Sea Week 29-4 March

Sea Week

Well done Balmoral School for achieving Bronze Enviroschool award.

Room 26 gardeners and Room 14 Scientific Artitists and Beach Explorers of Wenderholm Beach 2015

Sustaining and Building community together.

Room 14 explores other living communities within our learning community while weeding our school vegetable gardens.

Conservation Week 1-8 November 2015- Raising money for our Whio Duck Eco Bake.

We raised $287.30 through our Eco Bake and donated the money to Whio Forever.

T.K. the tidy kiwi

TK the Tidy Kiwi comes to our primary assemblies to celebrate classes who have been doing great eco-friendly things around our school. 

Hiringa's inquiry learning...

This term the Year 5 and 6s in Whanau Hiringa are learning about rubbish.  Our question is "Are we throwing away our future?"  We have researching things like pollution, rubbish and more.  Here are of the things they have though about...

• gyres
• rubbish islands
• recycling

and much more!

Each child in Hiringa is involved in a project that is either independent or in a group to help or experiment for the survival of the beautiful earth we live on now.