WE ARE SILVER!!!

Well done team! Our school had its reflection day and we are now officially SILVER! Yahoo!

NIKAU TEAM BACK FROM HAU-ARIKI MARAE

WE CAME...

WE SAW...

 WE DID...

It was an awesome experience going to this marae and it will always be one of the best experiences. by Nikita

I enjoyed the cultural experience learning how Maori people lived in the past. By Keenan

I loved the carvings - they looked so awesome. by Joe

THANK YOU HAU-ARIKI!

minutes from 15 November - Silver in our sights!

Minutes of E-team

15 November 2012

Present:  Mrs S, Grace, Grace, Molly, Sophie, Alistair, Miah, Kaitlyn, Amelia

Ab: Y7&8 on camp and Deepak in India.

OUR SILVER ASSESSMENT IS ON THURSDAY 6 DECEMBER!!!! Are we ready??  Mia to chat at assembly about putting rubbish into correct bins!

Feedback on Hui – placed ideas up on board. Great presentation from us, we have our notes on the blog.  Thanks to everyone who made it. J

Cut up silver strips and jotted ideas down and next steps for where we are at.

Progress reports – all team members went around all classrooms to find out how everyone was doing. Will update the blogs accordingly.  Sophie checked out what classes have an e-page and who don’t, have sent reminders to get them up and going.

Made turn-off lights reminder notices, sent around the school to place above switches to remind people to switch off the lights when they leave the room.

Sent a runner to find out where the vision statement has gone for the reception?? Kaitlyn and Molly are on the case.

We have been working hard on our Māori perspectives.

Go to the Māori perspectives tag to learn about what we have been doing and

read about our great ideas.

Thanks to those families who supported us at the Whanau Hui last night,

Enviroteam.

Back into it! Term 4 2012

Term 4 has arrived and with it our stone wall has reached completion, the last section of the seated shaded area.  Yay for us! It was truly a team effort. 

Hutt City Council has invited to send three students to represent our school at a hui on sustainability on Tuesday, 6 November 2012.  We are sending Molly, Kaitlyn and Sophie.  This hui promises to be a day of fun, discussion, activity and ACTION!  We are also sending Mrs de Villiers as she will running her natural chemistry workshop.  Other activities include:

·         creating your own skin/hair care products and/or laundry liquid.

·         How to use “worm tea” to maximum effect.

·         Creating a song

·         Bread making

·         Making natural dyes

·         …and more!
We can't wait to hear more about it girls!!

End of Term 3

A big thank you to Sophie and Amelia who handed out the E-team prizes for the best room with the least rubbish to the Landfill! ROOM 5 was the winner and at Assembly on Friday the girls presented Miss Matich with a class set of spinning tops, bouncy balls, yo-yos, etc. :) Well done!

Minutes of Enviro meeting

25 September 2012

Discussion around the lunchbox challenge.  Most have forgotten to go and check so we went and did it now checking on the bins.  Originally had wanted to do lunchboxes but it was difficult getting whole classes together to check.

R1 – 9 plastic and 1 bit of rubbish and no food scraps even though don’t have a food scrap bin – we will supply.

R2 – 2 plastic, 9 chippie packs and some food scrap

R3 – no plastic wraps though 18 rubbish bits (chippie packs, bar wrappers)

R4 –

R5- 10 plastic and 20 pieces of rubbish and 2 food scraps

R6 – 8 pieces of plastic and some food scraps

R7 – 16 plastic and 3 rubbish and 3 bits of food

R8 – 8 plastic and 10 rubbish (chippie/packets) and 4 food scraps

R9 – 8 plastic, 1 chippie and one piece of food

R10 – 18 plastic, 2 rubbish and food scraps

R11 – 5 plastic, 5 chippie and one piece of food

All E-team will chat to classes about putting food into our FOOD SCRAP BINS!!

Jhanvi will graph our results.  All E-team will record Wed and Thurs bins, announcement made on Friday at Assembly.

Room 4 assembly – Amelia and Sophie will speak on their project (companion planting)  and announce the winners for Lunchbox challenge.  Reminder FOOD SCRAP BINS!!

Hutt Keep NZ Beautiful – Percy’s Reserve Y7&8 found hardly anything, suspected HCC had been in and cleaned up.

Nikau Y4-6 we filled most of our recycling bags from Maungarki Community.

Kowhai Y1-4 did the school and found lots of glass, cans, straws, mandarins etc

Was suggested that Percy’s not done next year but go up to Belmont and do the Regional Park??

Sophie is still working on the blog...thanks Soph!

11.45 meeting closed

minutes 11 September

Minutes Enviro Meeting

Tuesday 11 September 2012

Present:  Deepak, Kaitlyn, Molly, Miah, Grace, Grace, Al, Amelia, Bailey, Jhanvi

Ab: Sophie and Casey at Netball; Adam, Hannah and Thomas?

On Thursday Jean arrived to discuss our Silver Award at 12.30. 

We discussed a viewing/appraisal time for 6 December 2012 – whole day affair with some of the enviro-team.  We think Mrs Sutherland, Mrs Cavanagh and Mr Hawkins BOT should be present for that day.  Mrs S to check if Mr Hawkins is available. 

Kid team will be sorted closer to the time. 

She suggested we do:

1.     Blog – eteam blog needs to be sorted into sub-sections with our pillars: Maori Perspective, Empowered Students; Learning for Sustainability; Diversity; and Sustainable Communities.  Mrs Cavanagh offered to help Sophie, Jhanvi, Thomas and Adam with sorting this.

2.     Copy of the waste paper recycling and the landfill pick-ups has been acquired and now needs graphing.

3.     Display more of what we do, photos etc.

R3 Blog we have added enviro team page – Jhanvi

R9 assembly – reminder lunchbox box challenge coming up – May the best class win.

Class project – cans – find out how much $$ or cans something.  Miah and Grace to present

What I need is photos of your class projects.  Give to Sophie by next week.

Remember $ for prize for the Lunchbox Challenge.

Meeting ended 11.45

minutes from 28 August

Enviro team meeting: 28 August 2012

Present: Bailey, Sophie, Casey, Jhanvi, Amelia, Grace, Deepak, Grace, Kaitlyn

Lunch box challenge posters are finished. Bailey thanks. Will print 12 copies and Casey and Bailey to place around the school.  Prize for the top class ideas:

$2 shop pencils/rubbers = if we all bring in $2 each put that towards.

R1 Assembly this week –  Miah (sick today) and Deepak will talk about composting and will mention the Lunchbox Challenge.  Also the great news that we finally have the blue paper bin being emptied twice as much as the orange (general waste) bin = this is fabulous news as have been trying to do this for at least 2 years!! Whoohoo!

VSA - $ money all posted off and sorted.

Hui – Sophie to work on powerpoint display for the Hui Meeting.

Amelia, Bailey, Sophie, Deepak, Grace, Jhanvi are keen to come.

Mrs C and Mrs S to work with the local whanua to decide date/time.

Sophie and Kaitlyn to Email Enviroschools (Karyn Burgess and Jean Pugh) to work out a date for SILVER award.

Looking at SILVER – vision to be greener and more sustainable for our future.

Discussed guiding principles:

1.     Marori Perspective whole school focus

2.     Empowered students – leadership – we all agreed this is going well, especially with our Y7&8 leaders.

3.     Learning for sustainability – classroom programmes - ongoing

4.     Diversity of cultures - ongoing

5.     Sustainable communities - ongoing

Meeting ended 11.45

Latest minutes from E-team

Minutes from Enviro Team

Tuesday 21 August

Present:  Deepak, Kaitlyn, Miah, Alistair, Jhanvi, Amelia, Grace, Casey, Hannah B, Molly, Adam, Sophie, Bailey

                                              

1. After our reflection last week of what guiding principles we needed to work on Bailey, Sophie and Kaitlyn went to meet with Mrs Cavanagh to share our ideas.  The feedback was: Bailey shared back (the meeting with Mrs Cavanagh) to the e-team regarding our Maori Perspective thoughts for the next up in coming Hui.
We would be asking for their help in:

·      Artwork – any ideas to put up around the school that reflect our school (sustainable visual art) – need materials/guidance.  

Our suggestions are : Maungaraki tree made out of carving and shells/paint.  Legends/stories/heritage and history reflections.

·      Noho Marae – can anyone/whanau help us with karanga/whaikarero. Crafts like weaving, cooking hungi, games such as knucklebones/string games.

Mrs Cavanagh and Mrs Sutherland to set a Hui date – some kids are keen to attend the meeting.  Powerpoint presentation by Alistair and Deepak to design to share what we think.

2.Lunchbox Challenge 17-21 September is the date.  Need to make posters to help advertise.  Get into classrooms to talk what we trying to do (reduce plastic wrappers/bags into our general trash)

3. VSA – finished.  Sold most of the bracelets, will package them up and send them off.  Girls will count the $ and let Mrs S know.

Meeting ended 11.30

Tuesday 14th August 2012

Today in Enviro we were going through how we could make our Maori culture better because this was the one thing our school was low in. To make this better we are going to be doing some trips to the Marae. There we will ask them what sort of art we could do around our school and some Maori plants that we could plant to make our school have more of a Maori culture. We also had lots of other ideas that will be up on our blog soon.
By Sophie

Tuesday 19th june 2012

Today in our Enviro team meeting we were sorting out who got there badges. Congratulations to those people that got there badges.Also Mrs Sutherland told us that she was going to the board meeting on Wednesday night to tell them what our Enviro team has been doing and what they had achieved. Also we have put a Enviro school board up in the office feel free to come and have a look at it.
Sophie

Tuesday 12th june 2012

Today our  Enviro team are making thank you cards to the family's that came along to our working bee.All of the cards looked amazing.
Thanks Enviro team for doing the cards.
Sophie

Tuesday 5th june 2012

Tuesday 5th June 2012

Today in our enviro team meeting we checked that everybody in our enviro team could come to the working bee held on Sunday10th June, but we found out that not everyone could come.We just heard that we don't have anybody on River Stones... so if you can come and help please turn up with your car.  In the weekend Mrs Sutherland and Mrs Jackson came into school and made a start putting in some wooden posts.

On Sunday the Enviro team are going to be wearing Orange vests so that if any body has any Questions they can come and find the right person.

  Our Enviro Team would like to thank Mrs Sarah Williams for getting us the Sausages,Sauce and donating the  Bread for us.

We would also like to thank Mr Collingwood's Church for paying for the Sausages, making Soup and Sandwiches and helping in the kitchen on Sunday. WE CAN'T WAIT!