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In The Garden Patch …
This year we are excited to involve all the staff and students at Tooradin Primary School in Gardening class and they are all loving the opportunity to put their stamp on their class garden bed. Students will experience hands on learning each fortnight in the outdoor classroom with carefully planned activities that aim to deepen student’s knowledge of growing and harvesting produce from our school garden as well as learning to enjoy the hands on experiences that occur in our unique outdoor environment. Students and staff are participating in cultivating their own garden bed, developing writing skills from garden based ideas, using maths and science concepts to measure and problem solve and making creative art pieces to decorate their garden space (if they can resist taking their creative efforts home).
The Garden Patch Design ….
We have had the privilege of a passionate parents who designed and built a very unique garden bed system aimed at promoting student learning and exploration. The central garden bed was designed by a Tooradin parent, Heath Lewis, who wanted to create a garden design that would maximise student engagement in the natural environment and extend their understanding of garden orientation and the influences of sunlight and natural forces. The design incorporates 8 garden beds representing the petals of a flower and the central circular bed linking it together. Each “petal” aligns with the points of the compass so that students can learn the directions of north, south, east and west; incorporating another element to their garden planning and experience. Each Grade in the school has been allocated a garden bed to develop their sense of commitment, responsibility and pride in the natural space and this is certainly proving to be an amazing learning experience.
This year we are excited to involve all the staff and students at Tooradin Primary School in Gardening class and they are all loving the opportunity to put their stamp on their class garden bed. Students will experience hands on learning each fortnight in the outdoor classroom with carefully planned activities that aim to deepen student’s knowledge of growing and harvesting produce from our school garden as well as learning to enjoy the hands on experiences that occur in our unique outdoor environment. Students and staff are participating in cultivating their own garden bed, developing writing skills from garden based ideas, using maths and science concepts to measure and problem solve and making creative art pieces to decorate their garden space (if they can resist taking their creative efforts home).
The Garden Patch Design ….
We have had the privilege of a passionate parents who designed and built a very unique garden bed system aimed at promoting student learning and exploration. The central garden bed was designed by a Tooradin parent, Heath Lewis, who wanted to create a garden design that would maximise student engagement in the natural environment and extend their understanding of garden orientation and the influences of sunlight and natural forces. The design incorporates 8 garden beds representing the petals of a flower and the central circular bed linking it together. Each “petal” aligns with the points of the compass so that students can learn the directions of north, south, east and west; incorporating another element to their garden planning and experience. Each Grade in the school has been allocated a garden bed to develop their sense of commitment, responsibility and pride in the natural space and this is certainly proving to be an amazing learning experience.
