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. Room 3 planted a ‘Packham’s Triumph’ pear tree Room 7 planted a ‘Silverhill’ mandarin tree Room 2 planted a ‘Yellow’...