Springfield School.
Greendot.
Kids Discovery Plantout Day.
Project partner: Te Ara Kākāriki
Students at Springfield School took part in a native restoration project on their school grounds —replacing an old pine shelter belt with 350 native seedlings, creating a legacy Greendot within the learning environment.
Older students were paired with younger students, supporting tuakana–teina learning as they planted together. The day included an environmental learning session, with students designing cultural flags using korari (flax flower stems) and native plants to represent Aotearoa. The handmade flagpoles were displayed at the school entrance as a celebration of biodiversity and identity.
Students also carried out a bird count and invertebrate survey to help monitor the developing habitat and better understand how native planting will support local wildlife.
The Kids Discovery Plantout Day was delivered with a funding grant from the Environmental Management Fund (EMF), which contributed to the planning, delivery, and planting materials.
During a Kids Discovery Plantout day’s students learn to restore habitat for biodiversity, including learning traditional values of indigenous plants and the importance of restoring habitats for these taonga species.
