Tauhara Primary School Restoration Project and Mokomoko Motorcamp

Written By Kim Manunui

Tauhara Primary School student rangers wanted to plant a restoration area on the bank bordering their bike track. They decided to invite their whole class along to learn about the different native plant species. After learning about the special plants, they laid them out and decided the best place to put each one. They had to consider the size that they would grow to, if they preferred a shady spot, or if they were frost sensitive. After laying them out and digging the holes, they invited a junior class to join them. They had fun teaching the younger students how to plant and helping them. It was great tuakana-teina learning. Debbie, from First Credit Union came along to help, as they had funded some of the trees.

The students were worried that the plants might get damaged by other students, so they put big stakes by each plant and mulched around them. Then they made posters to take to each class. They told them about the special plants and asked them to help look after the space.

Room 1 also learnt all about our introduced mammalian predators. They made tracking tunnels to monitor what pests were at the school. Then they built some trap boxes and started trapping!

In Term 4, Room 1 learnt all about our native mokomoko (lizards). They read books about them, researched online, made posters, quizzes and much more. KGT coordinator Rachel came in and read a book to them about our green geckos. They looked at resources about how to make lizard gardens and made a list of resources that they would need. Rachel walked around the school with them and they looked at different possible locations. They listed the pros and cons of each one and even checked them at different times of day to see which ones were the most sunny. They chose their site and decided to call it ‘Mokomoko Motorcamp’.

Rachel brought them in a range of plants that lizards like, ones with berries and nectar to eat, and tangly branches to hide in. They also found rotten logs full of bugs to put in the space and rocks for lizards to sit on. The area was planted and it looks great!

Finally, the students worked with Rachel on Canva to design a sign for the space. They also wanted to educate people about the difference between skinks and geckos.

Thanks so much to First Credit Union and Possum Trail Run for funding the plants for these projects.

Kim Manunui

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