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Enviro-Schools

Welcome to the Enviro Page - Green Bay School is a Silver Medal Enviro-school.
We have our vision map with current and planned projects on display in the Information Centre.
The focus for Green Bay School is to be active participants in sustainability through education.
To learn more about sustainability and the Enviroschools programme click here to link to the Auckland Regional Council - Enviroschools website.
We have been very busy this year, involved in a number of activities such as:

Replanting and maintaining our vege gardens
Keeping 5 chickens
Creating a native walkway complete with Taniwha
Building compost bins
Planting a school orchard
Weeding school gardens
Maintaining 3 worm farms
Running a weekly mini farmers market selling worm tea, eggs, herbs and veges.

At the end of Term 4, 2010 a group of keen Enviro School students were taken to Owairaika School to receive the Silver Enviro Award from Mayor Len Brown. It was a very exciting occasion and a great honour for the school, reflecting lots of hard work from our students. We are now working towards our Green-Gold Award which will mean commitment from all teachers and students and our school community towards the Enviro Schools goals.

                                          Green Bay students receiving their Silver award
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     The swimming pool area - 'Our little Farm'

In 2009 we totally revitalised our swimming pool area. We painted a stunning mural as well as painting
the pool and have this year continued the project with vegetable gardens, building a chicken run and
adding 5 chickens. In this area we also have three very productive worm farms which feed our gardens
with plenty of nutrients.

A group of children meet every thursday afternoon to plant, weed and maintain the vege gardens in the pool area.
They regularly feed their plants with worm tea from the worm farms. Currently they are growing beetroot, carrots, silverbeet, broadbeans, blueberries and more...

These photos were taken in September and the vegetable are really growing well. It must be all the worm tea!!!

The old junior sandpits are now a butterfly garden and a vegetable garden.
Each junior class takes care of a 'wedge' of the garden.

Another major project to add to the list this year has been clearing and planting of the 'Native Walkway.'
Our wonderful teacher Kathy, had a dream to create an area where classes could sit and read as well
as watch the birds and wildlife.
Many, many hours of hard work has helped to achieved this goal. Money from grants was used to purchase
native plants for the walkway and to construct a magnificent Taniwha seat which has been decorated
with clay tiles made by students.
If you are passing through our school, please visit this beautiful area which we are very proud of.

Check out this local website "Out of our own back yards" for loads of great gardening tips: ooooby.ning.com