Year 3 Where do all the leaves go?

 Today, Year 3 began their EfS lesson by playing in the leaves by the Junior Playground.  

We wondered what happens to all the leaves that fall off the trees ...

Harshveer: "The fungus, bacteria and invertebrates destroy them"

"Mr Dowden rakes them up." James

"The wind blows them away." Robin

Alice: "I think they might go into the soil."

Nixon: "Maybe they stay there."

Lilly-Rose: "I think they get blown away."

Emilia: "I think the FBI eat them."

We took part in a Mystery Science lesson and created a paper model to investigate how the leaves seem to disappear over time.

What did we discover?

"Worms and invertebrates eat the leaves up" Hala

"When you leave stuff too long, it gets mouldy" James

Otis: "Decomposers break up the leaves."

Rungsheg: " Fungi, the mushrooms."

Advika: " Bacteria."

Dylan: "The worms."

Afterwards, we observed the FBI at work and helped to feed our trees by spreading mulch.