On Tuesday morning we walked up a steep hill and down a big hill to Corder Park. When we got to Corder park we had morning tea then Tracy, Ben and Glen from Nelmac gave us a demonstration on how to plant some trees and bushes. Then we got with partners and got a spade. The spades were sharp and shiny. Under the ground there was hard clay. When some people dug deep holes they could not dig any deeper. There were all kinds of trees and bushes, some were kowhai trees, flax, long grass and some other trees and bushes. In the holes there were millions of wriggly, long, brown worms.
We had lunch on the wet green grass, there were puddles on the grass.
On the way back we all had muddy shoes. My shoes were heavy and a little wet. When we were walking back to school people started to slow down because they stated to get tired. When we got back to school we all had to take off our shoes and put them outside.
by Holly
On Tuesday 26th of August we went tree-planting at Corder Park. We found lots of wriggly worms. Abby and I planted kowhai,flax, hebe, toitoi and pittosporums. I think we planted nine trees. There were lots of worms, nearly every boy in my class picked up the worms. There was clay in the dirt, it looked like the clay we have at pottery art class.
by Cedar
Room 15 and Room 2 went tree-planting. First we got into groups then we hiked to Corder Park. Tracy, Ben and Glen gave us a fabulous demonstration on how to plant trees. Keegan planted 25 trees. We got partners and got one spade. when Amanda dug through the top soil she couldn't dig any more so I had a try. We planted two flaxes, two tussocks and one kowhai.
by Callum
A few days ago the whole of Room 15 walked along way from Clifton Terrace School. We went a long way because we were going to plant trees. You go around Room 15, up the hill to the top then exit Clifton Terrace. Turn right at the pole, walk to the parking sign and cross the road. Cross another road and keep following the footpath. When the footpath has a dead end go down the driveway. Then you will find that you will be on the new footpath. Keep walking to Corder Park. If you go to Corder Park you will see the trees growing. For the long walk I did not get the stitch.
Eleus and Cian were collecting worms. There were big worms, little worms and black worms. One worm tried to bite Zack! The spades were sharp as can be. They were sharp to dig deep into the ground. It was very hard to dig deep. The dirt was very rocky.
We learnt how to dig easier. Ben said, "Make a square instead of in, out ,in, out." There was lots of trees, some people planted ten.
by Jarod
