Tane Mahuta - CIP

This week in CIP Tane Mahuta, we got back into our groups and started planting and cleaning up the classroom. I started planting beetroot with Addyson and Keyana and the others were planting Lettuce, Cauliflower and Cabbage. Once we finished planting, we layed a thin sheet over the plants and jammed thick sticks as pegs so the sheet won't fly away. We left the ends open so that the plants can get air and not die.

After all of the planting, we had nothing else to do so we got straight into helping to clean the classroom. I helped a group clear out all of the wood and logs that were broken apart from the old furniture and then started filling up some buckets of rubbish that were lying around everywhere. The period was a success for me and I really enjoyed doing Tane Mahuta and I'm glad that I chose Tane Mahuta but we will be back into it next Wednesday. 

   

CIP - Tana Mahuta

Throughout this term in CIP, I have chosen Tana Mahuta. We did some gardening in week 3 and week 4. We had a choice if we wanted to design the outdoor classroom or do some dirty work, I chose gardening.

In week 3 we started moving the tyres that had dirt in them and carried them at the far back of the field. We moved some wood and logs that were hidden under the dirt and also carried them at the back too. Once we've done that, we started digging all the dirt from the tyres into piles and then removed the tarpaulins and fold them up.

This week, we were turning and loosing the soil to make it healthy and soft, the more we loosen, the faster we get into planting. After loosing the soil, we added fresh soil on top and mixed it in with the original soil to make it better for the plants. While we were mixing the soil in, we saw some worms. This is because the worms help increase the amount of air and water that gets into the soil and they also can't survive in the sun other wise they would dry up and die.