What a difference some team work & determination can make!

Pure grit to remove stubborn weeds - well done!

BEFORE

AFTER

NEXT STEPS
- fertilise
- top up soil
- replant 🌻
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Bianca & Emily's Naked Lunch Poster

Do you bring a naked lunch?

Zaina & Emma's Enviro Website

Check out Zaina & Emma's website: https://sites.google.com/sunnyhills.school.nz/enviro-message/home

What's there main message? Comment below ☺

Starting to Bark our New Native Trail Area

On Tuesday we made a start on barking the New Native Trail Area.  Room 3 spent the whole morning working with classes from all levels of the school so that everyone has the opportunity to contribute.

Cluster meeting

           East Auckland Enviro Schools Cluster Meeting

Our final East Auckland Enviro Schools Cluster Meeting was held at East Tamaki School.  The meeting provided an opportunity to celebrate our Enviroschools achievements with the cluster and network with local Enviroschools key teachers. 

We toured East Tamaki's Native Trail and garden areas after students had shared the journey of it's creation and how they are involved today with it's maintenance.  We also found out more about the Mayors one Million Trees project and had a go at Tree yoga!

                              Bike trail runs around the edge of the Native Trail

Travelwise Success – Silver Award

                                      Travelwise Success – Silver Award 

On Wednesday Mrs Venville and Mrs Wallace accompanied our 6 Travelwise leaders to a function at The Cloud to receive recognition of our efforts and plans to improve safety and education with travelling to school. The event included a transport and emergency services challenge around the Queens Wharf and Wynyard Quarter areas. In our first year of the programme we have been awarded Silver Status! Go Sunnyhills! Thanks to all those learners and families for supporting the school with safe parking, walking school buses and scootering/biking safely to school too!

Action Learning in Action! - Sunnyhills Farmers Market Supporting Pest Free 2050 & The Squawk Squad

This term the Sunnyhills learners brought together our edible garden project with our action learning plan to encourage more native birds by holding a Farmers Market to support the Pestfree 2050 project. We've been selling the vegetables, herbs and fruit we've grown to our community and using the money to support The Squawk Squad, who trap pests to protect native birds.

The Squawk Squad were pretty impressed with our efforts!

You can support the Squawk Squad too: https://squawksquad.co.nz/

Action Learning In Action!

Identify the Current Situation -  Learning about native birds - DOC Expriencing Birds in Your Green Space, The Manaki Whenua Landacare Bird Survey, Bird of the Year

Explore Alternatives - research trees to attract birds and how to trap pests that can harm them.  Visit from Ruari a pest expert from DOC

Take Action - plan a new bird corridor to plant new trees for the birds, farmers market to support trappers in reserves, hold a Pestival to promote trapping in the local community, setting and checking rat traps,

AND Treemendous Trees Video Application - view below:

Update - our application was unsuccessful, but Mrs Venville has managed to get 1200 from Gecko Trust to start our bird corridor!  She's planning a working bee to start the work with the help of all our whanau.

Reflect - still no rats caught in our traps, but some local families are catching them.  We think maybe the local cats keep them under control.