CIP Tane Mahuta

Today in CIP we were picking out the weeds that were in the green house. There were a lot of stone tiles that we just grabbed and through out of the green house. We were weeding the green house so it would be clean and we could plant plants in there. 

In period 2 the other group were putting horse manure into the end of the trench. It was the end of the trench that had no plants yet. They added horse manure because it is a type of compost for the plants.

The other part of the CIP group that was cleaning the green house were raking off all the dirt and stacking every brick the found. They were just making it look nice and clean and so it would be suitable to use as a classroom. 

In period 2 I had Kapa Haka and we were learning the actions to the song we just learnt, Whakarongo. We kept going over the actions so we knew it. 

This is the song Whakarongo.

CIP - Tane mahuta

Today in CIP I only did half an hour of it because I was in Kapa Haka and then my class had Kiwi Kaha. In Period 2 that's when some people planted some plants. They planted 4 different types of vegetables called Cabbage, Beetroot, Cauliflower and Broccoli. When I was gardening in period 3 I helped with the cover for the plants and the structure to hold up the cover. The cover is basically for the plants to keep them healthy, fresh and warm. To make the structure we had to go find sticks and stick them into the edges of the trench. Then we had to connect the black tubes to each stick that was on each side and when we were finished we put the cover over top. To secure the cover we put sticks through the cover into the ground. 

CIP - Tane Mahuta

Last week for CIP we were out in the garden cleaning the area. There was a lot of tyres and they were filled with soil so we had to tip the soil out and roll the tyres down to the back. After we did that we got the soil off the tarps and folded the tarps, then we took the tarps down to the back with the tyres. There was other groups helping to clean the garden area and they were the groups that helped cleaned the classroom and pruning the trees. 

Then today we started to dig up the soil and turn it over. We mixed in fresh soil so it would be fresh to plant plants in. We had to turn it over because it needed to be soft so plants and be planted there. 

When we were out there doing the soil we found so many worms. Worms are really good for the dirt because worms help to increase the amount of air and water that gets into the soil. They break down into a organic matter. When worms eat the grass they leave there manure behind and it can be a type of fertiliser.