Honoring ANZACS!

Yesterday, on the 1st of May we had our WBS ANZAC parade. Some of us held crosses on the stage representing the soldiers from the Tairawhiti region that passed away in war. Grant played the last post on his bugle and David played the bagpipes outside. We sang the national anthem and it was a really great ANZAC assembly.

Here is a photo from the assembly:

Everywhere you look!

Wainui Beach School Pepeha:

Ko Maungaroa te maunga,

Ko te Poho - O Rawiri te Marae,

Ko Hamanatua te awa.

Wainui Beach School's awa - or stream is Hamanatua, which is just about 10 minutes away from our school. Last year some students planted some Harakeke - or flax down by a pathway next to the stream. Today we went and did some weeding around the plants because we are the kaitiaki (guardians) of our stream. There were lots of weeds everywhere we looked! Including fennel and nightshade that we had to dig out of the ground. We also added some mulch around them to keep them moist. We got very dirty but were proud of our mahi in the end. Now all the harakeke and a couple of kawakawa are looking very beautiful! Here are some photos from the stream: