Arbor Day

17 children went to Arbor Day from Melville Intermediate with three adults to help.

We left at 9:15am to go to Arbor Day.

We all were excited when we got to Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park. Their were lots of kids and adults, thats all we could see.

We had got told that we could get off the bus.'Ohh man it was cold outside', it felt like we were turning itto an ice-block.

It was a long walk by the time we got to the place were everyone was. 20 minutes came by and every-one was waiting paciently while there was a lady showing us how to plant the trees as well as she was planting the first tree of the day (kauri tree).

It was time to get started planting. Bria was the first person out of Melville Intermedaite to plant the first tree, it was a very large baby tree. The time went so fast it was lunch time, every-one was heading up to the saugage sizzle. We all asked Miss De Ward if we could go up to get a saugage sizzle. "YES" of course. Miss De Ward walked into the tent to get a box and a bag full of Just Juice.

There was 1 hour left to plant the rest of the trees by the time we were getting on the bus to head back to school. We started to head over to the otherside of the farm to plant the plants that had not been planted.

Melville Intermediate Students planted 100 odd plants in the last hour. All the girls from Melville Intermediate were colecting the black conaners from the plants and putting them on the long black snake that the little kids made.

It was time to go back on the bus to go back to school. We all had a fantasic day, thanks to the perents.

Excitment during the Planting



 



How to Plant a Plant: