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.
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 planted a ‘Winter Nellis’ pear tree
Room 8 planted a ‘Billington’ plum tree
Room 5 planted a ‘Beurre Bosc’ pear tree
Room 10 planted a ‘Peach Cot’ tree
Room 6 planted a ‘Brown Turkey’ fig tree
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.