Eye on Nature trip

Earlier in the term, Room 12 was lucky enough to be invited to attend the Eye on Nature day held at the Botanical Gardens. This yearly event is hosted by the Manukau Beuatifucation Charitable Trust. The trust generously pays for 1500 students to attend this event over 3 days.

We attended last Wednesday, and it was fantastic. Students got the opportunity to participate in a wide range of activities including; a bee maze, where they had to race to find facts about bees; a talk from local bee lady, Sara; a lesson on recycling and all the different ways we can help reduce what ends up in the land fill; challenges to identify from which plants common grocery items come; and making newspaper pots and planting vegetable seedlings and seeds.

At morning tea the students also got to make buzzy bee hats and have an iceblock, which was much appreciated as it was such a hot day.

Just before getting back on the bus to come back to school, we also got the chance to admire all of the planter boxes entered by local schools into the Planter Box competition. I know that there were a number of students that would be keen to enter this next year... Keep your eyes peeled for entry details.