Year Three Do the Rot Thing

Today Year 3 had their first Education for Sustainability (EfS) session for 2024 with Ms Daniel & Ms Everitt.  We discovered that not all sustainability is fuzzy bees and delicious kai; some of it is yucky and a bit gross, but just as important for keeping everything going on Earth.  

We were learning about the FBI - fungus, bacteria, and invertebrates and how they play a vital role in creating new soil for growing new food. 

Inside our lunch boxes, we thought through how all our kai comes from the soil and it's only humans who have created non-biodegradable things like plastic packets that just junk up the world. We realised how important it is to compost our food scraps.  Do you use your food scraps bin at home?

Lastly, we looked at the school worm farms and composts.  We combined worm tea and compost to create a supercharged fertiliser for our new mara kai and native bush walk.  Carefully we spread the nutrients over the soil.  We're turning food we don't want into food we DO want.

Some of us were lucky enough to eat peaches and apples fresh from the school trees and yes of course we composted the scraps. Do you grow food at home?

Next time we have EfS we're looking forward to investigating the invertebrates in our compost.