Papatuanuku te matua o te tangata - Mother Earth is man's parent. This is a whakatauki by Stewart Bull. Papatuanuku (mother earth) will look after us but we need to look after her too.

Year 3 students have been exploring the fragility of our ocean ecosystem, looking at the causes of some of the problems our precious sea creatures face. They have created posters, adverts and board games in an effort to persuade people like you to take make little changes for the sustainability of our oceans.

Have a look at some of the posters below, along with some of their ocean collage artworks.

Room 19 and Room 20 children are looking forward to their trip to Long Bay Reserve today where they will become biodiversity detectives for the day.