Year 10 Horticulture teacher Cristina Armstrong reports back on how joining forces with the Te Reo class has enhanced learning and well being for students.

The Year 10 Horticulture and Year 10 Te reo class have over the year done some shared learning. The Teo reo class taught the Horticulture students about Maramataka, gardening according to the moon cycle and Matariki. 

In return, the Horticulture class taught the Te reo class how to sow seeds and together they planted together some Kamokamo seeds.

At the end of the year we joined once again to harvest the rewards of our hard mahi. The Kamokamo were not ready yet, but we all helped weed and tidy up and harvested the potatoes which we shared out between all the students.

It was a fantastic way to finish off the year and students mentioned how much they enjoyed working out in the gardens and how therapeutic for their hauora (wellbeing) it was. We look forward to this mahi continuing next year.