More about the sand dunes...

After we had heard a little about the sand dune plants we looked at the dune that some students from Wainui Beach School had planted 6 years ago.  The plants were still there and the dune was looking good.

Next we went along to the planting site in front of the surf club.  Some of us were a little disappointed because the site where the Coast Care Group wanted us to plant is great fun to slide down!  Mr Logan explained how the dune was eroding and that if we didn't plant it and stay of it that the dune would disappear and then the Surf Club would be in danger too.  We decided to be Kaitiaki of the dune and tell people why it had been planted up and let them know how important it is to stay off the dune.

A planting team from Room 10 stayed behind to plant the dune, while the rest of us went to a SECRET spot for a picnic:)

Our "secret" spot was down the back of Mrs Harris's section by the Hamanatua Stream:)  We got to see how the stream winds it's way down the hills to the sea.  Ms McVey told us all about how high the stream can get sometimes and how it too can cause erosion sometimes.

It was a great day out and about!  We all learnt a lot and it felt good to help out!