On Tuesday the 28th of September, three people came to judge our school on our enviro status to see if it was what they call 'Green Gold'. Last time they came to judge our school in 2014 they gave us a bronze status, so this time we were excited to see if we could improve from bronze to green gold. We welcomed the special guests with a pōwhiri, except seeing we were in Level 2 we weren't allowed to have all of the school in one building, so the front rows of Kapa Haka, the enviro team and a couple other students went. The songs we sang were, Haere Mai, Wainui E, and Tumai Ra. After our waiata (songs) Kōkā Nolian introduced herself along with Dave Wilson our school's Board of Trustees Chair. The guests introduced themselves and sang a song, then Te Atawhai my friend gave them some KawaKawa balm that she made especially for them, which they loved.
Throughout the year we have been preparing for the day by writing what we are already doing in the guiding principles of an Enviro school: Learning for Sustainability, Sustainable Communities, Māori Perspectives, Respect for the Diversity of People and Cultures. We displayed the writing on leaves. Te Atawhai, Esther, Krissie, Lola, Ella and I painted messages that fit under the guiding principles, on broken surfboards!! On the wall next to the display there were photos in groups that fit under the guiding principles.
Can you guess what status they gave us? Green Gold!!!!!!! They thought our school was flawless!! We were all so excited that we won Green Gold.
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