Building Our Enviro Vision - The Project Completed in our August Working Bee

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!

Working Bee - Tree Island - Soft Fall for Adventure Playground - Colourful Seating

August Working Bee Car Park Tidy Up

August Working Bee Planting of the Camellia Hedge

August Working Bee Sculpture Garden

Senior Members of the Enviro Group Inquiry About Fruit Trees

On Tuesday the Senior members of the Enviro Group meet with the Enviro facilitator and started an inquiry about the fruit trees we have been gifted by Kings Plant Barn through the 'Fruit Trees for Schools Programme'

The children saw the benefits of a school orchard as
1. Fruit could be given to students who didn't have a healthy lunch
2. Give fruit to people in the community who need it
3. Study the fruit to see how it grows and its life cycles
4. Planting trees is good for the environment as it reduces carbon dioxide
5. They could sell excess fruit as a fundraiser

During their next session the students will do some experiments to check soil type and drainage and possibly plan the trees

Howick Fruit Trees in Schools Project launch at Kings Plant Barn

Finn and Georgia represented Sunnyhills Primary School at the Howick Fruit Trees in Schools Project launch today at Kings Plant Barn in Botany Road. This is part of the Healthy Howick initiative.

David Collings and Katrina Bungard from the Howick Board gave a short speech and a local Minister blessed the trees. 

Our very own Mrs Driver also spoke about how the students and staff at Sunnyhills Primary School feel that Education for Sustainability is very important. The students planting fruit trees is one way of leaving a legacy for future students to utilize and enjoy.