On our return to school after the lockdown period, students and staff were met by an abundance of citrus fruit ready to be picked, at various places within our school grounds. This year’s mild temperatures have resulted in our school’s citrus fruit trees producing a crop the size of which we have not seen for a while!
In our first week back, over three lunchtime periods, the Kaitiaki (guardians of the Environment for our school) eagerly picked and sorted fruit, after which this was distributed to all Junior School classes. Each Year 1 and Year 2 student received their own delicious piece of fruit. Of course the Kaitiaki sampled plenty themselves too! Remaining Middle and Senior School students can expect a piece of fruit too over the next few weeks.
We are very lucky to have so many fruit producing trees and bushes around our school. These include: mandarins, oranges, lemons, feijoas, peaches, plums, apples, pears and even macadamia nuts! It is great for students to be able to enjoy ‘home grown produce’ this way and learn about caring for our environment.
