Enviro schools making a difference

A group of fantastic HSS kids are passionate about the environment and are keen to make a difference to our school and local community. We've had a few projects on the go recently. The first has been to expand the school orchard. We've planted another 8 fruit trees to add to last years. The trees have all had a good mulch and compost and last years have been pruned by Nancy our KEGS gardener with some of the KEGS kids.

The second has been the designing, building, painting and now placing of weta hotels around the school. These have been nailed to trees around the school in secret and public spots to engage the rest the of the school. So far no Weta have moved in to the Hotels-so our next steps is to research how to attract Weta into our safe and predator free environments.

Finally, we recently had 14 native trees donated to the school by Dean's Nursery as part of our Paper 4 Trees scheme-wherby the school recycles paper and 'earns' trees. We decided to restore an area of planting in the far left hand corner of the school where Waimea Road intersects with Van Dieman Street. We've planted Houheria (Lacebarks),  Ti Kouka (Cabbage Trees), Lancewoods, Manuka and Red Harekeke (Flax) while leaving pathways for the children to play and explore-without standing on the trees (we hope).

Worth a watch

This chicken can dance!

Adjective Design Projects

We are just wrapping up a small project that asks the student to choose an interesting adjective and turn that into a static image. They were asked to write a short poem that summed up the feeling of the adjective and find the dictionary meaning of the word as well. The hard bits are finding just the right image to match the adjective, the right font and then placing the bits altogether to make them visibly appealing. I am really happy with how they have turned out- the students are very proud of their work.

Let's go Disco

Thanks to Mr Marston for the footage.:)

Music Progressions-YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!