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 and Kate showed them different types of plants including trees, shrubs and grasses. Students were able to tell Geoff about the role of trees including providing shade, shelter, habitat, storing carbon and producing oxygen. Preps used their muscles to move and store trays on site and planted Messmate Eucalyptus seeds in tube trays which we can’t wait to see grow out. At Timboon Berry World, Carissa and Heather talked to students about their 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 back at school. Thanks Geoff, Kate, Carissa 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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