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Waitohi
January 31, 2024
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The Mighty Waitohi

Each year the tamariki of Picton School learn about the mighty Waitohi Awa. Most cross it each day on their way to school.  It is the awa of their pepeha, flowing from their manuga Piripiri. The awa became even more of a focus this year. Lianne Adams, a teacher at the school, wrote and published a book about it.  Originally named Te Wereanga o Waitohi, this small and powerful stream would engerize and empower the brave and skillful warriors before battle. The tamariki followed the path of the awa from Mt Piripiri down the valley to Waitohi. Where it flows through built up areas, under roads then completely disappears into covered culverts. Before meeting the...

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Kumara
January 13, 2024
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Kumara planting at Bohally Intermediate

Students from the KEGs (Kids Edible Gardens) were keen to grow kumara to share with the school at their annual hangi next year.  It started a journey of discovery and learning as they prepared kumara to grow tipu in term 3. They joined forces with Reuben Molnar from Te Whatu Ora. He had worked with students from Marlborough Boys College growing kumara at the Marlborough Community gardens last year.  The boys harvested over 90 kg of kumara!  The Bohally School students were interested to hear from Reuben how they had used Māori Mātauranga that Reuben had learnt from mana whenua to grow their kumara. Unfortunately the method the Bohally School students had used to grow...

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Writers walk
January 13, 2024
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Writers Walk Poem Unveiling

On a cool Spring day on the Taylor River the 21st poem was unveiled. Written by Mia Lasenby from Wairau Valley School, this new poem forms part of the Writers Walk. Springlands School students who were passionate about the environment start the project in 2009. The students had been learning all about the Taylor River including its water quality and came up with an idea that would make a difference then and in the future. With support from Marlborough District Council, who provided the large rocks. Sowmans Funeral Home who set the poems on plaques. Cathee Wilks and Ali Kay, teachers and project champions. 14 years on, the project is still going strong. They have...

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Renwick
August 9, 2023
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Renwick Kindergarten Pause and Reflect

A key aspect to the Enviroschools journey is reflection. “Reflection is an integral part of the learning cycle, helping us to make sense of our experiences, deepen our learning, and gain direction for the journey ahead”. Renwick Kindergarten have been a Green Gold Enviroschols since 2019. Earlier this year they decided to reflect on their journey. They had completed all their “next steps” from their Green Gold reflection and felt it was time to identify some new ones.  Renwick Kindergarten tamariki, John Leggett and Anne Best test out the new water access at Rousehill Reserve   As their team reflected on the last four years it quickly became apparent the Enviroschools kauapapa is no...

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Witherlea
February 21, 2023
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Witherlea School’s Ngahere expansion

The Enviro Team at Witherlea School were excited to be granted with an Enviroschools Action Fund for the expansion of their School Ngahere. They used the money to purchase a variety of native trees, climbers and shrubs to add to the expansion of their School Ngahere. Originally they had two separate forests divided by a flying fox.  When the flying fox came down they were left with a large gravel area. They filled in this gravel area with soil and purchased native plants with the Action Fund.  The children chose plants and trees that would attract native birds and a variety of insects. A big thank you from the Enviro Team! ...

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May 23, 2022
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Wētā houses at Picton Kindergarten

The tamariki at Picton Kindergarten have been learning all about Wētā. This evolved through their exploration of te ngahere and how to care for the native flora and fauna through pest control. It began when one of the tamariki discovered a wētā family in her woodshed. She recognised it as one of our native insects and sent in photos to Kindergarten for everyone to see. Jo, then bought in a real live wētā from her home and they made a habitat for it. This lead to learning about what they like to eat, where they live, how many eggs they lay as well as what predators endanger them. When the tamariki learnt that cats, dogs and hedgehogs endanger wētā, they...

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New Gardens
December 21, 2021
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Kids Edible Gardens at Redwoodtown School

Redwoodtown School have been busy redesigning their Kids Edible Gardens  Like many schools around Marlborough, Redwoodtown School is a construction zone of new classrooms.  As part of the renovations, a decision was made to shift the Kids Edible Gardens and update the garden area.  The Envirogroup took up the challenge to investigate where the best place would be and design a new Kids Edible Garden.  Although it was tempting to rush in and build a new garden, they wanted to engage the whole school and seek feedback on how all the students would like their gardens to be.   “It took a lot of time and effort. We thought it would be something that was quick and...

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