Modbury Matters

Teaching and Learning at Modbury School P-6 

Room 9 headed out to the garden for Science lessons. They incorporated this learning when writing procedures during Literacy lessons.

Science

What were we learning about?

We have been learning about how to make compost and how touse compost. We did it in the classroom with Miss Dilanjali. It was fun. - Elijah.C

Why do we need to learn about…….?

It helps plants grow and because it is good for the planet. - Charlotte.Z

What did we do?

We made compost with Miss Dilanjali and Mrs Paula. We used dirt, dried leaves, weeds and food scraps. We mixed them all together and let it sit for a long time in the greenhouse. - Ari

Write a procedure

By Lacey

Title: How to make compost.

Aim: The aim is to make compost. Materials:

  • Bucket
  • Food scraps
  • Soil
  • Rain water
  • Ripped paper
  • Dried leaves
  • Weeds
  • Shovel Steps:
  1. Put soil in a corner of the bucket.
  2. Put food scraps in a different corner of the bucket.
  3. Put the weeds in a separate corner of the bucket.
  4. Put the dried leaves in a separate corner of the bucket.
  5. Cover everything with the ripped up paper, leaving some gaps.
  6. Pour about ½ a cup of water into the bucket.
  7. Mix everything with the shovel.
  8. Put it in a shed or undercover outdoors to break down the food scraps and weeds. This could take 3 or 4 weeks.
  9. Put it with your plants to help them grow.

Room 8 and Room 12 Buddies Lesson

In their peer group tutoring lessons (Buddies), rooms 8 & 12 worked together in the area of STEM. Buddies worked collaboratively to design, construct, test and evaluate a Marble Run. They used a Learning Intention success criteria to successfully achieve learning outcomes.

Room 6 Composting

As part of Science in Room 6 we have been learning about composting and the importance of putting our food scraps in the green bin as opposed to the general waste red bin! We learnt about what kinds of things can and can’t go in the green bin. For example, our wet wipes at school are biodegradable and can even go in the green bin as they can easily break down!

 

We learnt about the process of how to create our own Soil-ariums to break down our compost. We made them in the garden today using dirt, food scraps, paper and dried leaves in glass jars. Over the coming weeks we will watch them decompose!