Saturday 29 August 2020

Sunnyhills in Enviroschools Feature Article

 The commitment and enthusiasm of our Eco Leaders, who collected moth plants with their families, has featured in a new article on the Enviroschools website entitled 

STUDENT COMMITMENT HELPS DECREASE THREAT OF MOTH PLANTS

Read the whole article here:

https://enviroschools.org.nz/creating-change/stories/student-commitment-helps-decrease-threat-of-moth-plants/

Well done to all the learners and their families for helping to create a more sustainable future!



Tuesday 25 August 2020

Hello and a Compost Coloring Competition

I'm really looking forward to seeing you all again next week.  Or today if you're in bubble school.  Beginning in Week 7, Year 4 will be looking at the Wonderful World of Tea, Year Five will continue our look at Sustainable Energy and Year Six will be reviewing our Climate Change learning and beginning to take action. 

Until then, check out this super coloring competition promoting composting! I think we could all do with a spot of mindful coloring.  If you win, your coloring will get turned into a compost bin that you can keep.

Go to this website to print out the coloring page:

 https://www.supertrash.nz/colour

Keep sending me pictures of how you're enjoying your outdoor bubble.

Keep safe, be kind and have fun,

Mrs Daniel


Thursday 20 August 2020

Conservation Week Competition

 Send me pics of your up close up nature photos, compost bins, worm farms or any other way you're get out in Nature to go into the Sunnyhills Conservative Week Prize Draw!


Check out Marcus's awesome bike drawing. Bike riding is fun, healthy and carbon free!




Well done Ethan in Room 14 who's already sent me pics of his worm farm and nature photos. You're first in the draw!




Wednesday 19 August 2020

Bubble Bikes

 



Today's Eco Challenge is all about the ultimate eco friendly mode of transport - BIKES!

Watch "The Patchwork Bike" Storytime 



What next? You could:
- go for a bike ride
- make a bike out of recycled materials
- clean your bike
- make a bike for your toys
- draw a bike
- make a collage bike

Send me a pic if what you get up to! 
Have fun. Be kind. Keep safe.

Tuesday 18 August 2020

Bubble Spring Clean

Week 6 - The Level 3 Bubble Buddies weeded and harvested brussel sprouts,  kohlrabi, radishes and broccolini. Yum! We also composted and planted wildflower seeds for the bees.




Week 5 - Thanks to the Level 3 Bubble Buddies who weeded the Bugs and Butterflies garden ready for a new crop of sunflowers in spring.


It's Conservation Week - Get Involved!

 


There's so many ways to get involved in this year's Conservation Week!


This video is so beautiful:


Sunday 16 August 2020

Eco Challenge - Composting at home to help Mother Earth and fight climate change.

Composting and worm farming at home are a great way to help mother earth and help reverse climate change, as it creates nutrient rich soil and pulls carbon out of the atmosphere.

I'd love to see pictures of your own compost, worm farms, fruit trees or vege gardens. Email Me! Have fun outside tamariki ma.


Want to find out more about why to compost? Watch this:




Great instructions here too:






Thursday 13 August 2020

⭐ Eco Stars ⭐

Kia ora koutou,

Two emails have really brightened my day: Emma has been continuing our tea investigation and Daniel has been cleaning up our storm water drains. I'm proud to bursting with these wonderful Eco GEMS using lookdown to continue helping create a peaceful sustainable world. I can't wait to hear what they, and all my other wonderful learners get up to next. 


Kia kaha, 


Mrs Daniel 





Tuesday 11 August 2020

Kia Ora Koutou Eco Leaders, Greenfingers Gang and all my Sunnyhills GEMS

 Kia ora koutou,  I wonder what you'll discover outside over the next few days.  Let me know in the comments, Aroha nui, Mrs Daniel



Wednesday 5 August 2020

Year One - Learning about our worm buddies and helping to make a Bug Hotel

"The tunnels that worms dig help the rain get into the soil and the worms make nutrients" Ben

"Birds pull worms out but it's not easy for them because the worms have hairs and can hold on to the dirt" Blake

"The worms make tunnels and that helps the roots grow" Divyansh

"Apple cores are treasure for worms but we think they are trash" Aiden

"Worms are small and they're like noodles but they're brown and not food" Vienna










Tuesday 4 August 2020

Kawakawa Tea with Year Three

Today Room 12 picked kawakawa leaves from our native bush walk and made a traditional Maori kawakawa tea by simlpy pouring hot water over the leaves in a tea pot. We sweetened it with our own Sunny Honey.


"It smells like delicious honey" Hayley
""It smells like mint" Nadiv
"It smells fresh" Olivia
"It smells like leaves" Claire
"It looks like a clear yellow" Zoe
"It It tastes a little spicy but super yummy" Milo
"I can taste the honey" Nicolas

You can also cool the tea and keep it in your fridge to have as a cordial.