A group of students were taught the skills of pruning our school fruit trees on Thursday.

On Thursday a group of students were fortunate enough to be taught how to prune our school plum trees. 

Wairakei School are part of the 'ORCHARD'S IN SCHOOLS' programme. As part of this Mary is able to come in and lead us in the pruning of the fruit trees. The students learnt how to use the pruning tools, (loppers and secateurs) correctly and how to prune our plum trees. 

It was a fun and informative morning. The students are looking forward to seeing how many plums will grow next year.