Today year 3 learned that yucky bugs have a very important job of decomposing waste, so we can have nutrient rich soil to grow food in.
We closely observed some leopard slugs, sorted decomposers, consumers, and producers, and thought about if our lunchboxes fit into the natural cycle.
Each year we take responsibility for our waste and reflect on how we can reduce it. Watch this video to find out more:
Did you know compost not only feeds the soil, it helps reverse climate change by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere? Please compost your biodegradable waste. Food scraps can't break down in landfill and makes methane gas.
Year 3 kept investigating this important process and help spread mulch in our native tree walk.
We learnt about how all our waste needs to be broken down by fungus, bacteria and invertebrates, so the nutrients return to the soil.
We explored our school grounds to find out where we compost, worm farm and use chickens to process food scraps into soil.
We looked in our lunchboxes to see if all our wate could be broken down. Well done to the litterfree lunches!
Did you know green waste in landfill can't return to the soil. It turns into methane gas that is causing climate change. Compost reverses climate change, as well as keeping the soil fertile and damp. Do you have a compost or worm farm at home?
Plastic can't decompose and is junking up the earth.
We had fun exploring to find invertebrates and fungus in our green spaces. We love time spent in nature, looking carefully and finding new things.
Keeva found a tree weta huding in a hole!
We discovered a prey mantis laying her eggs.
We'll look more at invertebrates next week.
Year Six are championing our unique estuary animals. We want to get the word out about who is living in our estuary and how we can protect...
