The Nature Garden

The nature garden is now open at the school for children in years 3 to 6. It is a "Quiet" place with lots of twigs and sticks, which makes it a great place to build homes for creatures. Lexi and Tayla, with help from Leah, designed and painted a sign to go on the gate. What fun we have in it! It's a a really cool place.

Gardeners, Worm Farmers, Painters and More

A group of keen students have been busy painting, gardening and weeding. We have worm wee for sale, veggies growing in the garden and totem posts being painted. An awesome group of cubs, scouts and parents, helped to clean up our nature trail, which will be reopening soon.

Spring's well on the way!

Last week, a few of the Green Team children 

(and members of Room 12) were excited 

to harvest from the vegetable gardens - 

and to discover that the daffodils are out 

in the new decorative garden!

Feeding old leaves to the worms

Worms LOVE their vegetables! 

Our school has some amazing artists

Two of our senior students, Delphi Houlding and Lucy Ellis, 

have been busy designing and painting a mural for our school. 

They wanted to emphasise the natural features 
of the Greenhithe area,

to convey success and enjoyment of learning, and to show our school values. 

(Do you know what the letters P-R-I-D-E stand for? 
Every class has a poster showing our school values.)

The girls set up an 'art studio' in Mrs Knowles' and Mrs Greer's office and worked at their creation over several weeks.

Many thanks to Barrie, Mrs Knowles and Mrs Houlding 

for your help with advice and materials.

Great job, girls! 

Thank you for contributing to our school.

Adding some colour and texture to the tree before the letters go on.

A very cheeky-looking pukeko

The finished product

Harvesting from our school vegetable garden

Our school vegetable garden is planted 

with regular picking in mind. 

We try to use some plants that you can visit often, 

picking off a few leaves each time, 

e.g. cabbage, silverbeet, chives, thyme, parsley, and rosemary. 

We also have plants that you pull out completely to harvest, 

e.g. beetroot and carrots.

Cabbage

Parsley

Calendula - self-sown - repels insects.

Rosemary

Thyme

Erina, Cassia and Leah with a mini cauliflower, parsley, and some leaves for Erina and Cassia's rabbbits.

New murals at our school - a gift from 2014's Year 6 artists

Barrie has installed the new murals.

Next time you walk between 

the swimming pool and the hall entrance, 

look out for them!

They were created in 2014

by some very talented artists from Year 6.

We hope they come back to visit our school 

and see their work on display!

Can you find the ruru (morepork), the kereru (wood pigeon) and the piwakawaka (fantails)?

The letters are not all as they seem...look closely at the letter 'L'!

The two murals together.

Have you seen the garden area by the new Year 1 playground?

In autumn, a keen bunch of gardeners helped plant a new garden behind the brand new Year 1 playground. 

Here are some of the workers:

They also added freesia and daffodil bulbs, and flower seeds.

Many thanks to: 
James Iverson and Mr Marshall 

for moving 5 cubic metres of topsoil 

and landscaping with rocks
Philip, our helpful Room 12 parent
for digging holes in hard, summer-dried soil.

Hard work, but a great result! 
In a few months, as the plants fill out, the area will look beautiful.