Enviro Silver Reflection

Enviro Silver Reflection:

On Monday of week 3, the Maungaraki school e-team had their silver assesment. We started off the assessment with a performance from our Kapa Haka group to welcome Micheline Evans, who helped us decide whether we were a Silver enviro school or not. After the performance, Mr Robertson gave a short speech about how Maungaraki school has evolved within Enviro over the years.

The Enviro team then came together as a group to meet with Micheline and begin the assessment. We showed her evidence of our guiding principles; Maori Perspectives, Sustainable Communities; Diversity; Learning for Sustainability; Empowered Students; and our next steps from there. We then had a representation from from each classroom come in and share what they had been doing over the past 2 years in relation to the environment. We broke into 5 groups and were focusing on one guiding principle each. We wrote our evidence down on paper leaves, and our next steps on paper worms. We then shared our notes, and came together to place them on a paper tree. After overlooking all of our evidence, we decided that we were well and truly a “silver” enviro school. We are now preparing for our Green-Gold reflection for 2018.

Thank you everyone - Zoe

Here are some photos from the working bee!




Kowhai made these beautiful panels

 we painted the pallets

 signing everyone in...

 gardening...we love it!

 more painting...

 the car wash...fun!

 Food for our tummy!

What an awesome day - thank you everyone! Well over 100 people signed in!

Paper-for-Trees Report

Paper for Trees report

For the paper for trees program we ordered our trees last term. Mrs Sutherland and Jiya ordered some NZ Flax and NZ Iris shrubs. Once they have been delivered to our school we will hand them to the gardening gang to plant in our gardens. We are hoping that they will be planted by the end of this year.  

By Jiya, the Paper-for-Trees representative from the Enviro Team.

Enviro Project Ideas for 2018

Enviro Project Ideas for 2018

We are close to finishing our Bottle Green House, so we have been brainstorming new ideas for the Construction Gang, and what the final design of the Bottle Green House will look like. Here is the process we went through.

http://diycozyhome.com/diy-garden-art/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdHBY2Axqdw

garden recycling

http://diycraftsfood.trulyhandpicked.com/1032

First, we created criteria for these ideas, as next year's overarching inquiry is Sustainability. We have tried to focus on having our materials be recycled. Also, we are trying to focus on something that can serve a purpose that isn't filled at our school already.

Next, we brainstormed some ideas. These are our top 5 ideas which we have decided on:

• Bottom field building site - tires and pallets and wood, different classes would get the bottom field each week and they could go down at anytime and build with the building materials.
• Tea cup
• Pallet planter
• Milk bottle watering can  

• Milk bottle igloo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdHBY2Axqdw)

Finally, we collected some Pictures we can use for inspiration

Empowered Students: Enviro Vision Statement

Empowered Students overview:

Enviro Vision Statement

The Enviro Team students came up with a new vision statement.

“We are here to connect with and influence our community to create a welcoming,positive,respectful environment where everyone wants to be. We strive to improve ecosystems so they are safe for living things.”

How did we make this?:

Last term Micheline Evans came to talk to us about the environment and our E-team and what we can do to get a silver. We talked about what we wanted to see in our school in a few years and here is a few words we came up with:

• Green
• Clean
• Eco Friendly
• Safe for living things
• Plants
• Nature
• Zero Waste

That was a few things we thought of, Micheline then went off and then came back in term 3 wk 2 with a wordle. On the wordle was all of the words we brainstormed of about our school and what we want it to look like. Then we were given pieces of paper that had other schools vision statements, we were then told that we were making a new vision statement for our school. So Micheline gave us a piece of paper and a wordle, we went off in small groups and made some vision statements. We all came back together as a group and shared our vision statements, we then combined some together and we made this wonderful brand new vision statement.

The Enviro Team would like to thank Micheline for coming and helping us make a new vision statement. Thank for letting us having the voice and choice in making this vision statement!

Maungaraki Staff Reflection mid year 2017

All teachers came together towards the end of Term 2 to reflect on where we were up to and moving forward into Term 3...
Here is what we recalled...busy, busy!

Tōtara

Production - Students writing the script
Kids in charge of class items/ costumes/ music and dance
Jubilee - Museum student driven
Bush Builders - kids making critter motels and Lizard garden refurbishment. Looking after the citizens of the bush/ our environment.

Bush Builders - Learning about our environment - Place based - our environment and the bush, looking after our environment/ community.

Jubilee -  Heritage, how we have developed as a community, our whakapapa
Production - Tuakana/ Teina - class items/ costumes
Kapa Haka - performance at production?
Te reo Māori in the classroom

Who can support:  Zoo staff, parents (costumes)

Nikau

looking back to the beginning - Rangi and Papa
Urbanisation
Jubilee - Schooling in the past (room 8 40s and 50s).
Looking at where we are at now, they are so lucky.
Looking at how other schools have developed orchards - and how we could plan this. How did this happen in the past

Resources (These are at the public library:)  Ngā atua  ; Supa heroes - Te Wero

Legend of Wellington harbour (app for ipad / iphone)

Kowhai

"Term 3:Who helps us and then in term four how can we help our community"
1. Tuakana teina- For term 4.
2. Using the vocab. Māori vocab for Police, firefighter.
3. Term 3 visit the church for Term 4 we help them. (Rangi and Papa)
4. We will find out what ...... has done for the school and then we will offer our services to them.
5.Student enrichment from our art/books. Talk to the kindy.

You could visit your local marae - Waiwhetu contact http://www.atiawa.com/contact_us.html

working acknowledgment - well done E-team!

Working Bee, 17th June

Getting ready for working be on Saturday, 17th June! The four jobs being run are painting, gardening, building, and pulling apart pallets! We are helping getting the school ready for the Jubilee, 1st of September! Bring yourselves, your family, and tools with you! Please come along! Thanks!

Enviro Meeting - 22 March 2017

22 March 2017 10.30-10.55am

Attendence

Jayden, Sefton, Ben, Euan, Mia, Shryia, Jiya, Campbell, Eli, Gretta, Eden, Holly, Allie, Emma Mrs Sutherland.

Absent: Dakota, Meghana, Tegwen were at an urgent librarian meetings.

New Business

Paper4Trees - Jiya is following up on checking how much paper recycling we have collected since October last year.  She will get back to us.

Hello, Wellington Paper4trees schools and preschools! Here's what you'll find in our Term 1 newsletter... Paper4trees update Local sponsors Local suppliers Classroom bins Awesome Eco Products - with special Paper4trees discounts! 2017 mission Key dates 2017 A chance to WIN a $50 Mitre 10 voucher!

Visit to Koronui School - Miss Evans from Enviroschools has organised for a visit to Di Christenson from Koraunui School to visit their Greenhouse - which is still in the building process.  They work on it on Friday afternoons, - so could we set it up to visit on a Friday in term 2? Who is keen?? Maryann is keen.

Links

Composting Roster

From previous minutes:

Gretta joins Construction Gang due to clashes with music.

Holly checking on Composting posters as there was a library meeting today.

Wrap free stickers pushed out after Moving March finishes, end of March.  We will make sure we are in classrooms for 10mins while eating lunch to ensure kids are putting their rubbish in the right spot.  Once April begins we will start monitoring wrap free lunchbox and stamping them off. :)

We need to follow up on:  Sammy, Matai and Magenta

Enviro Minuties - 16th March 2017

16th March 2017

Attendence

Tegwen, Emma, Shriya, Mia, Jiya, Eden, Meghena, Greta, Flynn, Sam, Allie, Campbell

Construction Gang: We need loads more bottles (1.5 ltr fizzy and 2.25 fizzy).

Ok for milk  - still collecting.

Sefton is making guttering and we have decided to move the position after careful consideration with Mr Robinson, we have shifted it to beside the pool changing shed.  Construction work every Thursday 11-12.30.

Designs of frames need to be shared.

Gardening Gang: Allie, Sam and Eden Greta, etc. Have decided that the gang will start gardening on a Monday lunchtime and Dianne can catch them there.

Class projects:

R2; 3; 4; 5 = are doing butterfly gardens - tiles - swan plants etc.

R6 - Euan Campbell and Meghena will go back to the class to ask.

R7 - Dakota and Noah N

R8 - Holly, Ali and Eli

R9+10 = bush builders/beautification.

R11+12 = bush builders

Composting: all good.  Make posters Tegwen and Meghena.

Wrap free stickers - have gone to classroom teachers - but yet to hand out waiting for the newsletter to go home to tell the parents.

1pm meeting ended

Here of some of the Photos from the E-team!

Some of the Construction Gang girls!

Dianne Working Real Hard!

These are some of the poles for the Soft-Drink bottle Greenhouse

And here is the frame for the bottle greenhouse.

This is were it's going to go!

Maungaraki Newsletter 10 March 2017

8th of Feb 2017 - E-team Minuties

Attendance

       Eli, Euan, Campbell, Allie, Jiya, Dakota, Noah, Flynn, Sefton, Mia, Emma, Ben, Shriya, Ali, Jayden

Welcome to Rm 9 & 10

      Magenta, Holly, Meghana, Sam, Tegwan, Sophie, Matai, Greta, Eden

Room Projects Leaders:

• R2 - Ben and Jay and Magenta
• R3 - Eden and Tegwen and Allie
• R4 - Jiya and Shriya
• R5 - Sammy and Mia and Emma
• R6 -Megana and Euan and Campbell
• R7 - Sophie and Dakota and Noah N
• R8 - Holly and Ali and Eli
• R9+10 - Greta Flynn and Sefton

Brainstorm of Ideas for class projects

• Weeding Gardens +  Botton Field
• Wrap free stamper card - Noah and Dakota
• Friendship garden - panels touch up - iron painting
• Hanging Baskets
• Posters - bins, clean classrooms
• Encouraging birds baths/feeders
• Encouraging other wildlife

Composting Gang - done every day 1.30

• Food - emptied daily - washed weekly - needs to have words
• Plastic - Weekly - washed weekly - needs to have words
• Paper - Weekly - washed weekly - classroom
• General - cleaners - classroom
• People:
• Eli
• Euan
• Campbell
• Ben

Paper Recycling Gang - done every afternoon

• People
• Jiya
• Logan

Gardening Gang

• Monday Lunchtime
• W/ Mrs Wardle and Dianne
• People:
• Allie
• Dakota
• Noah
• Tegwan
• Holly
• Eden
• Sophie
• Greta
• Magenta
• Meghana
• Sammy
• Matai

Construction Gang

• Mary-Anne with a group of kids Thursdays
• Fizzy Bottle Greenhouse
• Milk Bottle Igloo
• People:
• Flynn
• Sefton
• Mia
• Emma
• Shriya
• Ali
• Jayden

Actions moving forward:

We have agreed to meet Wednesday lunchtimes, 12:30pm with our lunch.

E-team leaders will sit with kids while they eat their lunch every day to encourage using the bins properly.

Class Project leaders will ask the classroom teacher what they wish to do for the class projects and bring back to our next meeting.