25/08/2026
Poipoia (Year 2–3) have been busy this term so far. 🌱💚
Our inquiry, ‘Making a Difference’ is all about understanding how we can look after our people and environment, and recognising the impact that each of us can have.
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been lucky to have whānau speakers like Terooputaiaoo Ngatiwhakatere and Cilla Wade share the mahi they do in our community and the difference it makes. We’ve also loved getting hands-on with planting, learning more about what it means to be a kaitiaki for our environment and why this is so important.
Today, we took our learning out into the community! 🚶♀️🚶♂️ We went for a hīkoi around Shannon to explore some of the businesses, organisations, parks and places that are important to us, thinking carefully about how each one contributes to our community.
We loved visiting Te Puàwaitanga o Hanana Shannon Health & Wellbeing Centre and talking about the important mahi that happens there to support the health and wellbeing of our people. We spotted sponsorship signs at local businesses such as Four Square Shannon and Streetwise Coffee Shannon which sparked some great conversations about the way people and businesses support one another and help our community thrive.
We even stopped to check out the electric vehicle chargers and talked about electric cars, sustainability and the impact the choices we make can have on our environment! 🚗⚡🌏
It was a great opportunity to see that making a difference can happen in lots of different ways through caring for our environment, supporting others, providing important services, or simply contributing to the community we are part of.
Our awesome tamariki even stopped to pick up some rubbish they saw on the way! We are incredibly inspired to make a difference in any way we can 🍄
