A record of our journey, challenges and successes as we try to educate and empower ourselves and others to care for and enjoy our natural environment.
Monday, February 13, 2023
Enviro Games!
Enviro Kaitiaki 2023
We are looking to set up our ENVIRO KAITIAKI team as soon as possible and would LOVE you to come and join us!
WHAT is the Enviro Kaitiaki team?
A groups of students who meet weekly to work on projects to promote helping the environment and educating and empowering others to do the same.
2021 Enviro Kaitiaki reaching Bronze level award |
✔️ A role model of the school value ‘Respect for the Environment’. (E.g wrapper free, pick up rubbish)
✔️ Responsible monitor
✔️ Willing to step up and help when needed
✔️ Confident speaking in front of others
✔️ Enjoy learning and sharing new skills and information (e.g. Traffic Light Bins)
2022 Enviro Art team painting the food scrap bins |
WHO can be in the Enviro Kaitiaki team?
✔️ Year 3,4,5,6
✔️ Anyone passionate about helping nature
✔️ Anyone passionate about being wrapper free and reducing waste
WHAT kind of things do the Kaitiaki do?
This year you can opt into different ENVIRO projects depending on your interests.
Monitors - for the compost bins or Traffic Light Bins.
Responsibilities: checking and, where necessary, emptying bins weekly.
Waste Minimisation - Wrapper Free Project (Year 5/6)
Responsibilities: supporting & educating classes and whanau to reduce the amount of soft plastic in lunchboxes.
Adopt a Park Project (Year 3/4)
Responsibilities: visiting a local park (in school time) to tidy it and monitor the stream
Moth Plant Pod Project (open to everyone)
Responsibilities: collecting pods in school time and out of school hours, educating classes, counting pods.
Trees for Survival (Year 5/6)
Term 3 - more info to come later in the year.
School Native Garden (Year 3 - 6)
Term 2 - more info to come later in the year.
HOW do I sign up to be part of the Kaitiaki?
Collect a form from Miss Long, your class teacher or download one HERE.
Moth Pod progress report!
It is now half way through the moth plant pod competition and our school has made a great impact on the spread of this invasive weed. This ...
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We are very excited to announce that our school has been selected to be a model school showcasing our Garden to Table programme to other sc...
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This week our Year 3/4 Enviro students visited William Green Domain for our third trip. Today's focus was planting 100 native trees al...
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So far this term it has been a great time for lots of warming winter soups with the herby breadsticks - always a favourite! The dessert op...