Junior Landcare is celebrating 25 years of opening children's hearts to Landcare - and to help celebrate, they're calling on kids to write a letter and share what they love most about the environment and how they protect it. To help introduce the ‘Love Letters to the Land with Costa’ literacy sessions, the Year 3/4 students recently undertook a field trip to Power Creek in Timboon learn about our local Heytesbury and District Landcare Network (HDLN). Students were welcomed by Kate Leslie and Lyndell Driscoe from HDLN and Jason Ashwell from the Timboon Field Naturalists to learn about the role of Landcare in helping people actively care for the natural environment in their community. Topics were diverse - from practical activities that Landcare undertakes, the age of some local trees – over 100 years old, shelterbelts, seedlings available in the HDLN nursery, 1 billion bacteria in a teaspoon of healthy soil, signs of life in trees, how Mistletoe spreads, tree hollows vs nesting boxes, using binoculars and magnifying glasses to learn about our environment and we were even joined by two vocal kookaburras! Students were issued a challenge about how they can positively care for their surrounds and Kate asked them to write a letter about their favourite tree and detail why it was special. We were left with the thought that the most important gift that we can give to the environment is our attention. Thanks to our local Landcarians for an inspiring session! Comments are closed.
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