Botanic Gardens

Last Thursday Rooms 16,18,20 and 23 went to the Botanical Gardens.  We went on a bus. We went to the gardens because we had to learn about our topic recycling.

First we went into a garden house. Then we met Paul. He took us into a forest.He taught us about nature animals. Second he showed us a blanket about the animals and the invertebrates that live in there. Next we had to find brown,green and yellow leaves. Then we had to put it in a group.Then he told us about the F.B.I. You might be thinking about the police one but it's not. It stands for Fungus, Bacteria and invertebrates. Fungus and bacteria makes the leaves die. Invertebrates are animals that have no backbone. Invertebrates chew,chew,chew then poo,poo,poo.

After that we had to walk to the kids garden. First Paul gave us some soil to put in the gardens. We could choose any garden. Then we looked at the compost. We all made our compost with our buzz groups. We had to  put down a black mat . Second we had to put down wooden planks to make a frame. Third, we had to put in brown dead leaves and twigs. Fourth we had to put green stalks,leaves and vegetables. Then we had to put in coffee and horse poo. We had to mix it. Then we had to take all the wood out. After that we had to put the rubbish into the compost. Then we had to clean up the coffee on the ground. I wanted to get a broom but I didn't.  I just got a dustpan.

After that we went to make a worm farm with Sarah. The worms were called tiger worms. We also did it in our buzz groups. We had a green  recycle container. First we had put a river rock in the container so the worms can't get out. Second we had to put black mesh in the container. Third we put in little rocks. Fourth we put a green mesh at the top of the little rocks.  Fifth we put in strips of wet newspaper. Sixth we looked at the worms then put them in the container. But we didn't because Will just straight away put them in side the container.Then we broke vegetables and put it in there recycle container. The vegetables were cucumbers and other veges. Finally we put in a mat made out of carpet.

My favourite part of the day was when we got to play on the kids side and get a drink of water because it was a very hot day. At the Botanical Gardens I learned about the F.B.I which means Fungus Bacteria Invertebrate.