Sustainability @ TPPS
Grade 4F has an update for you about their veggie garden. It has been an interesting lesson in the emotional highs and lows of being a gardener! Please read the following in a newsreader voice.
Summer and Nina - Good morning/afternoon parents and carers. We are here to inform you about our veggie garden. We are growing strawberries, lettuce, snow peas and mint. Most of our produce is going well but some need some help. Thank you from 4F
Kiaan and Jayden - In Sustainability, we have been growing some plants such as our lettuce which has been growing exceedingly well, same as our strawberries. Our spinach is doing great, but it keeps being eaten by something, however our mint is barely holding on. For some reason our snow peas have completely vanished. The parsley is on the brink of DEATH! Grade 4F’s garden is a mix of good and bad.
Marcello and Aiden - The lettuce has grown perfectly. The strawberries look like they are nearly ready to eat. The mint has grown fast. One of the snow peas has grown, but it has not grown any peas yet.
Rayan - We have been growing vegetables and fruit, but sadly we recently realised that our snow peas have had problems. But we also got good news that our strawberries have grown a wonderful flower and the lettuce also grew.
Ava Q - The strawberries are growing and the spinach is growing, but something is eating it. It has been very hot, so the mint is dry and small but it is growing slowly.
Christina - The strawberries have started to grow. They are a little white, but they still look good! They look very yummy and I can’t wait to eat them.
Anna - In Grade 4, we have been growing a VEGETABLE GARDEN! Some plants have been eaten by predators, but they’re still yummy! We will be planting a new snow pea plant.
Harriet - Today we went in the garden.hat we saw were baby strawberries and thriving lettuce, but something was eating the spinach. The mint needed more water and the peas were brown. We might need to plant more veggies!
Irene - In this report, we saw baby strawberries, thriving lettuce and a beautiful voluminous purple lettuce. Sadly there are some negative sides. The peas are brown, also the strawberries, something was eating the spinach and the mint needs more water. The parsley got dried out! I think we should plant more!
Amelia and Amelia - 4F’s garden. We have been planting fruit and veggies in our garden. The spinach, strawberries and lettuce are growing fine, but the parsley, snow peas and mint are struggling to survive. Although the bugs are eating the strawberries, they still look yummy!
Amrit - The strawberry is almost grown, and the lettuce is growing well. Something is eating the spinach. The mint is kind of dying and half of the snow peas are dying too. Half of the kale is dying, and the parsley is barely growing.
A few of our students focussed well trying to accurately illustrate our plants in the garden.
Our busy reporters hard at work:
The Grade 3s and 4s had a great time sampling some of the fresh lettuce and herbs from their gardens.
The Grade 1 students had lots of fun exploring the parts of plants with magnifying glasses. They learned about the parts that we can see inside a flower.
