The envirofens is a group commited to save the enviroment. They believe they are kaitiakatanga which means guardians of the enviroment in Maori. We asked some envirofernz on what they think of the group. This is what Hayley thinks of the envrofernz.I really enjoy the envirofernz because we do some really cool activities and really think about the enviroment. Libby says " I love doing the envirofern group because we get to do things that other students don't get to" They have a great enviro teacher called Nicky Elmore. She is in on thursdays and wednesdays. We are commited because we take up our lunchtime to do this, even Nicky Elmore takes her time off to do this while she could be at home relaxing or somewhere!!

We have separate groups which include the butterfly group the paper skit group, the super charlotte group and the juniors group.

AWARDS

2001         NZ Glass Environmental Award
2001/2      ARC Environmental Initiative Awards (2)
2003         Enviro Schools' Bronze Level
2004         NZ Landscape Architects Gold Award
                Enviro Schools' Silver Level
                MultiServe National Award (Innovative Programmes in Science)
2005         Enviro Schools' Green Gold Award

2006/07 Lot's of trees for survival awards and most productive planting award.

 

 

On the 6th of september 2007 the envirofernz group went to hukanui school in hamilton to have a look at their enviromental education programs. The bus trip was approximately 2 hours but on the way there the bus broke down. It took about 1 hour for the replacement bus to get to where we were. Their school also has a gully but their one is very different to ours in terms of layout. They're also aloud to play in it at lunchtimes.