Tiaki Taiao

Tiaki Taiao Leaders

2012-02-16T15:29:00.000+13:00

Today we had our first meeting of Tiaki Taiao leaders. We introduced ourselves and shared some ideas about what an envirogroup does. Whaea Lindsey did an activity with us that focused on teamwork.

Enviroschools Bus Tour

2011-12-01T21:48:00.000+13:00

Yesterday the Envirogroup joined other Nelson schools on a bus tour to 2 amazing schools - Ngatimoti School and Tasman School. We got to have a look around the schools and learn about some of the projects they have done to improve their school environment. We also took part in some interesting activities - one involved carrying (very heavy) rocks up from the river to the stream beside the school. The rocks will be used to help stop erosion on the banks of the stream. We came away very inspired and with lots of great ideas.

the orchard

stream monitoring

Thomas's ideas

more ideas

edible gardens

murals

seedlings

bird playground

confidence course

Waimāori

2011-12-01T21:35:00.000+13:00

Today Mel from Waimāori Streamcare visited the Envirogroup. She talked about how we can care for our waterways, what our rivers need to be healthy, and introduced us to some of the creatures that live in freshwater. We also watched a DVD called "Guardians of The Mauri'.

Enviro-Leaders T-Shirts

2011-11-26T17:15:00.000+13:00

On Friday we printed our Enviro-Leaders t-shirts. They look great! Thanks to Thomas's mum who came along to help.

Pumpkins

2011-11-26T17:10:00.000+13:00

On Thursday Whaea Lindsey came to our meeting and we planted pumpkin seeds.

17 November

2011-11-17T16:03:00.000+13:00

Today we took photos of the parts of our school environment that we like.

Enviro-Leaders T-Shirt

2011-11-17T15:42:00.000+13:00

Thomas has designed this cool t-shirt for our Enviro-Leaders. Thanks Thomas!

Environment Jellybeans

2011-11-03T13:54:00.000+13:00

Today we did an activity involving jellybeans. The jellybeans represented the world's resources and we looked at how many jellybeans we could get depending on the amount of tools we had (number of fingers) and how much time we had to pick them up.

Some ideas we had for the envirogroup were:
Design an Envirogroup logo
Design a uniform
Make some badges for the logo

Te Rōpū Tiaki Taiao

2011-10-27T15:32:00.000+13:00

Welcome to the blog of Te Rōpū Tiaki Taiao, Victory School's envirogroup. Today our group met for the first time. We had a talk about some of the things envirogroups do, and then Whaea Lindsey helped us to plant a garden. We planted some tomato seedlings, some basil seedlings and some parsley seeds.