Year 3 & 4 Visit to the Marine Education Centre

Our recent visit to the Marine Education Centre was fantastic!

Judy and Victor, the marine biologists who run the centre, taught our year 3 and 4 children many, many things about the creatures that live in, on and around Wellington's rocky shore coastline. Our children were fascinated as Judy and Victor talked about penguins, sharks, sea cucumbers (which apparently vomit up their guts when threatened!)... the amount of different creatures was huge!

We all had a chance to explore the rockpools around the education centre, under the expert eye of Victor, who hopped from rockpool to rockpool, pointing out many interesting things to the children as they explored. We then went into the marine lab, where Judy showed off the extensive collection of marine animal 'guests' the centre currently has. The 'touch pool' was a highlight!

A fantastic day- an ideal way to begin our term-long research and action inquiry into "The Rocky Shore"..

An Important part of Muritai's Environment.

In the recent Birds Eye View (volume 7) Andrew acknowledged the great turn out of Muritai School students at the Eastbourne ANZAC service. With help from the Eastbourne RSA the school now has a brand new national flag that flies proudly on the war memorial flagpole. Each morning the Y5/6 road patrollers raise the flag with great excitement and lower it again at the end of the day. The flag provides the children with yet another opportunity to develop a sense of pride and belonging.

Matt Skilton

Yah for New Bin!

Muritai waste management has stepped up with the arrival of a new bin. We are really getting into our recycling now.

Senior School Enviro Term

It is an exciting term for Enviro- Education with the whole school embarking on Environmental educational themes. The Senior School have just began exploring 'Energy' as part of their TAKE ACTION FOR ENERGY UNIT.



A super display in Room 21


Room 22 exploring fossil fuels