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.

  

Setting up a new Middle School worm bin

Wonderful Wriggly Worms

Room 20 had an Enviro Day with Mrs Daniel. They learnt all about worms, in a very hands on way. Next they set up a new Middle School worm bin; complete with 2 000 wiggly, squiggly worms to munch our lunch scraps and make worm tea food for our edible gardens. Room 20 can't wait to feed, water and care for our wonderful worms.

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More Replanting Our Trees For Survival

Replanting Our Trees For Survival

Room 18 had a very important job today; we "pricked out" and replanted over two hundred tiny flax seedlings, as part of the Trees For Survival programme.

We worked so carefully as a team. Mrs Daniel was also very impressed with our problem solving skills; we worked out with 16 crates and each crate holding 52 seedlings, Senior students, Room 17 and 18 together, have replanted 832 seedlings. WOW!!

Why are we doing all of this? Well, in 12 months time, we'll have over eight hundred plants to create new habitats, prevent errosion and help fight global warming in our local area. We're doing vital work to create a sustainable future!

Planting Trees for Survival

Planting Trees for Survival

Room 17 and Mrs Daniel, with the help of Lynda from Auckland City Council, repotted TWO HUNDRED & FIFTY seedlings, as part of the Trees for Survival programme. The children were such enthusiastic and careful botanists.

Did you know Sunnyhills Senior School students have already repotted over 300 seedlings? We're looking forward to our tiny seedlings growing 30 cm in a year, then we'll be replanting them in a  local reserve for our native fauna to enjoy.

What a fantastic project; a wonderful learning experience with a really positive environmental outcome.