More Planting!

Today it was open to the school to help get our seedlings planted up into the root trainers.

Well done to all the juniors who came up so enthusiastic! They filled the root trainers so the middle and senior syndicate children could pot the seedlings.

What a great school team effort.

Plant Propagating

Senior students had their first experience of potting up seedlings into root trainers today. The memorable thing from their first experience must be ANTS!

Yes, ants were happily nesting through the root trainer box. Hence some children were on the task of eliminating ants while others started to pot up some seedlings donated by Titoki Nursery.

However, at the end of the day the ants won and we retreated until we can deal with the invasion!

Roll on ant stories next week.

School On Saturday

For some children it was school in action for our 50th Celebrations.

Room 6 and 10 children made use of the silverbeet in our garden to make silverbeet patties.

What a success! They were delicious!

Stream Monitoring Term 1 2011

A new group of River Rockets, learnt the science of stream monitoring and the Maori perspectives and importance placed on water. Children conducted tests and searched for 'bugs'. Our findings concluded that Poorman Stream was in very good health with many mayflies and caddisflies found easily.

Cooking Kiwiana Style

Thanks to Isabelle, our dorking pullet, and all her eggs many classes have been learning the art of the Kiwiana classic, the PAVALOVA !

See the eggs we found and look at the yummy result!

Getting Cooking

Cooking on PhotoPeach

Now that we can automatically water our vegetable garden over the summer holidays we come back to an impressive supply of vegetables that make up our cooking.

Room 2 were making tomato chutney which will give us yummy morning teas with cheese and crackers.

Room 10 made silverbeet and ricotta filo parcels. These were also shared with other students in the school.

Room 6 made tomato and cheese tasters.

Our vege garden will be providing us with lots of cooking to come!!

Treasure Hunt

We have been having a treasure hunt for potatoes to see if we can find them all!

Tomorrow we are going to be cooking them and making potato salad.