week 3 term 3

Week 2 of term 3 ROOM 10

Recycled plant labels 

ROOM 10 planting some seeds for our spring growing season
We talked about the worm bath and diluted some of the worm juice to be used in the garden

WEEK 2 TERM 3

ROOM 1 in the GARDEN

Today we harvested some silverbeet, spinach and broccoli we chopped them and added them to a potato puree and made them into delicious " potato and greens" cookies !

WEEK 1 of TERM 3

Room 1 in the Garden

We visited the Garden for the first time 

We used seed mix to sow peas

We watered the seeds 

They will need a warm sunny place to grow

We ate some raw broccoli ! 

Winter 2014

Last day of Term 2 in the Garden. 3rd July 2014

Room 4 and Room 14 worked very hard during Term 2.

During Autumn we harvested the produce and either ate it raw or cooked it. We collected seeds to store for next year. Winter crops were planted. We added compost and liquid fertiliser from the worm farm to the garden.

As the weather got colder we added peastraw as mulch and nutrition to improve our soil.

We discussed the plant lifecycle and played games about it, we also made our own recycled seed paper.

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 

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.