Dry Ice - Science vs Magic

What an exciting day of learning!  The children were encouraged to wonder and ask questions throughout the dry ice experiments. It was great to observe such wonderful deep thinking, scaffolding and questioning grow over the series of experiments.

Our dry ice experiments kicked off our Term 4 Inquiry into Science versus Magic, called "Are you for Real?" We look forward to the next few weeks as the children begin to pursue their own area of passion through a structured process of Inquiry.

Taonga from our Kids, to our Kids

Our children pulled together and planted our native garden today. It was a Team effort and the result of their inquiry learning into the diminishing number of native and endemic birds in New Zealand.

The inquiry was inspired from our visit to Zealandia, Wellington, earlier in the year, where the children learnt about the efforts of the Sanctuary to preserve our unique wildlife.

Our children prepared design proposals (shared earlier) and worked together with the rest of Team 3. The native garden is a special taonga for Mahora School; and our children hope to return in years to come and see the endemic wildlife that their garden attracts.

Big thanks to our PTA for their support, Steve Cave from HB Regional Council for his expertise, the Native Plant Nursery Taupo for supplying the plants, and to Bernie and Jasmine for their help with planting today.

Pics from our Native Planting Day

Inquiry Design Proposal - Kieana

Inquiry Design Proposal - Nathan, Benji, Jayden

Inquiry Design Proposal - Payton, Mathias, Ben

Inquiry Design Proposal - Courtney, Innika

Inquiry Design Proposal - Sam, Alexx, Briana

Inquiry Design Proposal - Grace, Mya, Shona

Inquiry Design Proposal - Caleb, Cairo, Wyatt, Dylan

Inquiry Design Proposal - Stuart, Vikta, Reicoe, Isaiah

Inquiry Design Proposal - Keera, Shqkharne