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You may have noticed that some new fruit trees have appeared around the school grounds over the past couple of weeks.  This is because we have been extremely fortunate to receive ‘Love Your Neighbourhood’ funding of $500 from the Eco-Matters Environment Trust, supported by the Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board. Plus our Parent Group very generously matched this amount.  This enabled us to purchase 22 fruit trees, enough for every class in the school to plant one. The students enjoyed getting outside, getting dirty and learning how to plant a tree. We can’t wait until our students have fresh apples, pears, peaches, plums, peachcots, guavas, mandarins, lemonade lemons, figs, guavas and cherimoyas to snack on during morning tea and lunch times.  Our sincere thanks to the ‘Love Your Neighbourhood’ fund and our Parent Group. Room 3 planted a ‘Packham’s Triumph’ pear tree   Room 7 planted a ‘Silverhill’ mandarin tree   Room 2 planted a ‘Yellow’ guava tree   Room 9 plan

As part of our Inquiry learning, the Puāwaitanga team enjoyed a fabulous trip to the Auckland Museum and learnt lots about Kupe and his journey of discovery across the Pacific and Aotearoa. Enviroschools Principles in action here: -  Empowered Students   are enabled to participate in a meaningful way in the life of their early childhood centre or school. Their unique perspectives are valued for the knowledge and insight that they bring, and they are supported to take action for real change. - The principle of  Māori Perspectives  honours the status of tangata whenua in this land and the value of indigenous knowledge in enriching and guiding learning and action. -  Respect for the   Diversity of People and Cultures  acknowledges the unique gifts, contributions and perspectives of individuals and groups, reinforcing the need for participatory decision-making in Enviroschools.

Enviroschools Principles in action here: -  Empowered Students   are enabled to participate in a meaningful way in the life of their early childhood centre or school. Their unique perspectives are valued for the knowledge and insight that they bring, and they are supported to take action for real change. -  Respect for the   Diversity of People and Cultures  acknowledges the unique gifts, contributions and perspectives of individuals and groups, reinforcing the need for participatory decision-making in Enviroschools. -  Sustainable Communities  act in ways that nurture people and nature, now and in the future, to maintain the health and viability of our environment, society, culture and economy.

Tomas from room 8 wrote a fabulous piece of writing about respecting sea birds and sustainable fishing. His writing was selected as the Hiwi the Kiwi story writer winner! Here he is showing off his story in print in the August edition of the NZ Fishing Magazine. Here is Tomas' writing: If you are going fishing you will need to be careful of the sea birds because you might catch a sea bird and it might die.  So shoot them with a water gun. You need to measure the fish too because you might catch a little one. If you take the little one in your boat your boat will be taken off you.  Don’t keep the big ones because they need to have babies to make more fish. The medium ones you can keep only if they are 30 centimetres you pick them up with a wet towel and put them back carefully or else they might die. Tomas (6) Year 2 Enviroschools Principles in action here: -  Empowered Students   are enabled to participate in a meaningful way in the life of their early childho

The Hautūtanga Eco-Warriors have been busy transplanting kowhai seedlings, sowing harakeke (flax) and rengarenga seeds, growing kumara, tending to our seedlings, looking after their vegetable garden, shovelling mulch, looking after the worm farms and harvesting greens to make a salad.  They bring a lot of energy and enthusiasm to the gardens! Enviroschools Principles in action here: -  Empowered Students   are enabled to participate in a meaningful way in the life of their early childhood centre or school. Their unique perspectives are valued for the knowledge and insight that they bring, and they are supported to take action for real change. - The principle of  Learning for Sustainability  recognises the types of teaching and learning that foster student empowerment, decision-making, action and sustainable outcomes.