Away We Go! Scootering Safety with Andy from Auckland Transport!
Year 3, 4,and 5 practiced scootering skills last week. We learn how to do an emergency stop, look out for pedestrians, brake effectively, turn left and right, use both feet - one at a time - to brake and how to fit helmets so they do not fall off when we fall over!
Here are some photos of Room 14, a Year 3 class, in action
Yesterday was one of those magic enviro days when Sunnyhills' people, places, programmes & practices came together to create something that will have positive impact on our environment for generations to come.
KEES' DIARY:
Trees for Survival
Trees for survival was a planting day for the enviro group i was just lucky they could squeeze me in. I really enjoyed the trip and the food was to die for - nachos my favourite.
I loved digging and the ground was soft so it made it easy. The planting was much more fun and easier than I thought. The bus ride was a bit of a cruise but i am always up for a adventure And when we digged the mud made funny noises. One of the best things was seeing my friend again that actually came to our school a few years ago.
By Kees
Ashton' Blog Post Of The Day:
Shaye's Day:
Trees For Survival
Last week Friday the 3rd Sunnyhills enviro group went on a bus for a very long….. drive to do Trees for Survival where we plant trees and have fun.
When we got there we had morning tea and we met someone from the Auckland Council, who told us what to do.
So we walked down a trail down to a lake, and we went straight into planting the trees. We had to plant 630 trees! Which took a very high amount of time. But in the end, it was very enjoyable doing it.
In summary after that we went back to have some lunch, we had nachos! which were delicious and we met the animals we meet a handful of sheep, also a goat named Cookies and rooster which kept coming up to the barn and looked at everybody's food.
Then after that we sadly had to go back to school, Before long we were at the schools back gate. In conclusion was a very entertaining day.
Kek kek kek - the call of our spur winged plovers could be heard across Sunnyhills this afternoon. Room 17 & I went to investigate and found our property manager Mr Leslie being dive bombed on the field by these big native birds.
Knowing these normally shy birds nest in scrapes on fields, i was pretty sure Mr Leslie had disturbed a nest, while marking out the rugby field, that borders our new bird corridor. Sure enough he and Mrs Driver confirmed two plover chicks and their parents had made their home pretty close to the goal posts.
Bad news:
- it'll need to be an away game next week
- the field won't be fully mowed
- we won't be opening the rugby field for a while
Good News:
OUR BIRD CORRIDOR IS BRINGING IN THE BIRDS I'm very excited.
Thank you to Mrs Driver & Mr Leslie for taking measures to protect our wee plover whanau 🦅🐣❤
We didn't think we'd get a weta resident quite so quick, but when Mrs Daniel found one bonnet surfing on her car last night THIS HAPPENED. Another weird and wonderful enviro day at Sunnyhills School!
In an effort to see if our Pesfree measures are working and if our compost is attracting rats, Ray & Jake have set up a night vision camera. You can read their blog post below:
