Tuesday 24 March 2015

Enviro Kids Week 8 Term 1 2015

Kia Ora Whanau!

We hope you have been enjoying the sunshine and the rain this week. We have found that a bit of both has made our gardens grow!

On Wednesday we planted beetroot in the garden by Room 2021. They are baby seedlings at the moment but we will take care of them with water and weeding and we will see how big they can grow!





And then we had to wash our hands!


Happy gardening Everyone!




Tuesday 17 March 2015

Enviro Kids Week 7 Term 1 2015

Kia Ora Whanau!

We were very pleased to have some rain this week! It really helped our seedlings to get a good start in their garden beds.

On Wednesday we gave all our plants a good watering to make sure that they continue to thrive.








And a Big Thank You to Amelia for managing the tap for us!

Happy Gardening Everyone!








Thursday 12 March 2015

Enviro Kids Week 6 Term 1 2015

Kia Ora Everyone!

What a great week it has been for planting!

We decided to plant some silverbeet and spinach in the gardens by Room 8.

We made sure to water them first to get the soil ready for the seedlings.

And we also made sure to plant them firmly in the soil and give them another drink after that.















Wednesday 4 March 2015

Enviro Kids Week 5 Term 1 2015

Kia Ora Whanau!

Hooray! Hooray! We did some planting today!

Yes, this week we were able to plant some herbs in the gardens that are beside the front doors next to the office. We decided that, since this was a shaded area, we could put in some hardy herbs and we will make sure that they get enough water to thrive.










We planted Wild Mint and Thyme and some Marigolds to help keep the bugs away.

Happy gardening Everyone!

Tuesday 3 March 2015

Enviro Kids Week 4 Term 1 2015

Welcome to week 4 Everyone!

This week we decided to test how dry our gardens are, just in case they have enough moisture to be planted.

We got some water in a watering can and tipped it on the soil. 
Then we dug down to see how far the water had soaked through.





As you can see, the gardens are still very dry. Maybe next week we can do some planting.

Happy gardening Everyone! 

Enviro Kids Week 3 Term 1 2015

Hi Everyone, welcome to week 3!


This week we looked at the raised gardens outside Room 8 and we decided that they needed weeding before we can plant them.

We noticed that some of the plants coming up were not weeds but mint!

That was good because we got to take some seedlings home to plant in our own gardens! Can you see the roots of the seedlings? This means that they will grown when they are planted and looked after.




We were very good at weeding and we decided to do the same to our strawberry patch gardens. Look at all the weeds! We got straight to work and cleared them out!






Great job Enviro Kids! Happy gardening Everyone!


Enviro Kids Week 2 Term 1 2015

Welcome back to another amazing year of Enviro Kids at SPS!

As you will all have noticed, it has been very hot and sunny and so our gardens are very dry.

We have talked about how we need to conserve water, as well as how we need to look after our gardens, and we have decided to wait until it is cooler before we plant our gardens.

This week we checked on our Worm Farm and made sure that the worms have plenty to eat.

We also checked the sacks that are covering the worm farm and decided that one of them needs to be replaced. Mrs Hart said that she will get one for us. Thank you  Mrs Hart!




Well done Enviro Kids! Happy gardening Everyone!