Hamilton East School Enviro

Friday, July 15, 2011

Planting Tree Onions

Today we planted our tree onions in the Kitchen Garden.

We had to go out in between the rain showers so we had to plant quickly before the rain started again.

We had to take the onion bulb out of its pot carefully. Then put it into the hole.

The tree onions will be ready in late summer.

Here is a vimeo showing giving some tips on how to plant tree onions.

How to plant a tree onion from Ham East on Vimeo.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Our school at lunchtime

We are really lucky at Hamilton East School to have such a wonderful learning environment. Here is a slideshow about the different areas of the school we play in during our break times.

Our School Environment Term 2 2011 on PhotoPeach

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Tree Onions

Last Thursday Room 14 planted some tree onion bulbs that Anna's Dad gave us. We had to call Anna's Dad to find out how to plant the tree onions. Luckily Anna put on loudspeaker so we could hear.

This is what the tree onions looked like. We used a trowel to put potting mix in the pot.

We had to gently put the tree onion in the soil. You have to make sure 1/3 of the onion is showing at the top.

Today we noticed that some of the tree onions have started to grow.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Swan Plants

When we went on the bank outside Room 13 we noticed these seed pods on the swan plants.

Inside these pods are seeds that look like this.

Room 14 is going to try and grow some swan plants from these seeds.

We wonder if it will work.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Arbor Day - Tree Planting

Some children from Kauri Team went to help the Hamilton City Council with tree planting at Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park. They helped plant over 30,000 trees.