He mihi

Welcome to the Waikato Enviroschools newsletter. This pānui has all sorts of resources and ideas, including sustainability tips, upcoming events and inspiring local stories.

We’d like to extend a warm welcome to Waihi College! Nau mai, haere mai ki te whānau o Enviroschools!

We’d also like to congratulate Waikato Waldorf School on their recent holistic reflection. It was a beautiful day where students showcased their mahi to each other, connecting the whole school to their Enviroschools journey.

Last term was full of exciting Enviroschools events for students and teachers. One of our highlights was the annual youth Climate Summit and Leadership Skills Day at Ōtāwhao Marae, Te Awamutu CoIlege, which attracted a record number of secondary school students.

We also held our interschool Māra Kai Challenge, with Mātangi, Woodstock, Hukanui and St Columba’s schools taking part in the cook-off at Hukanui School and Hamilton’s NZMA vocational college.

Students worked hard in the kitchens to prepare some amazing dishes, and the meals were plated and presented wonderfully. Lots of effort had also gone into growing, gathering, preserving and storing produce for the tasty meals. Congratulations to everyone who participated, and a big thank you to Hukanui School for hosting us in your school kitchen.

In Term 3, we’ll be celebrating Conservation Week with interschool events in Cambridge, Thames and Tokoroa.

Also, don’t miss your chance to apply for Waikato Enviroschools Funding if you have projects in mind that directly enhance and/ or benefit the environment, or provide environmental education. Applications open on 19 August and close on 30 September. Be sure to work with your facilitator if you want to apply!

This term we farewell Sara Taylor and Benoir Midwood-Murray from the Envrioschools team. We thank them for their contributions to the kaupapa and wish them well for the future. We look forward to welcoming new facilitators to the Enviroschools team ready to support schools in Term 4.

We hope this newsletter offers an engaging read. Please feel free to forward it on to any interested colleagues.

Ngā mihi, 
The Enviroschools team 

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