Friday - Experiments

Nina's mum is coming to Te Puawai every Friday to work with two of our whanau groups doing science experiments.
Today we put vinegar in a bottle and baking soda inside a balloon. We then put the balloon on top of a drink bottle and guess what? The balloon filled with air! 
One balloon filled with so much air it exploded in Zoe's face!
You might like to try this experiment at home for yourself.

Building a Pa

Building a Pa Site

After our visit to Okoare Pa we thought it would be fun to build a Pa Site.

The Waimea Stream in flood

Take a look at the following video.
This is over the fence at the back of Te Puawai this afternoon.

The Waimea Stream in flood

Art Gallery Trip

Today we visited the Len Lye Centre.
We watched a film made by Oskar Fischinger called "Raumlichtkunst". This is an exciting exhibition and is well worth a visit(especially on a wet weekend!)

We discussed motion and music and then we put on a performance for our group in the Art Gallery theatre. 

Okoare Pa

We have been learning our Mihi at school. Part of our Mihi is about Okoare Pa which is situated next to Frankley School on the Francis Douglas farm. 
Today Mr Ritai took us to Okoare Pa and explained to us what the pa site would have looked like when Maori lived there.