GB- Arbor Day

 23/6/2021

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Arbor Day at Lake Ngatu 

On the 22nd of June 2021,  Paparore School went to participate in the arbor planting.  The place we were planting is the lake next to our school which is called Lake Ngatu. All of the students in our School were sooo excited but even so we were walking.   Even though we were only going about 50 metres my legs were aching by the time we got to Lake Ngatu.

Just as we settled down two or three men and women started talking and giving us safety instructions and a demonstration of how to plant the trees and the other plants that we were planting which included harakeke(flax) and this spiky plant that we had to be careful not to poke our eyes with. Then we split into groups. These are the students who were in my group: Chase, Larell and Nova. Our group leader was Chase’s mum  Kelly.

After a bit of a mix up and some confusion my group finally got to start planting.  Only adults and older siblings were allowed to use the spades that heaps of students in my school had brought.  The process that my group used was when we found a spot that had about twenty plants still lying on the ground in their containers we would go and stand next to a plant and then we would try to gently pull it out of its container then gently crumble the bottom of the soil so that the roots of the plants could easily grow into the soil. Then the adult supervisor would dig a hole and we would place the plant in the soil and gently place the soil back into the whole next to the plant. The whole process took at least 3 minutes.

By the time we finished planting about 1800 trees we were all starving.  Lucky for us there was a sausage sizzle but unluckily there was a huge line. My sausage fell in the dirt but I didn't mind.  I don't mind a little dirt.  After everyone had eaten their sausages  and had a little rest (which was very chilly because there was a brisk wind blowing) we headed back to school.  Just as I arrived back one of the teachers named Whaea Deb started a clapping queue to thank all of the adult  helpers and made all of the parents and other helpers walk through as well.  

My favourite part of the day was when everyone was rushing around like their life depended on it,  trying to find more plants to plant.  We all had a wonderful day and I hope that next year's Arbor Day will be just as fun.  Overall, I had a wonderful day!