Now that they have a pretty good understanding about parts of a plant and how things grow, we decided to take our Preps out to see how this works outside the school grounds. The Preps walked to the Heytesbury & District Landcare Network’s nursery where Geoff Rollinson, Lyndell Driscoll and Kate Leslie showed them different types of plants including trees, shrubs and grasses. Geoff talked to the students about the about the role of trees to provide shade, shelter, habitat, and the important role of shelterbelts on farms. The fortunate Preps planted seedlings in pots including Shining Peppermint Tree (grows up to 10m) Prickly Tea Tree (up to 5m) and Silver Tussock Grass (grows up to 1m) that they could take home to plant. At Timboon Berry World, Heather Nicholls talked to students about the strawberry plants and the students learnt that the strawberries grow from the flower buds and that the green caps are called calyx. Heather stressed the important role that bees play in pollinating plants and that it was really important to keep the soil healthy to grow healthy plants. The lucky Preps were then able to pick the red ripe strawberries which were enjoyed as a picnic at Berry World. Heather even let the Preps try some of their strawberry jam and gave them a colouring activity for back at school. Thanks Geoff, Lyndell, Kate, and Heather for bringing our learning to life and to David Pope for donating the bus ride back to school for the excited, but weary Prep students. Comments are closed.
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