Now that they have a pretty good understanding of 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 Michelle Leech, Lyndell Driscoll and Kate Leslie showed them different types of plants including trees, shrubs and grasses. After reviewing what plants need, Kate talked about the about the role of trees to provide shade, shelter, habitat, and the importance of a range of trees in a plantation. The fortunate Preps planted seedlings in pots including eucalyptus, tea tree, wattle, prickly moses and native grasses that they are going to plant on the school grounds. (It's a bit cool when your Grannie is one of the special presenters too!) 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 into tubs to be taken back to school and home for their families Thanks Michelle, 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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