Walk & Collect Weekend

During the weekend of the 7th & 8th December, learners from Stanhope set out for a walk with their whanau to collect a bag of rubbish from their local community. This was part of the Walk & Collect Weekend: https://facebook.com/events/s/walk-collect-weekend/521941935297547/?ti=icl

We felt great doing something to help our planet breathe and the best part is that collectively we made a real difference!

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.

- 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.

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.

Enviroschools Celebration

We have been an Enviroschool for six months now and are really excited with the progress we have made and the possibilities for next year and beyond. Some highlights have included the arrival of our beehives, the fruit trees that each class planted and our vegetable growing, harvesting and eating. Three representatives from Room 17 attended the Enviroschools Celebration day last Friday, where there were displays from other schools which was really inspirational and gave us lots of ideas for what we could achieve at our school. A fabulous storyteller entertained us and there was a delicious waste-free, locally-sourced and healthy morning tea! We hope to be in a position to exhibit our sustainability journey at the Enviroschools Celebration this time next year. Watch this space! 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 perspectiv

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