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Term 3 Garden Class Update

In spite of the cold weather, we have spent loads of time in the garden accomplishing great things. Week 5 saw us celebrating International Science Week by completing a “paper pot challenge”. Each group was given only 2 pieces of newspaper and a small piece of tape and had to build a paper plant pot. The winning group demonstrated that they could build a plant pot that held a capacity of 250ml of soil or more and could support the soil and stand up on its own. After our challenge, we were given a tutorial on how to make a sturdy paper plant pot which we took home with a sunflower seed.

During Week 6 we focused on pest management in the garden. We played the trivia game “Tomatillionaire Hot Seat” and had to guess whether certain garden creepy crawlies were friends or foes. Many students were surprised to learn that the beautiful Cabbage Moth was in fact a foe! You may notice many beautiful white moth cut-outs around our gardens, these are white moth decoys which aim to prevent territorial cabbage moths from wanting to lay their eggs on out brassicas. The Grade 3/4 students loved this activity and especially love that it is a pest control solution that is both cruelty free and organic. You can see we weren’t taking any chances and even placed them around the geraniums and succulents – you can never be too safe!