Wednesday, February 20, 2019

EMR - Experiencing Marine Reserves

Our class was fortunate enough to participate in the EMR programme this term. A qualified expert came to our classroom to teach us about the importance of Marine Reserves and the different species we would find in our local protected area - Matai Bay.

Classroom Based Session

The students worked in pairs to match the species they would encounter.


Fitting Our Snorkeling Gear


The students were then taught how to fit snorkeling gear and were given a practice snorkeling session in our school pool.


Add a small amount of toothpaste to your goggles to stop them from fogging up.


Test to see if your snorkel fits by placing it on your face and sucking in through your nose, it should then stick.

Aria's mask fits perfectly.

After rubbing toothpaste on your goggles, be sure to rinse them clean.


Pool Based Session

Ready, set, snorkel.




The students were taught to dive under the water, through the hoop, and then blow all the water out of their snorkel instead of coming back up for air.

Each group will have a body board with them for safety reasons.

We are ready, and look forward to our real snorkeling session at Matai bay towards the end of March. Yeehaw!

7 comments:

  1. Kia ora Paparore school, my name is Hunter from Karoro, you guys are good at swiming. We have a school pool too, We go to the town pool to do our swimming sports. I really enjoyed the swimming sports, I hope you enjoyed your sports. Well done.

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  2. Kia ora my name is Pippa and I go to Karoro School. I enjoyed the part when you Snorkelled in your pool. We have the same chromebooks as you.
    Great job

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  3. Hi I really like your blog I mean its really cool............I love it so much. bye from cleo

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  6. it must of been so fun to you guys

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