In Whakatōtanga in terms 1 to 3 2019, the Room 9 Garden Club has grown, harvested and eaten a number of vegetables and fruits.
The students pulled a large radish out of the garden. They all pulled together just like in the story, ‘The Gigantic Turnip’! The Garden Club also harvested some celery,
sugar snap peas and salad leaves to take home to share with their whanau.
We enjoyed harvesting our kumara in autumn, it was like digging for buried treasure! One of the kumara was the biggest kumara we had ever seen. We loved eating the kumara chips, they were delicious.
The students pulled a large radish out of the garden. They all pulled together just like in the story, ‘The Gigantic Turnip’! The Garden Club also harvested some celery,
sugar snap peas and salad leaves to take home to share with their whanau.
We enjoyed harvesting our kumara in autumn, it was like digging for buried treasure! One of the kumara was the biggest kumara we had ever seen. We loved eating the kumara chips, they were delicious.
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.
- 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.
- 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.