Fertilising For The Future with the Christchurch City Council

Last week as part of our inquiry "The Secret Lives Of Living Things, we went to the Eco Centre in Bromely for a trip called "Fertilising For The Future!" This was all about using organic waste and turning it into natural fertilisers. We layered ingredients to make hot compost and we learnt about the fermentation of food using EM Bokashi. Most exciting of all was making our own EM Bokashi mix which we were allowed to take home. At the moment, we have it at school and are waiting for it to ferment. If the mixture is just right, it will grow a white mould. If we added too much liquid to our mixture, it may grow the bad kind of mould, the bluey greeny stuff. But Chris did say if that happens 'all is not lost!' We can throw it into the garden as a fertiliser. Check out the photos below.

P.S. If you're wondering about the crazy hair and the brightly coloured clothes it was Wig Wednesday that day :)

Our great assembly!

Last Thursday we had a fantastic school assembly. Our special guests were Richard from the SPCA and Anneliese from Alzheimer's Canterbury. They were thrilled to be there to receive the incredible amount of money we raised from 'Run a kilometre for charity!" They each received a whopping $4500 from Ilam School kids!  They were very pleasantly surprised! Richard said it was the biggest cheque the SPCA had received!!

We all felt very proud that we had done our bit to give back. The House Captains presented the cheques to the charities and felt very proud they had chosen these two important organisations to support.

We also announced the prize winners from the junior, middle and senior school. These children had raised the most money! After that, they announced the house that had raised the most money. That house was RAKAIA! 

A HUGE well done to EVERYONE at ILAM SCHOOL.

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