Weeds are closer than you think...

It was Monday 19th of September. Hunter, Renae, Caitlin and I decided to weed our garden to make it look lush and full of plants without the extra weeds. So we started and after 20 minutes we thought there were a lot of weeds.

The next day we had to weed still because the weeds were still there and it was so annoying because they weren’t going away.

The next day we had to get some soil because the old soil was looking really bad and dry. So we went and got a wheelbarrow and it was so heavy so we had to get some boys to come and help us while Renae and I were raking the soil Hunter and Caitlin were cleaning the bricks and tiles.

After the soil was all dry we put geranium and busy Lizzie cuttings into the soil and it looked magnificent. By the end of the day we all were really tired from gardening.

By Tegan

Two caterpillars were found - and given to Mrs Whitehead in Kea 1 to take home for her chooks.

(Note: Here are the rescued and replanted self-sown sweet peas which had ended up in the weed bin...)

Other things happening in Huia 1: (by Mrs Vincent)
Jessica's poster about the Rugby World Cup. Her chosen team was Argentina. Our last posting (see below) was viewed by people at the school I visited when I was in Argentina - and they noticed Callum's poster of Argentina did not have the Malvinas Islands on it. (They are called "Falkland Islands" in our atlases). So, Jessica made sure she put them on her poster.


Annella had a puzzle for us.
"How can you tie a knot in a piece of string, without letting go of either end of the string."
She asked for volunteers to try it out.







Finally, she demonstrated how to do it.



Students are making works of wearable art to tell the story of the rise and fall of the Aztec Empire. Here's what some of it is starting to look like....