Hi it’s Nina here, I’m the new PiPS facilitator at Omanu School and I’m looking forward to an exciting and creative year with our young gardeners!

We are right into things already with a great start to the Term. The irrigation system is nearly running. Mr Webster worked pretty hard with his year 5 and 6 kids, lots of digging for the trenches, measuring, drilling. It’s starting to look great.

We've been busy starting seedlings and adding a bit of colour to the garden. The year 2 and 3 kids created lovely garden signs for our beds.

Homemade pesto with school grown basil was a hit! Especially with food prices going up, it was fun to teach the kids how to make their own pesto, and I was absolutely surprised that all of them liked it!

And last but definitely not least, Bunnings Mt Maunganui made a great donation of goods to our schools, so the St Thomas More students made this awesome thank you card for them. Thank you, Bunnings Mt Maunganui!