Enviro Group Gore Main School: September 2013

On Friday the 6th of September the Gore Main School Envirogroup had a visit from another Envirogroup, the 'Te Anau Green Team'. We came together to celebrate what both schools had achieved so far this year, to look at what each of the groups had been doing and to gain new ideas and insights into future projects. We were joined by Mark and Pat from Environment Southland. Their expertise is always invaluable! The day began with a welcome and then morning tea (Te Anau had a long drive). After that Te Anau presented a powerpoint to everyone of their adventures. It was very interesting! We loved the Taniwha made out of tyres! After that Gore Main showed off their blog! Te Anau have now decided that they would like to create a blog of their achievements. All ready the day has been a success. It is so good to share ideas and inspire one another!! After that we broke into mixed groups (Te Anau/Gore). By now the children had become familiar with each other and more comfortable. We roamed around Gore Main School brainstorming all the learning that may happen and evolve out of existing projects, for example the worm farm. The groups worked very well together and they came up with amazing learning ideas. Then the children had to produce a poster about a particular area in the school (tunnel house, worm farm, vision map, native garden, Milk for schools or raised gardens) and present it back to the rest of the audience. These activities were enough to get the children thinking about the amazing learning opportunities that they have in their schools and to work together to produce and present a piece of work. The day finished by each of the children planting out a small plant in the new Gore/Te Anau garden! This was an amazing day and hopefully the Gore Main School Envirogroup can visit the Te Anau Green Team soon!

Check out the photos of the day!