Today a group of Science teachers and one ICT teacher from Papatoetoe High School spent the morning down at the stream with the team from Wai-Care. This is part of the programme that has been setup in conjunction between Papatoetoe High School and Wai-Care. The teachers were shown a number of practical experiments that could be carried out with the students during practical science lessons.
We looked at various sites throughout the 300 metre length of the stream that runs along the boundary that could be used as photographic sites to monitor for the next couple of years, one of these sites is where a storm water outfall comes out and meets the stream, today it was clean and clear, but as previous photos on this site show, it can be polluted and cause stress and death for the aquatic life living in the Papatoetoe Stream.
Also shown to the teachers by a wonderful Wai-Care coordinator - Paul, was the amount of aquatic live in the stream, with a number of short finned eels swimming around in the warmth of the sun.
Also put out during the session was a pest monitoring station, we hope not to find any pests have been through it, but with sightings of rats throughout various other sessions at the stream we are not confident that no pests will visit.
We wish to thank Julia, Andrew and Paul for a great professional development session.
Also we wish to thank James Corbett for coming down to the stream on Thursday, he is the Manukau City Council officer who directs the Wai Care programme within Manukau. He is also the Chair of Wai Care's regional Steering Committee.
Paul with the short fin eels.
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Some photos of the experience for the teachers
What can Wai-care do for groups, with some photos of the stream project
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