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Bush School Visit to Arataki:

Report from Whaea Nicole:

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We made it! The weather was amazing, and we had such a cool day with heaps of learning and laughs. We returned to school with less energy, more knowledge, more plants, and the same number of kids (thankfully).

 

Big shout-out to James (Charlie's Dad), Campbell (Andy's Dad), and Dave (Will's Grandad) for spending the day with us. We're so grateful because, without our awesome parent help, we can't do cool things like this.

 

Massive thanks to Miss Eyre, who was a last-minute ring-in due to...can we call it Watergate? (Editor's note: this was the day we had to close due to water issues).

 

Thanks also to Kat and Simon; you guys rock! Lastly, thanks to Stem Alliance and the WeSTEM Urban Forest Project for funding this awesome day of learning in the ngahere.