The Botanical Gardens
After our excursion to the Melbourne Botanical Garnden these were the images left in our minds.
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After our excursion to the Melbourne Botanical Garnden these were the images left in our minds.
Today we had to decide whether we wanted to take our plants home. Some people took theirs home and others put the soil from their plant on other plants to help them grow. We really enjoyed doing our gardening and hope we can plant more fruits, vegetables, plants, trees and grasses next year.
What we think about gardening by JSG
“I liked collecting the leaves for the bottom of the foam boxes. I think we should take them home and plant them at home and grow our own vegie patch.” – Callum
“I planted carrots but i think they may die because they look brown and a bit yellow. I think it might need some fertiliser. I have to do a lot of caring because my partner is on holidays. They might survive the holidays.” – Hamish
“My plant is growing really well and i think it needs watering. In my box our scarecrow has been blown over because it was really strong wind in Winter because it rains a lot and it is really stormy. My favourite part was planting the broccoli.”- Oliver
“I enjoy gardening because it makes us learn stuff like how to grow plants and vegies and some fruit.”- Dilllon
“I like gardening because you can have fun and get dirty. And you can eat new things. I think our plants are very dry and need more water so they can grow well and we can eat.” – Duncan
“I like gardening because you can see how big they grow.”- Jack
“JSG has been planting lot’s of vegetables and I’ve been planting carrots. I’m thinking of planting lettuce next year but it’s going to take a long time.” – Jessica
Today the Grade 2’s at EPS started designing the garden the Junior School will be planting over the coming weeks. Using plasticine, we made miniature versions of our gardens including fruit trees, vegetables and even ponds! We started by colouring in a baseboard to make either a vegetable patch or garden that we could put our plasticine models on. Very carefully we rolled, flattened and joined the plasticine to make things like broccoli, lemon trees and pumpkins. After we had finished, we shared our work and what we liked about each other’s garden. It was great to see every one’s different designs. Now we have lots of ideas for planting our garden!
Grade 2- Excursion to the Melbourne Wildlife Sanctuary
On Tuesday 29th April 2008 the Grade 2’s at EPS went on an excursion to the Melbourne Wildlife Sanctuary. We split up into our class groups and completed three different activities around the sanctuary. During the first activity we searched through grasses looking for bugs which we caught with bug catchers. We also planted some native grasses which we got to take back to school with us. We explored the sanctuary in our second activity and examined different species of plants and animals that live in the sanctuary. During our third activity we did dip netting where we dipped nets in the water and found and examined different species of plants and bugs.
Catching bugs Taking notes
Dip Netting
After we finished our acitivities we went inside and watched videos of nocturnal animals at night. We saw animals such as possums in thier boxes making nests. After watching these videos we got into groups and made our own boxes. We had a wonderful day!
Grade 1 – Excursion to the Botanical Gardens
On the 29th of April 2008 the Grade 1’s went to the Botanical Gardens. We split up into our class groups and spent the day exploring the gardens and participating in a variety of activities.
We looked around the gardens, taking note of all the different native plants we saw. We talked about how plants that are native to our school might not be native to other areas.
We had a close look at some slimy worms.
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