McCain School Veggie Patches

Maungaraki School has been asking students, parents, teachers and friends to collect barcodes from McCain vege packets. We have got 915 points! So today we went on a shopping spree in our meeting.

We really need a wheel barrow so we will spend 625 points on that.

We decided to get some sheep poo pellets so our plants in our garden will grow faster.

The Enviro Team decided to get something else as well as the sheep poo pellets we decided to get a potato Hessain Bag you can grow your potatoes in it .The potato Bag is 75 points.

Thank you to everybody who helped out by bringing barcodes!

by Jhansi and Jackson.

tree planting

On the last tuesday of term 3 the enviro team planted ake ake trees around the weather staion. First we placed the trees around the weather staion while we waited around for the potting mix. The ground was really muddy and wet. Later on we got some spades and dug big holes so the trees could fit. We placed the potting mix in first, watered the potting mix, put the trees in, then put more potting mix to fill in the holes. After that, we got the watering cans and watered the new trees.

The trees are looking green and are being held up by bamboo stakes to help protect them against the wind.

The Clean Up

On the 23rd of September, Maungaraki School Explored The community of Maungaraki to find rubbish that had been left in certain places. The years 1 and 2s explored the school, the year 3 and 4s cleaned up around the shops and the years 5, 6, 7 and 8 cleaned up Percy's Reserve for two hours. The reason we were cleaning up the community was because The Enviroteam had earned the Bronze Award. For the Years 5 to 8 first we walked down to Percy's Reverse,then we were separated into groups and looked for rubbish, our group went by the motorway first. Thirdly we met back at the same place we started and played a game of stuck in the mud,Finally we walked slowly back up the hill. When we got back we were tired.

By Thomas