Kawakawa Tea

 Today Year 4 investigated Maori rongoa. We made and tried kawakawa tea. Lasly we recorded the recipe.

Investigating Herbs

 Year Four spent time using their senses to explore the herbs we grow at school. We're investigating how we can use our herbs for food, drinks and medicine.

Our Eco Warriors Become Pest Free Cadets

Today Ethan from Pest Free Howick held his first of five sessions with our Eco Leaders. Ethan began his journey in sustainability just like our tamariki, in his school enviro group; now he is studying environmental science at university and working for Pest Free Howick.  

Follow our learning journey across the five session in this slide deck: Pest Free Cadetship

Toru Ako mo nga heihei

 Haere mai Te Wiki o te Reo Maori,

Year 3 learnt about our heihei (chickens) today with a fun scavenger hunt. We use our Waka hens to convert food scraps into eggs and fertiliser, instead of sending them off to landfill. Did you know chickens can recognise 100 faces?

How do you convert waste at home?  Mrs Daniel and Ms Everitt both have worm farms at home to convert food they don't want into fertiliser for our vege patches.

Year Five Eco Warriors

 

Our Eco Warriors have been talking to classes about litter lunches and our new bin system. They're looking forward to taking part in the Sustainable Schools Cadet Programme for the next three weeks.

Well done Year Five tamariki, for taking a leadership role in our Green Gold kura.

Green Gold Review Professional Development

 

Today the Waka staff met to review what it means to be a GreenGold Enviroschool, celebrate our journey so far and share evidence against the five Enviroschools Guiding Principles.

See our work in the slide show below:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15rbQEON9DBaEet4ZWBH36ZFdyGExzriJ/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102612578263898868814&rtpof=true&sd=true 

Taking Action for the Bees

Year Rua thought about how to help the bees

Room Rima - Evie - we can grow flowers for the bees. Faye - when we see a bee we don’t scream or scare them away. Logan - don’t disturb the bees. Rufaro - when bees are passing by stay still. Tom - tell people not to hurt bees. Ben - don’t kill bees. Ethan - don’t take all the honey.

Room Iwa - Sammy - give the bees more flowers. Irina - take care of the bee hives. Kahurangi - make a place for them to live. Hector - plant some bushes. Jayden - we can grow flowers around the bee hive. Ethan J - make more bee hives. Louie - don’t distract the bees. Emma - don’t pick the flowers because they are for the bees. Adrian - give them all the nectar they need. Isaac -squeeze the flowers out for the bees. Amandi - help the bees if they get stuck.

Room tekau ma tahi - Logan - stop picking flowers they are for the bees. Max P - stop trying to annoy bees, because if you annoy them and they sting you, they’ll die. Jax - stop touching bees. Zoe - don’t pick fruit before they are ready. Esther - grow a whole garden for bees; full of flowers. Niko - don’t kill the bees, let them get the nectar and move the pollen. Will - don't go near the hive.

We decided to make seed packets for the sunflower seeds Mrs Daniel had harvested. We're going to grow sunflowers for the bees!