Sunnyhills School Environmental Blog

Saturday, 24 September 2016

The senior members of the Enviro Group planted our fruit trees at lunch time today. They've been in our vision for a long time, so it's great to finally get them in the ground. We hope they feed Sunnyhills for years to come.

Thursday, 15 September 2016

Experiments to test the soil to see if it is suitable for planting fruit trees

On Wednesday the 7 September the Enviro group conducted experiments to test the soil in the area where we are proposing to plant the fruit trees. Fortunately the soil passed. The next job is to work out exactly where to plant them so they get the maximum amount of sunlight and enough space to grow

Setting up for the experiment

Collecting samples of soil

Discussing the results

The results

What a super successful working bee we had again at Sunnyhills. A beautiful fine day and many willing hands. Thank you to all the wonderful parents who came along and helped.

The Projects worked on were:
Our new sculpture garden at the end of Room 2.
Removing the pile of top soil from the car park
Filling the Junior Adventure Playground with soft-fall
Stacking the bricks ready for sale
Planting a camellia hedge along Room 14 and 15
Back-filling along the pathway to Fordyce.
Painting the seating at the end of Room 14
Applying the first coat of stain to Tree Island

Our School looks awesome!