Wednesday 6 March 2019

Weeds, weeds everywhere!

When we returned back to school this year, we noticed that the kumara patch we planted last year had become overgrown with weeds. 

We went out one morning and pulled the weeds out so the kumara had a better chance to grow. Whaea Katie had to help us identify what a kumara plant looked like first to make sure we were pulling out the right things!

 Hard at work
 Before
After

27 comments:

  1. Hi Grey Main school I think you have done a lot of work I like the part when you did the befor and the after and hard work when did you do it.😃 by Delilah

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  2. Kia ora, I'm Amelia from Yaldhurst Model School.

    I loved this because you've actually added photos when a lot of people don't put any photos in.

    When I read your post I learnt about what you've been doing and how much work you've put into it.

    To improve, you could add some more description.

    Why did you do a hard at work photo? Just curious.

    -Amelia

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  3. Hi Grain Main,you've done a lot of work and I like the way you were watering the plants, you taught me how to plant the garden.

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  4. Hello people from grey main school my name is Briar and i come from yaldhurst model school i like that you notest and acted quickly to help the kumara grow faster and what i all so like about it is that you got mostly evryone to help and it would be great if somebody could repliy and comment on my blog

    thx angin briar :3

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  5. Kia ora I'm Shay from yaldhurst model school

    I liked the way all of you guys remembered about the kumara so now they can grow properly and its good that you are very caring about the kumara and what your meant to pick and what your not meant to I hope that you will have yammy kumara by the end of the team did you maybe think about taking a video of you all working so hard but I love how you have add three pictures it just give the blog post more to look at maybe next time you could write more.

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  6. Hi Grey main school, It's Thom here.
    I have to say this looks like it was hard work and that it would have taken a while do pull out all those weeds. It is great that you are trying to save the kumara, but I still can't beleive that all that weed grew over the holidays. How long did it take for you to pull out all these weeds? Are you going to grow more kumara after these kumara have grown fully?
    Keep up the great blogging.

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  7. Kia ora Te Hiringa,

    I love kumara. It is my favourite food to roast. I'm so glad you are able to save the kumara. When will you pick it? Do you think it will be ready for a feast at Matariki?

    Our school has a garden too. There are some hard working students, parents and teachers who have been looking after it. Yesterday the picked the last of the tomatoes and some radishes. They were very yummy.

    Looking forward to find out what you do with your kumara.
    Mrs Spragg
    Rimu Class
    Yaldhurst Model School

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  8. Hi there Te Hiringa
    My name is Jonathon I am a year 6 from yaldhurst model school I don't have kumara as my favourite vegetable it is carrot but I still like to eat kumara.It is so amazing that you guys are so entusiastic about taking the weeds out of the kumara patch!how long did it take?

    yours sincerely Jonathon

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  9. Kia Ora, Zack from Yaldhurst Model School.

    I like this becuase you put in photos of what happend and what happend before and after the weeds took over. Did you know that if kumaras have holes in them it means that the seed was broken in half.

    Did you think about about putting pictures of the kumaras growing in a close up picture. So people could see the progress of the kumaras. That brought me back to when I planted tomatos in my garden at home.

    Next time you could include people feelings or maybe talk about how you treat them.

    What made think of have a kumara garden at your school?
    Did you do this because you like kumaras?

    Nga Mihi Zack

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  10. Hey Greymain School my name is Renae, I am a 9 year old student from Yaldhurst Model School.
    I love how you told us about what happened to the Kumaras.
    Next time you could tell us more about the Kumaras?
    How long did it take to pull the weeds out?
    Great post.
    -Renae

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  11. Kia 0ra,Te Hiringa. I am Eamon from Yaldhurst Model School.

    I loved this blog post because I get to see all the effort you put into this, and the before and after looks, AMAZING! that must've been a lot of work.

    The pictures added are good as well, because it shows the effort it took do do all of this work to pull out all the old sticky wet weeds!

    Next time you could add some more writing somewhere in this blog, because it would explain more about the time that you put in!

    And here is a question. How long did this take to do?

    kind regards, Eamon.🐱

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  12. Hello Grey Main, I am Sam from Yaldhurst Model School,

    I think that this is another great blog post! You guys
    Must have put in alot of hard work when pulling
    the weeds out of the ground. Are any of the Kumara
    ready?

    Keep the great blogging up

    Sam

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  13. Hello Grey main I am A from Yaldhurst Model School,
    Great blog post.I think you guys put a lot of hard work pulling out the weeds.I just came to New Zealand a few days ago and I don't know what a kumaru plant means ? can you tell me ?

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  14. Hello Grey main school!

    Im Eamon from Yaldhurst model school!

    I really like the way you have a before and after picture, and I think that it gives us a pretty clear idea of how it looks after you have done all the hard work of weeding and taking out all of that nasty bad stuff killing the normal plants in your garden.

    Did you think about adding a little bit of info at the bottom of your post if you did think of that, I think you should have added that little piece, it would make your post better, even if it was just a little goodbye.

    I think you could have added some more writing at the top or in between, so we understnd a bit more about the post, and what exactly you have done through the process of doing the gardening, and pulling weeds out of the garden.

    anyways, bye guys!

    Kind regards, Eamon

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  16. kia,ora my name is Connor I'm from yaldhurst.I enjoy the part where you had it all like with weed and then it went changed into a nice.did you guys plan about doing this. why did you do this.
    from connor

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  17. Kia ora e te whaanau ko Cohen tooku ingoa kei te haere ahau ki te kura auraki o Taamaki primary
    Ko Te Puna Wairua tooku akomanga

    Ko taku paatai tuatahi ko wai koe?
    patai tuarua no whea koe?
    patai tuatoru ko wai toona ingoa whaanau?
    patai tuawhaa ko wai too tino hoa?
    patai tuarima kei whea too kura?
    That's all of my questions,thank you for your time.
    Ka kite anoo!

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  18. Kia ora Te Hiringa, ko Waiari tooku ingoa.
    He konga ahau kei Taamaki Primary School.
    I am also a stundent leader and currently a year 7 student.
    I am in a bi-lingual akomanga. We are the offical Maaori akomanga called Te Puna Wairua.
    Here is some facts about us...
    We are loud,
    We are noisey,
    we love Maaori music,
    and mostly love to awhi,
    our kaioko is Whaea Lee, Matua Andre and Whaea Tamara.
    Whaea Tamara is a maama from one of our class mates. (Delontaye-Azay)
    Matua Andre is our kapahaka truitor.
    Thats all.
    Are you guys like us?
    Okay now i'm gonna ask you some questions??

    Do you play sports?

    Do you speak fluent Maaori?

    Do you have kiwi sports?

    Do you have more than 1 Pouako?

    Kakite Ano!

    Thats all my questions.

    Hope to see a respond, ka kite!!

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  19. kia ora ee te whanau ko Dontay toku ingoa miharo mahi i have toru patai
    do you guys play for marist? do you guys play ki o rahi? do you guys like your pangarau? that is all kakite ano.

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  20. Kia ora e te whaanau! Ko Azaleigha tooku ingoa, I am a kotiro that attends Taamaki Primary School. I am 10 years old and I am in a Reo - Rua akomanga. We speak two languages and that is Te Reo Maaori and Te Reo Paakeha. We all enjoy the Maaori games we play. Such as Ki-o-rahi, Pako (we haven't played this in a long time), Pukana and etc. We also do our Pangaarau in Maaori and it is way easier then Paakeha Pangaarau because I got use to it and I barely understood. Anyways we are a mixed akomanga of year 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's and year 8's.
    Now here are some facts about our akomanga Te Puna Wairua....
    1. We're a very loud akomanga
    2. We love to listen to and watch kapa haka.
    3. We enjoy listening to Maaori music while doing our mahi.
    4. We are the biggest akomanga in the whole kura
    5. We love to awhi others when they are upset
    6. We also like to play this game and its called Bull Rush
    We have toru kaiako and there names are Whaea Lee-Ann, Matua Punehu, Matua Andre. They also have a wonderful helper that is also my maamaa, my brother also attends my kura and is in the same akomanga as me. Anyways her name is Whaea Mara she is a wonderful helper because she is very helpful when the kaiako are stressed, that's all the facts you would need to know about Te Puna Wairua.
    Now I have waru patai for you guys!

    Kotahi Patai: Do you have 1 kaiako or more?

    Rua Patai: Do you listen to Maaori music?

    Toru patai: What do you do in your spare time?

    Whaa patai: What do you like to do with your whaanau?

    Rima patai: Do you have any hobbies?

    Ono patai: If you do what is it?

    Whitu patai: Do you guys like Pangaarau?

    Waru Patai: Do you speak fluent Te Reo Maaori?

    Look forward to hearing back from you,
    Ka kite anoo.

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  21. Kia ora e te whaanau! Kei te pehea koe? I hope you are all doing ok and safe right now. Make sure you guys stay inside so your safe and sound. Anyways I was wondering if you guys are having a great holiday because it is kind of boring without you talking with your friends. But lucky we have google hangouts so that means that we all can see each other when it is learning time especially.

    Any who I have some patai for you!

    Tahi Patai: What have you guys been doing for your holidays?

    Rua Patai: Have you guys been doing digital mahi?

    Toru Patai: What do you have planned for your holidays?

    Whaa Patai: What is the first thing you want to do when the lock down has been lifted?

    Ka kite anoo e te whaanau!!

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  22. Kia ora Tipene here again Kei te pehea koe for us as Te Puna Wairua is fine but don't forget your daily question were do kiore like to hide.
    Well thats it for today
    kia mihi koe mo to wa

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  23. Kia ora Waiari/Ari tooku ingoaa!!! Kei te pehea koe???
    I got a few question for you al!!

    How's your lockdown?

    How life?

    DO you think its fun or boring inside?

    Do you like online learning?

    Thats it for me KA KITE ANOO!!!!!!!!!!1

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  24. Kia ora koutou o Grey main kura ko Sterling tooku ingoa,
    I really like how you hard work on doing you garden it look's cleaner then before i loved this blog post because I get to see all the effort you put into this, and the before and after looks amazing that must been a lot of work. I have toru nga patai?
    Did it take you long time to do it?
    Did you like doing it?
    Do you like doing online work while lockdown?
    Kakite anoo Sterling

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  25. Kia ora, Rawiri here and I just wanna say has your school been having fun in isolation for over eight weeks. Well our school has been having fun because this week was kinda just about boneding.

    Is it more fun at school doing work or is it more fun playing games?
    Can you do more things at home or school?
    Thats all for today and let us keep close together not wide apart - Waiho I te taipoto kaua I te toiroa

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  26. Kia ora e te whānau, Kei te pehea koe? I was just wondering how you guys were doing in lockdown (or are you guys even in lockdown?) I hope you all are healthy and safe during this Covid-19. I hope you guys are still catching up on your education while staying at home. I wonder if you guys went into level 2, and did yous miss your friends and kaiako? because I sure did!
    Anywho I have a few patai to ask you guys!

    1. How did you feel when it first started?

    2. What was the first thing you did during lockdown when you woke up?

    3. Why did you do that? (if you did anything)

    Nga mihi for reading my korero and I would really appreciate if you went to go and check out our blog post!

    Ka kite!! and nga mihi!!

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  27. Kia ora e te whanau ko Moananui tooku ingoa.

    I go to tamaki primary school and I am a year 6 but also 10 years old.
    I hope all of you guys were good and healthy during lockdown because I was very bored and I didn't like it myself.

    Now I have some patai for you guys

    How was the lockdown for yous?

    Did you have fun with this lockdown?

    What did you do during lockdown?

    ka kite anoo e te whaanau.

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Thanks for your your positive, thoughtful, helpful korero.