Monday 30 June 2014

Winter 2014

Winter - cold and windy outside
Room 4 and Room 14
We have made Plantable Seed Paper:
Collect paper scrap from classroom , tear in little bits, add water, add colour ( we used beetroot and spinach from our garden) , blend the paper, pour over mesh screen, press water out using towels and a rolling pin.
Room 14 made large sheets of paper and Room 4 made small shapes using cookie cutters.
Last week of the term : Paper is dry and ready to go home! Children wrote instructions on how to plant the seed paper. Children are taking pots home to plant their seed paper and watch the seeds grow.
Seeds used : MARIGOLDS ( harvested by the children from CTS Edible Garden. )
TOPIC : Winter - Plant Lifecycle 



Sunday 15 June 2014

Room 4 - preparing the garden for Winter 2014

Winter is coming, so we are preparing our garden beds for winter.
New word - MULCH to keep soil warm during winter, prevent weeds from growing, adds nutrients to the soil. We used Pea Straw.


Autumn/ Winter 2014

Harvesting some of our produce to make a vegetable soup!


Spring/ Summer 2013