Enviroschool update

Collecting rain water for the veggie gardens.

Watering the new corn.

Our baby pumpkin. We want this to grow HUGE so we can enter it in the competition at Te Kowhai school harvest festival.

We are very excited this term to be visited by our Enviroschool facilitators in April to see if we are ready for our Bronze award. Taking care of our environment is a huge part of our philosophy and curriculum. The children chose what veggies and fruit to plant before the holidays and we have come back in this term to find the garden blooming. The mixture of heat and summer showers over Christmas has helped the pumpkins, tomatoes, strawberries, snow peas, feijoas, apples, mandarins, lemonades and grapes grow. Unfortunately a sneaky possum has eaten the grapes and lots of apples. Part of rural living !  We harvest the water from the roof of our carpentry shed and use this to water our gardens. Our silk trees are in full blossom too and look stunning. Our children are learning to appreciate the natural beauty and seasonal changes in our garden.