Enviro Silver Award

Enviroschool

Enviroschools Information

Our school is now a Silver Enviroschool. This happened in 2012 when we reflected as a school, with the help of the Enviroschools Facilitators, on all the work we had done in recent years to work to make our school a sustainable, environmentally aware school. We documented the learning that has taken place and the systems we have put in place and were proud to accept our Silver Status at the final assembly of the year.

In 2013 we were proud to win the Toroa Award at the Conservation Awards. This was for our work on the stream restoration near our school. We worked with the community to clear rubbish and planted the area with native plants. We are hoping the stream will become a healthy habitat and the area a lovely place to visit.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Harvesting Our Pumpkins

Room 1 and the enviro children from last term and this term made pumpkin soup using the pumpkins we harvested from the school gardens. We softened the pumpkin skins in the microwave so they were easier to cut. We also added onion and bay leaves to the soup. The soup was delicious!! For Maths Room 1 had to estimate the weight of each pumpkin, weigh them and then add the weights together. The total weight of the seven pumpkins 18.033kgs. We only used two pumpkins to make the soup so we have five left over. Each class has been offered a pumpkin. well done Room 4 on taking up the offer. We can't wait to see what you make with your pumpkin. We have collected the seeds and hope to grow pumpkin plants for our garden next year.