Te Kaupapari

Our Stanhope bees have been very busy over the summer! On the 1st of February our beekeepers collected 35 frames of honey from our two beehives.  The next day, they extracted the honey out of the frames and bottled a massive 56kg of Stanhope  Road School raw honey! We have jars of this honey available for sale in the school office for $12 per jar, with proceeds going  towards our school. It is delicious honey and exciting to think that it was made with nectar collected from flowers  growing at school and in the many gardens in our community, perhaps even yours! Enviroschools Principles in action here: - The principle of  Learning for Sustainability  recognises the types of teaching and learning that foster student empowerment, decision-making, action and sustainable outcomes. -  Sustainable Communities  act in ways that nurture people and nature, now and in the future, to maintain the health and viability of our environment, socie...

We had the pleasure of sharing our beehives with the some of our project supporters on Friday the 18th of October. Members of the Rotary Club of Ellerslie Sunrise and Jay Park of JP Homes visited to see the bees in  action. We held an opening ceremony where Dave McDonald from Rotary cut a ribbon with one of our newest students, Isabelle. Members of the kapa haka group sang a beautiful waiata while our visitors inspected the hives. We are truly grateful to our project supporters for helping to make this wonderful learning opportunity possible: Rotary Club of Ellerslie Sunrise, JP Homes NZ, the Maungakiekie Tamaki Local Board, Fulton Hogan, Mitre 10 Mega Mt Wellington and Torque Digital. 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 su...

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.