Since Term One, a team of Year 6 students have been participating in the The Tread Lightly Charitable Trust program, Stormwater Sleuths, proudly supported by Auckland Council, SouthSci Comet and Curious Minds.

Stormwater Sleuths is a comprehensive and facilitated programme, designed to enable students from 15 selected schools across Auckland to lead a citizen science project to understand the type and amount of gross pollutants and organic matter that enters the stormwater system through catchpits (stormwater drains) located in school grounds.

As part of this year-long project, students aim to answer the key question: “Is our school community contributing to stormwater pollution in our local catchment?”