It was a chilly start this morning as we came together as a full school for karakia. We came together to acknowledge the naming of the classrooms by the affixing of new signs to the outside of them. Harakeke and Rourou now have their new signs - kua whakatau ngā ingoa hou inaianei.
Following te wā karakia we trouped over to the tomokanga of the kura to whakatō a tōtara tree that had been previously given to the school. According to the maramataka it is the optimal time for planting rākau at present.
Tamati from Harakeke placed the tōtara in the ground this morning, helped initially by Whaea Jin and Whaea Louise, then other tamariki from Harakeke to fill the hole.
Then we trouped around to in front of the office block to plant a kahikatea. Maia and Kairangi as tuākana of the school led the planting of this new rākau.
Onwards to the pool area where a rata was planted by Patricia-Lee and Sonny from Tahora.
Finally down to our 'native bush' area to plant a final tree. Tamariki from Waikawa planted this final rākau.
A beautiful start to the day. He rangi mokopuna!
I hui mātou, te kura katoa, we came together again as a full school to finish our day also. This time as a surprise to celebrate Matua Rauru. He rā hei whakanui tō tātou tumuaki.
All the akomanga (classrooms) have been secretly preparing different pieces of mahi for Matua Rauru to thank him for all of his awesome work he does for Ōtaki School.
The tamariki from Harakeke stood to share their writing and pictures.
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