The Water Cycle

Mel, the Waimaori Streamcare co-ordinator, came and talked to us about the water cycle. She told us the legend of Ranginui the sky father and Papatuanuku the earth mother.  She used a model to show us different ways rivers can get polluted. We saw how the  pollution was washed from the land out onto the beach and into the ocean.

Water monitoring at the Brook Sanctuary

By Lachlan

On Friday 25 March, Room 15 got to go to the Brook Sanctuary. When we got there Rick gave us a demonstration on how the stoat trap works - it gave me a fright.

Then we went down to the river and said a karakia. We used the water clarity tube to see how clear the river water is.

After that we all got a net, a paintbrush and an ice cream container and went to catch some bugs.

Fifty minutes later me and Finnian caught a koura.

We used a ball and stopwatch to test how fast the river was flowing.

It was an awesome day.