The Fruits of our Labour

We have been enjoying the fruits of our labour in the garden recently.

The loquat tree has been extremely popular, with its sweet and juicy yellow fruit drawing crowds during break times.

We have also been harvesting lettuce, spinach, celery, snow peas, broccoli, cabbages, beetroots, kale, silverbeet and carrots to share with some of our whanau.

Labour weekend is the traditional time to plant tomatoes in New Zealand, so Whakatōtanga and Tupuranga students have been busy getting our cherry tomato plants into the ground and we can’t wait for a delicious harvest when we get back to school after the summer
holidays. It’s a great time of year for our students to be getting outside and working in the garden!

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.

Harakeke Harvesting

A group of students from Puāwaitanga needed some harakeke (flax) to use in their inquiry learning. Before harvesting, we said a harakeke karakia and the students sang a beautiful waiata. When we harvested, we cut on the diagonal away from the heart of the plant and we took only the Tūpuna (grandparents/ancestors) leaves, not the Matua (parents) or Rito/Pepe (baby) leaves. The students took three leaves to plait into a rope to be used on a waka they had crafted. The trimmings of the harakeke were returned to Papatūānuku and buried beneath the harakeke plant that we harvested from. Source: National Library 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 o

Pet Robots Made From Waste Materials

It is wonderful to see Room 9 using waste materials like wood offcuts, bottle tops, construction waste to make these gorgeous pet robots. 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.

Puawaitanga Trip to the Museum

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.

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