Trees For Survival 2021

 Round 3 with our Trees for Survival! 

What is Trees for Survival?

This is a nationwide programme that works with schools to help plant native trees on farms.

This helps to stop soil eroding and polluting our waterways and bring back more native wildlife to our countryside. 

EDIT TO ADD... Awesome 'real life' maths today counting how many of each tree we have to plant! 

We have approximately 1000 native seedlings to plant.

Today we had to count up what we had been given...

  

1) Count how many spaces there were in each seedling tray ...20 by 10 (= 200) 

2) Then count and record for each row of 20 how many seedlings did NOT germinate. 

3) We wrote this down and it gave us 10 different numbers to add together.  We used compatible numbers to help us add! 

4) Lastly we had to subtract this number from 200.  Example; 87 Manuka did not germinate. That means we have 200 - 87 = 113 Manuka seedlings to plant. 

This week our bubble students did an amazing job starting the process of 'potting up' our native trees.

They put the potting mix soil into 100's of bags ready for the tree seedlings to be planted in.

Enviro Challenge: Opposites Scavenger Hunt CONGRATULATIONS!

 Well done to all the students that completed the 'Opposites Scavenger Hunt.' 

I hope you enjoyed spending time in nature and finding lots of interesting things. 

LAST ONE IN... Vinnie from Room 10! Well done Vinnie! 

There will be some mini gardens waiting for you to collect from school! 

EDIT TO ADD... Well done to Madi and Liam, Room 5 who also completed the scavenger hunt! 

Hope you had a fantastic time exploring nature :) 

Madi found beautiful looking fruit! Mmm

I have a prize pack that can be collected contactless from the gate nearest the HPS school garden from Friday 29th at 11am. 

Prize winners are: 

* Annika, Room 10

* Isyraf Isa, Room 10

* Eden, Room 10

* Kai, Room 10

* Liam, Room 10

Anyone can still enter and WIN! So share your entries below on email them to me.  

Enviro OPPOSITES Scavenger Hunt

 Happy National Gardening Week! 

To celebrate, let's spend some time outside enjoying nature. 🌈🌿

* Find 10 different, natural objects around your neighbourhood.

Something bright coloured  Something dark coloured  Something soft Something bumpy or prickly Something new (e.g. a bud) Something old ( a crunchy leaf) Something native Something non-native Something wet or slimy Something dry

Share your scavenger hunt with me or comment below and 

WIN 10 mini gardens 

so YOU can get planting this week!