Today in Education for Sustainability, Year One were investigating how plants grow.

After our karakia and waiata, we wondered what grows ...

Gus "Strawberries"

Bella "Trees"

Ada "Seeds"

Ryder "Ourselves"

Nakoa "Corn"

Layton "Hay"

Elsa "A pear"

Ada "A giraffe"

Amber "Flowers"

Kayden "Lions"

Ronni "Elephants"

"Rhino" Brooklyn

"Hair" Zayne

Everything that is alive grows.

We all need different things to grow.  What do plants need to grow?  We went to the Mara Kai to see.  Wow, we saw silverbeet, sorrel, kumara, thyme, rosemary and carrots.  Everyone got to pick a carrot. We felt the sun and saw the soil and raindrops.  That's what makes our garden grow.

When we got back to class we read a Fredge story about how to grow veggies. Then it was time to eat the carrots from the mara. YUM!

Lastly, we drew what plants need to grow.

In the second part of our Education for Sustainability lesson, we were lucky enough to be visited by The Youth Project.