As part of children contributing to our community the Te Aramoana syndicate participated in planting at the Pharazyn Reserve yesterday.  Over the last 10 years, our school has regularly participated in the Arbor Day event, and we can see that what was planted when we first started has now grown considerably.  The plantings for habitat for many native species and so the biodiversity of the area is being enhanced by this work.

Ross demonstrates how to correctly plant one of the new tree seedlings.

Nathan & Flynn remove their plant from its plastic bag.

A small frog was found hidden in one of the holes. 

We want to find out what kind of frog it is.

 Olivia squealed when she saw a what she thought was a worm in with the plant.

Joshua T and Ivan proudly show off their newly planted tree seedling.

Chloe gives her hands a good scrub to clean them after the planting was done.

The catchment between the sand dunes hosts some great habitat for various creatures.

Hayley points out some interesting features where future plantings will take place.

Discussing the habitats where skinks and lizards like to hide.

Read some more about our Pharazyn adventures on the individual student blogs found here.