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TAIRAWHITI
Term 3 Newsletter - July 2015
Kia ora koutou
Feedback from Science Fair Workshop
Glorious winter is upon us. Incredibly
brisk mornings, powerful winter swells,
resting seals, chirpy fantails, warm
fires and hearty kai. I like that sunny
gisborne embraces winter too. Being
with students outside on a sunny winter
day is magic. The students love getting
out of the classroom and doing stuff to
keep warm. Kapai all you teachers that
brave the cold to take your students out.
We’re passionate about weaving enviroschools into science fair. Thanks to all our
workshop participants for their ideas and enthusiasm. Looking forward to some
great entries this year. Remember, Tairawhiti Enviroschools sponsors a $100 cash
prize! If your school wants more science fair support, please contact Kauri. This
year’s Science Fair is on September 25-27th
Welcome to GGHS
A huge mihi to Gisborne Girls High
School who have just started on their
enviroschools journey. We welcome
their new lead teacher Cleo ThorpeNgata who has set up the Project
Green envirogroup. They are full of
marvellous ideas and are getting
started with sorting out the paper
recycling and sewing up some reusable
shopping bags. Cleo and her partner
Morgan from Te Karaka Area School
came to the Enviroschools Secondary
Hui in Wellington over the holidays.
Quotes from teachers:
•“Excellent review of how to go about experimentation , the process, the questions that need to be asked and answered”
•“Liked hearing judges perspective, enjoyed brainstorming enviro ideas”
•“Enjoyed having experts with different points of view with the same message”
•“Loved the link between science fair and enviroschools focus, made it clear”
•“Great. Awesome learning building on what l know, lots more ideas, feeling
motivated”
Jet Wright sharing the secrets of his winning science fair projects
Long term plan submissions to Gisborne District
Council
So impressed with Whatatutu, Ormond and Wainui Beach School orally presenting
their submissions to the council. We love empowered students who have great
ideas about how to make Gisborne a sustainable community. Well done!
Kirsty Gaddum  E [email protected]  Kauri Forno  E [email protected]  Anne Lister  P 06 867 2049 extn 8635  E [email protected]
Invent a Gadget from Junk Competition
What a primo job judging this years Gadgets. Magnificent imaginations! Loved
them all. We had 62 wonderful entries from 7 schools. Many students that had
entered last year surpassed themselves this year. We particularly loved the Best in
Show Filmslide Lamp from Julia Flyger, Makauri School and the spoon shade from
Jason McMillan and Jack Willock, Makauri School. Kauri even tried to buy them!
We loved the whole class entries from Te Karaka Area School, and the fantastic Cold
Frame from Waikirikiri school envirogroup. Our students really do come up with
amazing ideas that they somehow create out of stuff we throw away. I liked the
super craziness of the icecream for aliens from Ben Peterson, Wainui Beach School.
Too many to name but here’s some of the project names: Goody goody bait station,
Slide guitar, rake wine rack, torchlit dragon, spinosaurus, ultimate seedman, fireboat,
super Air 2000 Spaceship. Thanks to Katie Pi for sharing her upcycled creations and
presenting all our winners with their Bunnings vouchers.
Julia Flyger
Cheyenne Lewis
Check out the new
education for
Sustainability links
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/
Curriculum-resources/Education-forsustainability
Upcoming workshops
• Free compost workshop at
Tairawhiti environment Centre, 56
Ballance St. 12th August 12-1pm.
• Plastic Free July: Make change.
Have a litter free lunchbox day, pick
up plastic off the beach and school
grounds, make some reusable bags.
Kirsty Gaddum  E [email protected]  Kauri Forno  E [email protected]  Anne Lister  P 06 867 2049 extn 8635  E [email protected]
Cool activities in our local enviroschools:
• St Mary’s planted 250 trees for World Environment Day and Arbor Day. This continues their
vision for the Taruheru Awa. They want to bring back the birds and insects, have an outdoor
classroom shaded by a giant (eventually!) pohutukawa and a slide down the bank. Thanks to
the Campion students who were super helpers with the little kids. We love that!
• Tiniroto school to finish off their sustainable me concept kids made beeswax lunch
wrappers - they were absolutely in love with
them especially when exchanging gladwrap
or packaging for their new wrapper. They
are on a mission to have litterless lunches. As
part of the maze project around the school
showcasing everything around Tiniroto, the
kids have begun their native bird murals with
these drawings - watch this space! Fantastic
colouful murals that kids did with local artist
jan loomis signiying their maunga and awa.
• All of the kids at Wainui Beach School worked for three days on their gadget. On Monday
we planned, and on Tuesday we started to make our gadget. By Wednesday, the gadgets had
taken a brilliant form. Thursday was the time to present our gadgets. The purpose of this was to
make recycling into better and more useful gadgets, and WBS entered many wonderful creations. It was amazing to see everyone working as a team. Well done to all of the students for
a fantastic effort!
• Waikirikiri celebrated Matariki by starting
to plant 150 native trees.
• Mangapapa planted 75 native plants and grasses in their butterfly garden and by the
mangapapa stream. After attending a Tairawhiti Environment Centre worm farm workshop, the
kids have revamped their worm farm to take care of food scraps and produce worm wees for
for their mara kai.
• Matawai School filled in the gaps in their
native plantings with 34 new natives
• Students were challenged to create a
watering can for the garden from out of the
rubbish or recycle bin. These are the fantastic
winners:
• Hatea-a-Rangi School had a fun day
creating bug hotels.
• Well done Te Karaka Area School envirogroup for working hard on their vision
map. Lots of amazing ideas and research to
start to make their projects happen
• Mangapapa, St Mary’s, Waikirikiri,
Matawia and Hatea-a-Rangi thanks The
Women’s Native Tree Project Trust for donating native trees to our enviroschools this year.
Kirsty Gaddum  E [email protected]  Kauri Forno  E [email protected]  Anne Lister  P 06 867 2049 extn 8635  E [email protected]
Our Amazing Avocado Tree
On Thursday the 2nd of July, Room 4 went to Room 3 and Mr Thorpe and Mrs
Thorpe came and talked to us about an avocado tree. We all listened carefully and
some people asked some interesting questions and made valuable comments. Carlos
and Amy gave Mr and Mrs Thorpe a tour around our school and had a look where
to plant the avo tree. Finally they came back with a plan. Room 3 and 4 had a run
around the field and went to see where we were going to plant the avocado tree.
We all crowded around Mr Thorpe as he dug the hole. He put some blood and
bone fertiliser in the hole to help feed the tree as it grows. He put the tree in carefully being careful not to disturb the roots then he scooped the dirt back in and
gently firmed the dirt around the trunk with his hand. He said that at this stage some
people often stamp the dirt in with their foot, but this is not a good idea because
it can damage the roots. we then watered the avocado tree and Mr Thorpe put a
bed of straw mulch on top to keep the moisture in and to help keep the roots of the
avocado snug while they were getting used to their new home.
We love our avocado tree! Mr Thorpe told us that avocados are a super food and
contain loads of really important vitamins and oils we need to keep healthy! He also
gave us some really valuable advice when planting trees and looking after plants....
he said....to think like a plant! This is really good advice if we think about how we
like to be treated...shelter, water, food, warmth, kindness...and then we treat our
plants the same that they will thrive and be healthy plants.
Written by Teifi Clarke and Mrs Saunders from Wainui Beach School
Honeywrap. the sweet little alternative
Honeywrap is great for wrapping cheeses, lunches, leftovers, salads, snacks on the
run and much more. Honeywrap is made with 100% organic cotton blended with
beeswax, tree resin and jojoba oil. This perfect combination makes the cloth tacky
which can then be shaped over your food and dishes. It makes your food last longer,
look amazing and can be used again and again. ... and most importantly it reduces
waste, so is good for our planet.
They last up to a year and are perfect for school lunches. No more plastic wrap in
lunchboxes or rubbish bins which aligns nicely with Enviroschool principles.
The first school to approach us was Point Chevalier Primary, they sold really well with
Eco-warriors promoting them. Since then we have had some schools selling them at
school fairs or school cross-countries, we have even had a school securing council
grants to give Honeywraps to all new students.
Honeywrap are offering a fundraising option for Enviroschools. We have also
sponsored prizes for waste free lunches.
HOW IT WORKS
School would buy a box of 25, 50 or 100 Honeywraps at the wholesale price and
then sell these to students/families making up to $4 (33%) profit per Honeywrap (the
bigger the box size the bigger the profit you make).
This is for the medium sized Honeywrap (28cmx31cm) the perfect size for wrapping
a sandwich.
BOX SIZE
25 Honeywraps
50 Honeywraps
100 Honeywraps
YOU PAY
$225 ($9.00 per wrap)
$425 ($8.50 per wrap)
$800 ($8.00 per wrap)
YOU SELL FOR
$12 each
$12 each
$12 each
YOU GET
$75
$175
$400
These prices include GST. http://www.honeywrap.co.nz/
Kirsty Gaddum  E [email protected]  Kauri Forno  E [email protected]  Anne Lister  P 06 867 2049 extn 8635  E [email protected]
Play your part to help us Keep New Zealand Beautiful this
Clean Up Week!
Keep New Zealand Beautiful Clean-Up Week is taking place from the 14th to 20th of
September 2015. Whether you are a community group, school, family, friends or an
individual, it is so easy to get involved!
All you need to do is gather your group, find a local spot that needs a clean up, then
log on and register your event. http://knzb.org.nz/public-events
Once you fill in the registration form we will provide you with all the information
you need to help make a difference this Clean-Up Week. General Manager
Heather Saunderson says last year nearly 40,000 volunteers took part in 562 events
nationwide, but Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week is not just about the clean-ups.
“These events build and strengthen community spirit and allow people to demonstrate
their pride in where they live”, says Ms Saunderson.
Gloves, bags and pick up of rubbish is provided so get the envirogroup or the whole
enviroschool involved.
FREE FILM.MAKING WORKSHOPS
Registrations are now open for the fifth annual series of The Outlook for Someday sustainability film-making workshops.
The free one-day workshops are taking place throughout New Zealand from June to August 2015.
They are open to students from years 7 to 13 (aged 11to 18) as well as teachers who want to engage with The Outlook
for Someday as a vehicle for film-making.
All workshops participants will make short films and screen them at the end of the day. Each student will also come away
with a story idea in development - one that is meaningful to them and which they could then turn into a film.
Each workshop runs from 9am to 4.30pm. Most of them take place on a weekday.
This year The Outlook for Someday is also pleased to present 5 two-day Kaupapa Maori film-making workshops, each
of which will include an overnight stay on a marae.
Spaces for all workshops are limited to 25 participants. Students and teachers are invited to register for a workshop in
their area.
www.theoutlookforsomeday.net/workshops
Kirsty Gaddum  E [email protected]  Kauri Forno  E [email protected]  Anne Lister  P 06 867 2049 extn 8635  E [email protected]
• ART FAIR – fantastic response from the public for Te Hapara School’s
Art Fair. Check out the amazing artwork that has been created under
the theme of rejuvenation - re-use, recycle, recreate! Kapai .
www.enviroschools.org.nz
Please check out the
enviroschools website. It
has heaps of great ideas for
students and staff.
ENVIROSCHOOLS EAST COAST IS
PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY:
Gisborne District Council
The Department of Conservation
H B Williams Turanga Trust
J N Williams Memorial Trust
Eastland Port