Amelia was asked to organise some Year 6 students to 'create' a newsletter article about our school garden. Working in collaboration and without encouragement or assistance, they wrote, photographed and organised the following fabulous feature article. I am very proud of their efforts!

Vegetable/Garden Report

In the middle of Term One this year, as part of our Science unit, we researched what plants were suitable to grow in our school garden. Some of the factors that we had to include were: What plants are good for the climate that we have now, what their germination and harvesting times were. 

Once we had chosen the vegetable we were going to plant and made sure it was suitable for our climate, the next step was to make a greenhouse out of re-used and re-cyclable materials. Some of the things that our class used were Chinese containers, cordial bottles and even old straws.

After weeks of preparation, we were finally ready to start planting. We planted one of the seedlings in our greenhouse and one in the soil. We did this because we wanted to compare what plant would grow the fastest and if having a greenhouse changed the size and growth of the plant.

We watered the plants every second day, and once the plants out grew the greenhouses, we transferred them to the soil. After months of waiting, our plants have finally started to produce flowers and even some baby vegetables. Although most plants have started to produce, some still haven't bloomed.

Written by: Amelia and Georgie 

Pictures taken by: Amelia, Georgie, Aliviah, Tia, Ethan and Jeremy