Maungaraki Enviroteam

Clean up day.

2011-08-31T18:17:00.001-07:00

Maungaraki School is having a clean up day around Maungaraki. Senior Syndicate went to the Maungaraki Church and down Barberry Grove. Nikau went to the park and the dairy. Rata Syndicate went around the school grounds. All the Syndicates had to collect Rubbish and Recycling.

CUPCAKE DAY!

2011-08-31T18:15:00.000-07:00

On Monday we had a cupcake day for the SPCA. Lots of people bought in cupcakes that we sold to raise the money.It turned out we had to sell them over two days cause there were so many cupcakes.We raised about $407! It was a success.By Sophie &Ryleigh

Transpower Community Award - Our new play area!

2011-06-06T22:16:00.001-07:00

In the Enviroteam, we have been very busy making plans for a new play area between room 7 and room 6. In that space there is going to be seating and a sand pit with a wave wall. The people in the team all had a job to ask someone in there family or to do some research about our plans. We have just talked to Jess, the engineer about are plans for the play area. She said it was a very good plan and then we all shared what we had done at home with Jess.

Alisha got some plans of the school from her Dad to find out if there was any thing under the ground where we wanted to build. We were worried that there might be sewer pipes or electrical cables. They said that there was nothing under the ground near where we are doing the play area. Tanya, Dipwanita, Priya and Jhanvi drew an amazing scale model of our design. Jess was very impressed! Hannah Shaw, Casey and Haylee were working on getting quotes for some boulders, and Laura and Hannah Burdan have consulted with school children about our plans.

Then she shared some plans and ways for us to organise the project. She also had some amazing stuff to tell us. She told us what engineers do. They do so many different things!

By Sophie.

Comments

2011-03-23T17:21:00.000-07:00

We would be very thoughtful of you if you could post one and this is how you do it:

1. You click on a post you like.

2. You go down and click on comments.

3. You post a comment of how you like it or how you think we could change it next time.

RECYCLE

2011-03-16T17:12:00.000-07:00

Today in the enviroteam has been busy with 2 main jobs the grant and the new paper recycleing bins. The paper recycle bins are givein to us so we can get more trees for our school. The grant is for the soil we need for our plants.

Learning about the compost and worm bins.

2011-02-23T16:00:00.000-08:00

Last week we were inside the library talking about how we do the compost bins. We figured out a roster - Sophie is typing this up. Mr Marsh showed us how to do the compost. After a while, we went out of the library and Mr Marsh showed us how to get out the worm pee (otherwise known as the secret formula - don't tell anyone :-] )

What the team is up to this year

2011-02-09T16:15:00.000-08:00

This year we have recruited lots more people to help us in the Enviroteam.

Our goals for this year are...

To design and build a shaded seating area with the help of some engineers.
To get out water tank ready to use.
To make sure we update our blog regularly.
To fix up our garden using some donated tyres, there are millions of them!
Hopefully this year we will get badges for enviroteam members.
This year we want to go out with a bang BEFORE the year ends.So we want the silver award this year.

We have split our team into two main groups. The blogging team, and the gardening team.

By Adam, Jessica and Joshua.

first meeting

2011-02-09T16:12:00.000-08:00

Today we got lot's people that wanted to join the team and then we did some gardening to pull out some weeds. We had lot's of fun pulling out the wead's.There were year 2 3 4 5 6 7s in our enviroteam.
by Sophie and Alistair

Go Mrs Sutherland!!!!

2010-11-17T19:32:00.000-08:00

Last night, Mrs Sutherland was awarded the prestigious "Meridian School Environmental Leadership Award." This is what they said about her:

"Jackie has set up an Enviroteam of students; established a worm farm and vegetable garden, and revamped the composting system to make the school more sustainable. She is inspiring students to advocate on environmental issues and take the lead on some school environmental initiatives."

If you would like to read more, go to: http://www.gw.govt.nz/encore-for-our-environmental-restoration-and-conservation-champions/

Woohoo! We're so proud of you!

More gardening photos...

2010-11-17T19:28:00.001-08:00

Gardening Update

2010-11-03T17:09:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday a few members from the Enviro-Team went down to the bottom field and did some planting. It was a hot day- perfect for gardening. They planted out the radish and bean seedlings that rooms 1 and 10 had provided for them.

McCain School Veggie Patches

2010-10-20T17:01:00.000-07:00

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

2010-10-13T17:11:00.000-07:00

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

2010-10-13T17:10:00.000-07:00

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

Celebrations!!!

2010-08-25T21:30:00.000-07:00

Today the enviroteam had a party! We were celebrating because on Tuesday afternoon we became a bronze enviroschool. Mrs Sutherland even baked us a cake.

Molly, Deepak, Jhansi, Jackson, Josh, Jack, Adam, Tanya, Miss Evans, Mrs Sutherland and Mrs Jennings all met with Jean from the Hutt City Council. As a group we had to decide if our school had met all of the requirements to become a bronze enviroschool. It was a very long, hot afternoon, but fortunately by the end of it we decided that all of our hard work and the changes that we have made were enough to get the award.

Now we need to decide how we're going to celebrate with the whole school...

Achivements so far....

2010-08-18T18:22:00.001-07:00

Our team have been reflecting on what we have done so far - which is quite a lot! Click on the images if you would like to have a read!

We made a scrapbook page to celebrate everything we have done so far. It will be published in the Enviroschools scrapbook later on this year!

Recycling Bins

2010-06-24T18:32:00.000-07:00

At the end of term 1, Mr Marsh told us that he wanted to get a recycling bin for the school and he wanted our help. Nikki, Alana and Mrs Sutherland sent an email to Waste management and Enviro waste. Then at the start of term 2, Natasha and Kayleigh found out which was the cheapest bin. Finally it was time to tell Mrs Jennings and Mr Marsh what we thought was the best idea. We thought that getting a bin from Waste Management was the cheapest option. Me, Josh and Alana did that and found out that we had chosen the wrong sized bin. So Mr Marsh told us what we he wanted. Unfortunately that took an hour of our work which made Mrs Fox very unhappy, but Mr Marsh took our suggestion and made the decision for us.

By Thomas.

The council meeting.

2010-06-09T18:27:00.000-07:00

Our hearts thudded with excitement. It was the 1st of June. The Enviro-Team had to go to the Hutt City Council Chambers. As each person started to arrive, the others waited patiently outside the building. Children were getting restless, and adults were chatting as usual. After we got in, we waited for ten minutes. It sounded like monkeys were having a wrestling match.

The reason we were there was because of a house in Percy’s Reserve, right next to the Dowse to Petone was currently not being used. Some staff of the Council wanted to use it as an Enviro House. The house would educate the public on how to be environmentally friendly in their own home.

As soon as the meeting began, the chairman made each of us introduce ourselves. Not long afterward, we read our speeches, encouraging the council to give us the Enviro House. All were really good speeches. We were very positive that we will get the Enviro House. After our speeches, other members of the council and the public shared their presentations.

After them, the chairman asked everyone if they approved of the Enviro House, and they did. We had won the Enviro House! When the meeting had finished, a reporter looted three people’s speeches. Jessica Huijink from room 3, Tanya from room 1, and Jessica Rees-malloch from room 4. Over all, the meeting was extremely interesting. It was a new experience for all us kids. We all left the building with smiles on our faces. The Enviro House was ours!

By Nikki Manson, Adam Kitchen and Tanya Divekar

How our enviroteam started

2010-05-11T17:51:00.000-07:00

We had our first meeting on the first of April. Mrs sutherland talked about what being an enviroschool means. At this meeting we talked about every thing that is going well at our school and all the stuff that was not going so well.

We also talked about what we are going to change. We decided that we are going to get a worm farm, build compost bins, and get new bins to help us recycle .

Jhansi, Odin, Mack, Jack