welcome

HEY welcome back to an new term. we planted so stuff last term and they have grow a lot over the holidays. welcome back to the old Eco leader JUDITH!!!!   YAY we are all happy to have her back and hope you guys look after you and the plants    

hey this week we've weeded ALL the gardens an planted some peas and tomatoes. please guys try not to step on the plants, we all ready have found a dead one.

Check out our notice board in the Foyer to see our Eco reps and latest notices!

we have made a Harlem shake and made it into an Eco shake to promote waste free lunches we shared it in assembly

we have recently planted daffodils and they are growing FAST so keep an eye out over the next weeks

we no longer take yogurt pots but we will be taking them in term 4 our daffodils are sprouting

OMG rollypolly carrots yum they are all done

hey guys does anyone have any seeds as we have planted them all some fully grown plants would also be good

unfortunately our passion fruits where taken or killed so no more passion fruits keep updated for more news

we have a working bee this Sunday, yay , who will be their we will. Please welcome Sam preval (yr 6) to the eco team,

hi guys sorry  for not updating for awhile and we are the new leaders Zach and Tessa .we have been  working hard and we are going to have are FIRST working bee for the year YAY. we have been planting some veg's in are garden and some flowers. we have also found some passion fruit and they have grow really well should been grow fully soon.

REST IN PEACE

Papatuanuku Plant their vegetables!

Papatuanuku were out with Sarah getting their hands dirty! 

They planted an array of Pak Choi, beans, Marigolds, carrots and zucchini to name a few! 

Who will be next in the race? 

Clearing the veggie garden!

Thanks to Tonia who came in to clear the veggie beds ready for winter planting. Some Emerald Army members went out to help. We pulled out weeds, old veggies that had gone to seed and relegated them to the compost bin. 

Butterfly garden

Our butterfly garden is full of swan plants, which means it's full of monarch butterfly caterpillars! Monarch butterfly's have been spotted in NZ for over 100 years! They are being tracked during winter to see where they go. They swarm to Mexico and gather there for many months, sometimes covering whole trees and branches! 

2014 The Emerald Army is reforming!

The Emerald Army are rallying support today to find our Green reps! Each class will choose a rep to form a working group in each class. We want to start planning, weeding, planting, tidying, saving the giraffes.........

Harvesting and eating our delicious vegetables

On Monday Rebecca came in to help us cook our delicious artichokes, broccoli and broad beans! 

We prepared the artichokes by picking off the outer leaves, then scraping our the middle bit to leave the delicious heart bit. We soaked them in lemon so they wouldn't go brown. Then we boiled them up and had a vege feast! We made a caper, lemon and parsley butter dip for the veges, making them super delicious! We were really thankful that Rebecca was such an enthusiast. There's nothing she didn't know! 

Beach clean up - Nov 2013

Most of the Emerald Army plus a few others descended onto Hataitai Beach with sacks and gloves ready to beat the plastic after our school talks by Ryley from Sustainable Coastlines. We learnt the importance of reducing our plastic and waste as it spirals into oceans and seriously affects animal life. We were horrified at the amount of litter that had wound up trapped amongst the rocks. Thanks to all the parents that joined us, we're hoping to make it a more regular thing next year! We found a nest full of baby birds, does anybody know what bird it is? 

Sustainable coastlines are an organisation who strive to keep our coasts rubbish free. They organise coastal clean ups in Wellington regularly and these can be found at http://sustainablecoastlines.org.