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Enviro-schools Bronze Award

This term our big idea has been celebrations. On Tuesday, we had plenty to celebrate! Te Mahia School has reached the Bronze stage of being recognised on our journey of sustainability and becoming kaitiaki of our environment here at school and in the community. Bronze is a massive achievement and the projects of learning for this were started many years ago. As Caitlin put it, "Only when the last tree has died, and the last river is poisoned, the last fish caught… will we realise that we cannot eat money." Thank you to all of the guests, whanau and kaumatua that attended our celebrations. The children are proud of Te Mahia School being an Enviro-school. There are only 5 in Hawke's Bay, 2 Silver Schools and only 1 Green Gold. We will be exploring precious energy next year and also be involved with the Whangawehi Waste Water Management Scheme and protecting our awa. Watch the space!

Beach/Water Safety Day

How lucky are we to live in Paradise. It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining, and we got to spend the day at the Beach. Kayaking, Buoyancy, Snorkeling, Shade/Shelter, Fishing and Sand Art were the 6 rotations we moved around to today. So cool to have parents, siblings and whanau join us. Check out some of the cool snaps Miss D'Ath took.

Mahia Camp 2013

Eastern Zone Athletics

Congratulations to all of Te Mahia School students that participated in athletics on Monday.  The sun was shining and the field and track events were challenging. We had limited time to rehearse with camp last week, however I log throwing on the beach definitely contributed to our great results. Inter-school athletics is next Friday - GO MAHITISIANS!!!!

Room 1 Camp

The week just gone was absolutely amazing. The children were wonderful (sleep deprivation and all) and it was nice to see them happy and smiling with a 24/7 living situation. We were based at the Mahia Camping ground and the facilities made our week very comfortable. We had some incredible help from parents and whanau during the week. In particular: Ali Delaney, Mid Karangaroa, Grace Ormond, Tatiana Kereru, Aunty YC, Jackson Kawana, & CJ Whakatope. Thank you for staying with us, carting children around and joining in with the activities we conquered. Also a big thank you to: all of the parents that prepared the most scrumptious meals each night, the koha of food, Onenui Station for allowing us access through the farm, Katie and Mark Bowen for letting us gate crash their shed, Will Coop for his korero on the Tasmania, Arthur Bowen for guiding us on our walk, Grace Ormond for working with our Year 8 leaders and the class, Bill Short for sharing his shell collection, Mahia Board Riders/Bernie Crowlie for his surfing instruction, Nanny Doi, Viv Kyle, Lil Morgan and Bernie Crowlie for our golfing sessions. Please have a look at Room 1’s blog and the students blogs in the coming weeks as we reflect on our goals achieved, highlights and skills/knowledge we learnt. We live in a special part of Aotearoa and the children are incredibly fortunate to be able to have an action packed week of activities on their back door step. Ka mau te wehi!

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