Archive for October, 2008

About us

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

We are a year 6 (with four year 5 students) class of predominantly Maori and Island students  ranging in age from about 9 and a half to 11 years of age. Most of us have had either no or very limited experience of gardening, so we are learning as we go…our teacher Mr Baird has always had an organic vegetable garden, so hopefully he knows what to do!

Gardening is another way that we can learn things like measurement (maths), time management, working with nature…not against, working co-operatively, and planning.

Gardening with Room 12

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

 

The beginning   The beginning  …                                                                                                                                                      At the end of term 3,room 12 planted silver beet and lettuce seedlings into our freshly dug garden. We added a bag of compost to give our seedlings a boost.

 

 First week of term 4, we sowed radish and carrot seeds.

Soaked peas ready for planting
Soaked peas ready for planting
Our pea garden
Our pea garden

We then decided to sow peas seeds along the fence line. We dug in two bags of compost, and pushed in the pea seeds that we had soaked in water for 20 minutes prior to planting….this gives the seeds ample water to get a head start in life (we hope).

Pea planting in our new garden

Pea planting in our new garden