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Heathy Families Rotorua systems innovators Mariana Vercoe and Teteira Ormsby visited Lynmore Primary School<\/a> last week to provide a m\u0101tauranga M\u0101ori oversight on the school\u2019s Waitawa Bush Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year 3\/4 deputy principal Lisa Hohepa and students took the pair on a trek through the forest-like environment within the school grounds. The bush is cared for and maintained by the students and teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mariana says it is wonderful to see the area not only used by tamariki for play during breaktimes, but also being utilised by classrooms as an outdoor learning space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe project includes elements of m\u0101tauranga M\u0101ori to increase learning opportunities for tamariki and staff in the natural environment,\u201d says Mariana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lynmore Primary School kids walking through Waitawa Bush.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The plan is to have a waharoa (entranceway) telling the story of how Owhatiura was named, along with a storyboard about the whenua. Throughout the bush will be small pou or plaques with the names and descriptions of its various native trees and plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe project\u2019s primarily intended to increase m\u0101tauranga M\u0101ori within the kura by connecting tamariki to the whenua, p\u016br\u0101kau and the taiao, which I\u2019m a huge advocate for with my mahi in the Play space,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mariana and Teteira discussed with Lisa further Play and funding opportunities to help tamariki have better wellbeing outcomes through learning opportunities driven by m\u0101tauranga M\u0101ori.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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