Te Mahia School’s creative and inventive tamariki!!

Twenty-three of our Te Mahia School tamariki had a creative and inventive time at the Wairoa Inter-school Technology Challenge. We had two teams in each year division, (year 3 & 4, year 5 & 6, and year 7 & 8). Each division was given a pre-planned challenge and a surprise challenge that was given at the Community Centre. The tamariki were up against some eager competition from other Wairoa District Schools.

Year 3 & 4 teams made a paper aeroplane where four straws had to be attached to their design, and also had to build a tower using spaghetti pasta and blue tac. A ball grabber and a giant poppy is what the year 5 & 6 tamariki had to construct. The year 7 & 8 teams had to construct a robotic arm and a soccer ball ramp. These challenges were hard and the children soon found out the importance of discussions, collaboration and construction of their designs. We had teams place 1^st equal but what was of utmost importance was that our tamariki gave it their all and had a wonderful time.

Miss O’B and I were extremely proud of all the tamariki and their achievements on the day. A huge thank you to the parents that came to tautoko our tamariki, and to Sandy for transporting us to and from Wairoa.