Nurturing Our Future – Growing Together
Kia atawhai a mua – Kia tipu ngaatahi
Nurturing Our Future – Growing Together
Kia atawhai a mua – Kia tipu ngaatahi
Ka mihi ki a Ranginui, ki a Papatuuaanuku, ka mihi ki te ngao o te wheiao.
Tamahere Model Country School is an Enviro School, which means we have a contract signed with Enviroschools and follow a programme that supports children and young people to plan, design and implement sustainable actions.
Enviroschools NZ is a nationwide programme that empowers young people to take action on sustainability through hands-on environmental education. It uses a whole-school approach, where students, teachers, and the wider community work together to plan and implement projects that make their school and community healthier and more sustainable. The programme is student-led and focuses on connecting with nature, learning through exploration, and building skills for an environmentally conscious future.
Adrienne, our Enviro School facilitator, can come in and plan alongside our teams. If you would like to contact Adrienne Grant, please email: adrienne.grant@waikatoregion.govt.nz.
There are lots of amazing resources on the Enviro School Website https://enviroschools.org.nz
Instructions to register for the Online Enviro School resources:
Teachers and staff can access all the Enviroschools resources via the Enviroschools website ‘Team Area’. You will need to register first and create a username/password. Multiple staff members from a school can register – each person will just need a unique email address and username.
Please note that you will need to have access to your email and know your school/centre’s MoE number: Tamahere = 1976 to complete the registration process.
If during the registration process, the promised email doesn’t arrive, please check your junk mail! Once you have registered, you will be able to log in to the Team Area using the email or username you chose and the password you created.
Our Enviro School programme includes:
We are committed to achieving sustainable practices at school and in our wider community. These practices are woven throughout our school vision, connecting with – I value others and the environment, and the students enjoy the ‘Tidy Kiwi Award’, which is presented to the class with the tidiest space. We currently have Enviro Warriors (leaders from Maungatautari) leading projects around our school. All students have the opportunity to opt into Enviro School on projects including rat trapping, worm farms, fruit and vegetable gardening and the lizard garden.
As well as being an Enviro School, we are also a Para Kore School, which means we are actively trying to reduce our waste and make sustainable choices through our actions. We have been introducing ‘Zero Waste’ events at our school, such as Pumpkin Night.
As well as being an Enviro School, we are also a Para Kore School, which means we are actively trying to reduce our waste and make sustainable choices through our actions. We have been introducing ‘Zero Waste’ events at our school, such as Pumpkin Night.
Experimenting with different baits and locations around the school. Learning more about and educating others on the purpose of rat trapping.
Taking care of our worms and worm bins. Helping others learn about the purpose of worm farming. Sort through the food waste bins from around the school.
Weeding and clearing our current (overgrown) garden beds. Raising seedlings and growing plants. Learning about which plants to grow at which times of the year.
Clearing and maintaining the Lizard Garden sites. Learning about lizards and their habitats. Painting information signs and decorating the space.
Awarded each week to the class with the tidiest space. Please encourage your tamariki to keep this up throughout the week.
At TMCS we take home our own rubbish – this saves us lots by reducing the amount of rubbish pick ups we need at our school.
When on duty, please make sure you pick up any rubbish that you see around our grounds – modelling this behaviour for our students 😀.
All food scraps can go in the food waste bin EXCEPT: