Today, Michael, Maree, Sophia, Cludia and Mrs C went to Silverstram Riding for the Disables to collect horse manure to add to the compost bins at school.
We carried on down to Petone Beach to collect seaweed to make seaweed tea to use on our plants. We also collected a couple of barrels to make the compost tea in.
We are writing recounts in class. We have been working on having an introduction to our story that tells who, what, where, when and why. We shared our writing today and discussed whether we had met the success criteria.
First we weeded the garden bed to provide a good home for the seedlings.
We planted the carrots in front of the peas. We were able to plant the paper cartons straight into the ground.
We put some marigolds in among the cabbages.
We had some fun.
Destiny found a purple potato that we planted last year. It looks a bit like a rat in the photo.
There are lots of big worms in the vegetable beds.
Our plants are looking healthy.
Jazz, our school dog came to supervise.
The garden looks great and our daffodils are beautiful.
The unknown challenge for the Year 5/6 teams was to make a backpack from a newspaper. It had to hold a sellotape dispenser and have room for a hat and a sweatshirt and be able to close.
Sadly team two’s straps broke. Team 1 took out the day with first prize. Great team work by everyone. It was a pleasure to take you all. Mrs C got to join in the fun as well. Here is her effort.
The judges talked with us about how we made the ginger beer, what we had learned and how it was to work in a team. Then they tasted the ginger beer. One of our teams came third in this challenge.
The Year 3/4 unknown challenge was to make a flagpole and it had to stand up while being measured. One of our poles was huge but it collapsed before measuring. We will do better next year.
