Monday 24 October 2016

Important Information!

Tena Koutou Team Toru Whanau.
We have our Community Consultation evening this Thursday 27th October.  This is an absolutely fabulous opportunity for all Mahora families.  Doors open at 5.15pm and our special speaker starts at 5.45pm.  
WE WOULD LOVE AS MANY OF YOU AS POSSIBLE TO ATTEND :-)

The speaker who will be starting the evening off at 5.45pm is Mark Osborne.  

Sunday 16 October 2016

Our Thinking

So what do we know?
 
Photo from Plastinography.org

People are not looking after the ocean.  Stevie-Lee
They are throwing rubbish all around everywhere.  Remz
Animals are dying because they are eating rubbish.  Jaz
Turtles can die by plastic because they think it is jellyfish.  Vintcent
People are leaving bags behind and are not putting them in the rubbish.  Jack
If this carries on, people won’t be able to go fishing.  Dylan
They drop their rubbish when they go to the beach.  Jaziah
Rubbish flies around and then it goes down the drains and into the river.  The river goes to the beach and then the sea and out to the ocean.  Jade
Rubbish is floating into the sea.  Brayden
It’s safe to eat fish now.  But if we keep doing what we are doing, the fish will die.  Vintcent
There will be no healthy food to eat.  Hemi



What do we want to know?


Why do people not pick up the rubbish when they see it?  Dylan
What if the animals have no teeth, how do they eat the rubbish?  Sammy
What happens if the animals eat the rubbish, but they don’t die?  What happens to them?  Ali
Why do the turtles think plastic is jellyfish?  Dylan
Why are people leaving their rubbish on the beaches and everywhere else?  Jaz
If people know about it, why don’t people go to the ocean and get the turtles that are very sick and help them live?  Ali
How does the rubbish get past the waves?  Dechlan
Where does the rubbish go if it doesn’t go to the ocean?  Dylan
Why do people put rubbish on the ground if they know it is bad for animals and they can die?  Ali
Why are the turtles not smart enough so that they don’t eat plastic?  Vintcent

Some wonderful wonderful thinking happening in Team Toru... some very clever questions too!

Wednesday 12 October 2016

That Pesky Rat

We read "That Pesky Rat" by Lauren Child, which is the story of a rat that really wanted to be a pet.  Mrs Gempton set the task of creating a jumper for the rat... we had a class vote and these were our top 3!
Which one is your favourite?


By Jade

By Lucy

By Tom

Sunday 9 October 2016

We are in the Pink!

Welcome back for Term 4!  Team Toru are going to have a PINK MILK term!  We are learning about Lauren Child.  She is an author and is probably most well known for her Charlie and Lola stories.  Lola loves loves loves pink milk!  This morning we drank some pink milk and then talked about how we could have a pink milk term... our favourite and our best!  Each of us thought of some goals we could work towards this term...