Finishing my Fellowship

I have now completed my 6 month Primary Science Teacher Fellowship and will return to teach my wonderful new entrant class in Room 1.
I have had many amazing science experiences and will share these with the students.
We have formed a Lower North Island science teacher cluster group so you may see some of the teachers in this photo visiting Muritai School at some stage!
I would like to thank the Royal Society of New Zealand and our principal Andrew Bird for making my fellowship possible.

Te Waewae Bay

This Bay is at the very southern end of New Zealand and faces Stewart Island. Fossil bearing rocks are washed up onto the beach by the wild sea. My samples are clam shells about 4-5 million years old, embedded in sandstone.

Curio Bay, Catlin's Coast, Southland

Fancy a trip to Jurassic Park?
I have recently returned from Curio Bay, where, at low tide, you can walk on the fossilised remains of a Jurassic forest floor that had been buried for 170 million years beneath river flood deposits. The tree trunks have silicified, meaning the wood has been replaced with the mineral silica, making them as hard as rock.You have to visit at low tide,as the forest floor is normally under water.