  We shared greetings in different languages, sang our school song and the children participated in a costume parade – they looked amazing!

In class, children and families shared their culture with each other, learning languages, customs, songs and dances.

Everyone brought food from their culture and we had a shared lunch together. We all enjoyed tasting the delicious food!

It was wonderful to have so many families at school sharing their culture and enjoying the day.