And the lucky schools are...

Kia ora tātou,

Thank you so much to all of you that participated in this year's Enviroschools Great Postcard Project. We've had an amazing response, with over 30 schools and 2000 students participating across the region! It's been fantastic!

We've especially enjoyed receiving photos and comments about your school's involvement in the project and being able to post them all on this blog. Thank you very much for making that extra effort to join the online aspect of this year's project!

As we said, there are some prizes for schools that have participated in the blog, so......well done to......

Lakeview School who have won a sustainability themed picture book;
Tawa Montessori who have won the Cloak of Protection card game;
Carterton School who have won a sustainability themed picutre book.

Karyn will put these lovely prizes in the post for you next week!

Once again, thank you for participating and we look forward to seeing you again for next year's Enviroschools Great Postcard Project.

Mā te wā.

Pretty Pictures from Paraparaumu Playcentre

"Our Playcentre really enjoyed making our postcards out of recycled paper.  We used old financial records that needed to be destroyed.  This made for some really interesting patterns and colours.  We all worked together to rip and soak the records in our water trough but our favorite part was when we put them in the blender to pulp."

"Here are some of our favorite postcards. The first one came from a friend at Paraparaumu School next door where some of our big brothers and sisters go to school."

Well done Paraparaumu Playcentre, we love how you made your postcards out of recycled paper, what a fantastic idea! Which lucky schools received them?!

And, thank you for sharing your favourite postcards with us - we wonder who made them?

Boulcott School's beautiful display of postcards

Boulcott School have a beautiful post about the Great Postcard Project on their Enviroblog. You can see it here: http://boulcottsenviroblog.blogspot.co.nz/

Here's what they have to say:
"We had a great time making and writing our postcards. We used recycled card and bits and pieces to collage the covers and make them look colourful! We sent almost 300 postcards to lots of different schools. We couldn't believe how many we got back! They have pride of place in the entrance of our corridor, come and have a look! There is even a few made from ice cream lids!"

Thank you so much for sharing Boulcott School, your blog is lovely, and the postcards look stunning on display at your school.

Kei te tino pai ā koutou mahi!

A story in pictures from Johnsonville School

Johnsonville School have sent through a wonderful set of photos that tell a story of their involvement in the Great Postcard Project. They say they've loved participating which is fantastic!

Great work Johnsonville School! We love your photos!

First we made our postcards

Then we wrote on our postcards

 

 Here they are, ready for the post box

Then we received postcards from other schools and shared what they had to say with our class

 Here are our class' three favourite postcards

So, a question for everyone else...did you make one of these postcards? If so, well done! It's one of Johnsonville School's favourites! They are really beautiful. 

Thank you Johnsonville School for sharing such lovely photos, it's really brought the Great Postcard Project to life!

Naenae School have had some lovely postcards

"We have received 22 beautiful postcards. We liked hearing all the great enviro-related projects around other schools and seeing how much we all care about the environment. Some of our students really like the pictures of the gardens and the really cool stories. We especially like the 3 postcards from Wainuiomata Primary. We have been sent an amazing postcard from Johnsonville School that was made of Origami - what cool recycling! From Linc at Little Earth, he said: 'We care for the chickens and the guineas. We also have a worm farm.'"

And here are some lovely

photos from Naenae School:

Tawhai School share via their blog!

Kia ora koutou,

What a great idea! Tawhai School have posted some news about the postcard project on their school blog! Check it out here: http://www.tawhai.school.nz/other/enviroschools/enviroschool-postcards/

Nice job!

Tawhai School, Tawa Montessori and Raumati South School

Here are some photos of students at Tawhai School with the postcards they made. I wonder which lucky school will receive them?

And we've heard from Tawa Montessori.
"We have all enjoyed making, sending and receiving the postcards and sharing the sustainable practices."

Here are some wonderful photos from Tawa Montessori:

Great stuff! We've certainly enjoyed receiving all of the photos and news on this blog as well!

And, up the Kāpiti Coast, the Enviroschools Facilitator Rachel Tobin had this to say:

"Thanks to the new-entrant children in Room 5 at Raumati South School for their colourful array of postcards which I've just received!"

Piles of postcards!

Carterton School students set an ambitious aim of making and sending a whooping 300 postcards!

Here is a photo of some of their wonderful work.

And of course, making that many postcards means that you have a heap to put in the post box!

Here's what the staff and students at Carterton School had to say:
"A big thank you to all those who sent us postcards! We loved receiving them and reading them. Carterton School students are looking forward to next year's Postcard Project!"

That's great, because so are we!!

Waikanae Kindergarten and Raumati South School share their good news!

"What excitement when we checked the letter box to receive such colourful postcards.  Thank you Seaton school, Naenae school, Johnsonville school, Esther and Levi.  We will look again tomorrow as it is the best feeling to hear what great things other schools, Kura and early childhood centres are doing."

Tamariki at Waikanae Kindergarten:

And, the Regional Coordinator received some wonderful postcards from Raumati South School, here's a selection: 

Lakeview School and Naenae School share their mahi

We've heard from Lakeview School in the Wairarapa who have made and sent 50 postcards!

Their teacher says: 

"As we have an extension Te Reo class those children wrote their postcards in Māori and we sent them to a bilingual class. We have received 21 cards to date. The class monitor collects them from the office each morning. The students are excited to receive them and have become adept at giving feedback on the quality of the card and message!!

It has proved to be a very worthwhile activity and one we would repeat. We are hoping to receive 50 cards in total."

Great stuff Lakeview School - we look forward to seeing photographs of your favourite postcards!

And over the other side of our Rimutaka maunga Naenae School have been busy. The Enviroschools Regional Coordinator was thrilled with the bonus postcards she received from Room 1 at Naenae School. 

She says: "It's wonderful to see students with such an affinity for their environment AND great artistic skills."

Thanks Room 1 for sharing your mahi! Kei te tino harikoa a Karyn.