On Monday we planted some Kowhai  in our native area  we got the Kowhai from paper for trees they will be judged for lamb and calf day to find out which one has grown the most.

We have cleaned up the glass house getting the rot and mold from the tomatoes. We have decided to keep the tomatoes going until they  are completely finished. We have also planted runners off the strawberry's some in water some in soil the ones in water died the ones in soil are growing really well. In a couple of weeks we will look at pulling the tomatoes out and having a big clean up.    

 

On Friday we have had a soup day each group made some soup 1 group made pumpkin soup and another group made noddle doddle there were all different kinds of soup we went up to Trishs garden she taught us a bit about all the veges and organic she gave us lots of veges for our soup My whanu group made potato and leak soup.   We had these healthy eating people come to school and they taught us a bit about healthy eating.  we learnt how to read labels  and the food pyramid and
For our hydroponics we are cleaning it out and picking lots of tomatoes we are deciding weather we keep the tomatoes going for the winter.

Zahn is the leader of the hydro rangers for this term I am the leader while Zahn is away we also have Derek,  Sarah and Alex
We cheek the hydroponics daily
We have been cleaning the glass house and getting all the dead leaves out from under neath and all the rotten  tomatoes out.
We have planted some strawberry two.
We use the tomatoes and all the herbs for the healthy lunches. 
By Charlotte

Electives - Term 3

Building / Carpentry

Each Monday for this term we are going to be learning building skills. We have planned some small projects to build such as a toolbox and a pencil case. We will always have an adult supervising and helping with cutting, measuring etc. Thanks to Mike for offering to help. If anyone else has time between 12.45 and 1.15 on a Monday we would love to see you. We have a toolbox plan at school if you would like to see it.
If you have any spare tools at home eg hammers, measuring tape, saws we would really appreciate them as we are starting to put together a school tool box (Charlotte)

Hydroponics - Term 3

We are going to plant some veges in the glasshouse when it gets warmer. We are currently planning what we can plant. (Stanley)
My group is called the Hydro Rangers and we have a glass house.  We grow plants like strawberries.  I look after the berries.  I look after them by feeding them water and nutrients.  I pull the weeds out.  I pull the dead leaves off.  (Alex).
Hydro Rangers take care of veges.  I cleaned the hydroponic house.  I plant strawberries, I look after strawberries.  I'm going to cut the dead leaves off.  (Sarah).

In the next couple of weeks we are going in be
planting vegies and fruit and we are going to keep cutting all of the
dead bits of the plants to keep the bugs away.
We are hoping to learn from the past Hydroponic experts and Mr Sandford. We will be able to do more as it warms up!

Action ...

Hydro Rangers / Keepers

All Action Projects

·         Design badges

·         Logo

·         Redesign wall display

·         Blog update

Next step: Develop an action plan for our ‘Now’ activities

Now

Decide on plant types

Look after plants

Keep the glasshouse clean

Keep it clean, cut back and bug free

Water plants / Feed solution

Take soil off plants

Buy plants

Give food to BonApiti

Use money earned to buy new plants

Short term

Make the plants inside look cool for judging

Grow things for different reasons

Buy plants

Plant strawberries

Grow fruit

Update the blog

Discuss spider webs

Long term

Extend glasshouse

Take the tomatoes and veges to Feilding market

Decorate the glasshouse