Sunnyhills School Environmental Blog

Today Year Five consulted the Maramataka and noticed the yellow leaves on our vines, so we knew it was time to harvest our kumara. It felt l...

 In their Enviro lesson with Mrs Daniel today, the tamariki were learning what makes an animal an insect. Lily "I saw a weta.  It looks...

  Today Year Six revised how we can categorise the estuary animals into endemic, native, introduced and pest.  We want to promote which anim...

 Today Year 2 had Enviro with Mrs Daniel. They learnt about the important job our Sunny Honey Bees do pollinating our food.   Brylee "B...

  In between showers, Year Five helped our Ngahuru Mara Kai (autumn food garden) by collecting hot compost and moving it into our mara kai. ...

Aavin told us we can eat feijoas skins. Who knew?!  Year 3 today consulted the maramataka (calendar) for Matauranga Maori (traditional knowl...

Today Year 6 explored how estuaries and wetland are important for cities.  We used a lesson borrowed from the Sustainable Schools Team. Firs...