Teaming up with Kelly from Pukaha and Gill from Enviroschools we delivered workshops to multiple schools teaching about forest ecology, biodiversity and what words like these and others like conservation, ecology, ecosystem and sustainability mean. This mahi supported a Wairarapa wide celebration of Conservation week and aimed to get the student voice and korero out in the public eye.
Read MoreLocal artists adorn our welcome board and chalkboards with science infographics teaching pollination, composting, permaculture gardening and photosynthesis
Read MoreTe Kura O Papatūānuku Wairarapa Earth School Charitable Trust has a big idea to develop a centre for Kaitiakitanga, a building that teaches and inspires the community to take informed action towards a sustainable future. A place for community collaboration and lifelong learning about science and sustainability.
Read MoreStudents have been trying to figure out how to welcome visitors to our teaching gardens and wanting to make a place to share vegetables with our community and to leave messages, to put a map of our pollinator sculpture trail and also a place to hang coats and leave messages for garden volunteers.
Read MoreThe Carterton Lions Foundation have taken on our shipping container science lab project and are going to realise the ideas and designs explored by yr 9 Kuranui college dvc students. Luca Bollinger’s design was chosen to be the design we will ask the Lions to build for us.
Read MoreThank you to Carterton District Council Creative Communities grant we are almost finished creating a pollinator sculpture trail in the South End School food forest. Here we learn about our NZ native bird pollinators.
Read MoreThere are many methods of pollination a team of South End School students are working with two local artists to design and make a pollinator sculpture trail that teaches science with art.
Read MoreOur new compost zone gets a fence and a new sign from our creative communities grant team - see students turn the first compost piles.
Read MoreSouth End School students learn how to forage for wild edible greens and make a simple snack in the outdoor garden kitchen.
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