Year Six Review and Plan How We Can Shine GreenGold in 2024

 Today Year Six had their first Sustainability lesson with Mrs Daniel. We bagan by reviewing how Sunnyhills is a GreenGold Enviroschool with a mapping activity and scavenger hunt all over the school. 

How can we be sustainable each day?

Ruby "Pick up rubbish"

Conrad "Don't use plastic bags"

Monique "Put your food scraps in hot compost"

Katara "Bike, scooter or walk to school"

Zoha "Use the three RRR's"

Next we throught about the learning and actions we'd like to take this year to help Sunnyhills create a sustainable future:

Leo "How do electric cars work? Are the batteries bad for the environment?"

Elizabeth "I'd like to learn how to stop ants eating everything and leanr more about how they farm aphids"

Tai "I'd like to plant more trees and learn about them"

Elizabeth "I'd like to learn more about herbs and how we can use weeds"

Ruby "I like scavenger hunts with buddies"

Soha "I'd like to collect stuff from the garden and cook it"

Tai "I'd like to pull out moth plant"

Manushree "I like trying different foods in the garden and being outside"

In the last ten minutes we researched how we could use the hue gourds and spaghetti squash we spotted growing in the mara kai.

Year Four Find Out How to Be Sustainable at Sunnyhills

Today Year 4 had their first Sustainability lesson with Ms Daniel. We were learning how and why Sunnyhills is a GreenGold Enviroschool. 

What makes Sunnyhills a GreenGold Enviroschool?

Nathan "everybody cares about making our school better"

Zara "picking up rubbish"

Mila "Because we have ahot compost bin"

"Planting lots in the Edible Garden" Emma

Aelene "We have Eco Leaders"

Luca "We have a bee hive"

Mila "We plant trees"

Kayla "We have lots of plants and trees at school"

Himeth "We water the plants with a rain water tank"

What choices can we make to help Sunnyhills be sustainable?

Maya "Put your foodscraps in hot compost"

Ivy "Don't have plastic in your lunchbox"

Renee "Pick up rubbish even if it's not yours"

Richard "Bring a litterfree lunch"

"Plant some more trees"

Nicolas "scooter and bike to school"

We mapped all the places around the school where we practice sustainability, then went off on a fun scavenger hunt in teams. 

We spotted giant gourds growing in the Edible Gardens. Next time we are going to learn all about these useful fruit. 

Room 6 thought about what else they'd like to learn and do this year:

Isabel H "I want to plant trees and learn more about bees and do nature crafts"

Touma "I want to cut down and pull out weeds and do another scavenger hunt"

Kaiden "Iwant to know how to plant plants"

Lucy "I want to try some more food"

Bridie "I want to do more cooking"

Indigo "I want to do Kahoots"

Look at the giant gourd or hue!

Year Five Find Where We Shine GreenGold

 Today Year Five rediscovered all the spots around the school that help make Sunnyhills a GreenGold Enviroschool.  We brainstormed the actions we can take everyday to help create a sustainable world: walk and bike as much as we can, pack a litterfree lunch and put all our food scraps in the hot compost bins.

Ruby "I heard all the birds chirping in the pohutukawa"

Veda "I saw a tui"

Yumi "I noticed that the bees don't go far unless they are collecting pollen and nectar"

Ben " I noticed that apple tree and the pear tree in the orchard and they look yum!"

Blake "There were lots there were heaps of plants in the Trees for Survival seedling house"

Taryn "I noticed birds were chirping alot and they were happy in the trees"

Hazel "The plants in the Bugs and Butterflies garden were gone"

Evie " I saw a bumblebee covered in pollen. It was drinking nectar" 

Vienna "When we were in the nature trail there was a tui right above my head"

Evie "I heard a tur"

Maddie "I smelt flowers"

Laela "when i was at the bee hive i realised how magnificent bees are"

Aiden "I smelled a lot of fresh air"

Olivia "I noticed that there wasn't much rubbish at all"

Fred "On the nature trail it always feels like there is something moving around"

Louisa "i saw a rat in the nature trail"

Samuel " I saw all the amazing trees that we are growing"

Check out the gourds and spaghetti squash we discovered in the Edible Gardens, as well as how much our native trees have grown! Hopefully we'll be able to bake and eat spaghetti squash soon. We wondered what gourds are good for... 

Native Tree Planting Update

 The native trees that were planted on the Western Boundary in 2022 are becoming well established.  The children were surprised to see that many of the trees were taller than Mrs Daniel.  Unfortunately the war with the kikuyu grass continues.  This job is always on the 'to do' list!

Year Three Explore our GreenGold Enviroschool

Year Three had a great time today exploring all the places that make Sunnyhills a GreenGold Enviroschool with a treasure map and scavenger hunt.

We thought about how we can help create a sustainable future everyday by:

- packing a litterfree lunch

- walking and biking as much as we can 

- putting our food scraps in the compost bins

Next time we can't wait to find out more about all the herbs we are growing in the Mara Kai