867 Trees for Survival Planting Day 2025

 🌳🌳🌳Well done to our Eco Group, who planted 867 trees today, at the Worker Polo Pony Farm in Clevedon.. Thanks to all our grand/parent help. And a big nga mihi nui to Trees for Survival for allowing us to play a small part in something big 🌳🌳🌳

Year Three Plant Trees for Survival

 We've been learning about native birds and one way we can take action to help them is planting trees. Luckily it's that time of year again! Koanga (spring) is planting time.  We've been delivered hundreds of native tree seedlings to grow.  Year Three worked hard today potting up the babies, so next Takurua (winter) we'll be able to plant a new forest. 

Room 8 planted up 150 seedlings.

Room 7 planted up 170 seedlings! 

Room 18 planted ... only 70 but that was because we ran out of soil for now.

390 planted in total! Well done Year Three. 

Rooms Ono & Whitu Explore Food Webs & Plant Natives

 Our keyword today was biodiversity.  We explored how all life is interconnected then played an online food web game ZSL Food Web. Next, we explored the relationships in our own native bush walk.  Some plants don't work with the forest because they've been introduced by humans, like the climbing asparagus.  We spent time weeding the pest plants while we listened out for tui in the kowhai tree.

Lastly we planted our Trees for Survival seedlings, so that next year's Eco Leaders can plant them on farms to protect water ways and grow new forests. Well done on your excellent mahi Rooms 6 & 7!

K3 Kai & Karamu planting

 Today K3 harvested bok choy and made green scones!  After our kai we planted karamu, kanuka and flax seedlings ready to grow for Trees for Survival. Well done on your hard mahi K3.

Room 18 Compost Hangi Scraps & Prepare the Seedling House

 

Room 18 had a big job tipping all the Year Ono hangi scraps into the hot composters and covering it all with mulch. They'll cook over the break so our raumati garden will be full of nutrients. 

Next we prepared seedling bags so we can grow over 600 native trees. After morning tea we watered the mara Kai with worm tea.