Our Fort Care Code

We’ve developed a student-led Fort Care Code to guide our adventures! This helps us keep our fort area a safe, respectful, and exciting place for all students to explore and play together. The slides show what each Rōpū came up with when discussing their ideas for a fort care code. We then put all our ideas together to come up with a Fort Care Code for everyone. This will be erected as a sign at the entrance to our fort.

Tiaki Taiao

We are excited to share that we have gifted our Enviroschools programme a new name: Tiaki Taiao – Caring for Nature. This name change reflects our heart for the land here at Kaniere. Tiaki Taiao is an integral part of our school programme because it empowers our tamariki to see themselves as guardians of the earth, ensuring our local environment thrives for generations to come.

Kahlo and the Whio

Our Weka Iti whānau grew a little wiser this week thanks to a very special story shared by Kahlo and her mum about one of our most precious local treasures—the Whio.

Rimu Planting

 

Rimu had an wonderful time planting seedling along the bike track of our lovely kura. We talked about why it is important to grow trees and look after them. We also designed signs for the rimu tree we will plant.

Kōwhai Kaitiaki! - Guardians of the Kōwhai!

This week, Kōwhai, along with other rōpū, planted some of the plants that have been growing strong in our propagation tunnel. We worked together to dig holes and plant them along the fence line and bike track, to build up our beautiful native bush around the kura. 

We also spent time in Kererū as a rōpū, creating a draft image and idea for what we want our Kōwhai sign to look like, which will be displayed next to the Kōwhai tree that has been planted. We had specific requirements and outlines, which we used to guide our planning process. 

Enjoy a few pictures below from our awesome afternoon!

Our Planning.

Max getting ready to help Jackson dig a hole for his plant.

Lydia and Stella choosing a tipu to plant.

Totara Planting Acivity

Today Tōtara were planting out some of the seedlings that we have been growing.  We planted them along the bike track in the gaps that needed to be planted.  We buddied up with another student and planted them on the pink dots .

Recognising Rubbish

 Check out our blog post about what we have been learning about rubbish.

https://kanrm3.edublogs.org/2025/05/23/week-4-enviro-schools/