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Nature at school: Eco Learning Area
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Saturday, March 24, 2007. The Eco Learning Area (ELA) is a P&C initiative to change an abandoned area of the school grounds into an area for learning about nature and the environment. Several working bees and many additional volunteer hours by dedicated parents have seen a great transformation over recent months. The ELA features an eco pond built by year 6 in 2006. The project for 2007 was to convert this pond into frog-friendly habitat. As two boys from year 1 talked spontaneously about mosquito larvae.
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Nature at school: Quick Survey
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Sunday, August 30, 2009. For the survey mentioned in the Enviro Newsletter. Welcome to Nature at school. This blog is a record of the wonders of the natural world that can be found in and around our school grounds. See also Ms Voren's Blog. NATURE AREAS AT SCHOOL. FLORA AND FAUNA AT SCHOOL. Black and white birds. Tadpoles - see Frog pond. World Environment Day 2007. World Environment Day 2008. World Environment Day 2009. TVT Environment Education Resource. Sustainable programs for schools:.
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Nature at school: Worms
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009. In 2009, Year 1 established 2 worm farms on the balcony outside their classroom with the aims of reducing school waste and creating fertiliser for the gardens. Marrickville Council ran a workshop for parents and teachers on how to set up and maintain the worm farm and students provided fruit and vegetable scraps from their lunches to feed the worms. For a PDF file that tells you all you need to know about building a worm farm or fixing one that has gone a bit squiffy! This week'...
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Nature at school: Spuds galore
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Friday, August 24, 2007. Keen eyes observed that the potato crop was ready for harvest. It wasn't just the wilting leaves that were the sign of ripeness. Potates seemed to be bursting out of the ground throughout the garden bed. Word spread, and soon a bumper crop was harvested. The produce was stored in the cool dark interier of the school while a plan was hatched for a feast! Welcome to Nature at school. NATURE AREAS AT SCHOOL. FLORA AND FAUNA AT SCHOOL. Black and white birds. Tadpoles - see Frog pond.
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Nature at school: World Environment Day 2009
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Monday, October 5, 2009. World Environment Day 2009. To celebrate World Environment Day in 2009, students had a picnic day in Gough Whitlam Park with various nature and environment activities conducted by teachers and parents. Year One got busy making artefacts with paperbark. Interestingly, the girls tended to make baskets for gathering flowers and seedpods. The boys were drawn to making balls with paperbark and string and then playing rowdy games of throw, chase and tackle. Welcome to Nature at school.
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Nature at school: Spuds - 2009
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Thursday, September 24, 2009. In 2009, the crop chosen for the Kindergarten bed was once again potatoes. The ground was prepared in May and Kindergarten students took turns to plant their spuds. This time three varieties were planted. They were: Sebago, Pontiac and Desiree. One month after planting, the first leaves started to emerge. Soon the garden bed was chock full of potatoey goodness! The kindergarten classes congregated in the ELA, anxiously awaiting their turn with a trowel. NATURE AREAS AT SCHOOL.
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Nature at school: Butterflies, moths and more!
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Friday, March 7, 2008. Butterflies, moths and more! There are many beautiful butterflies and moths to be seen at school but can you tell the difference between a butterfly and a moth? Flitting about in weeds behind Kindergarten. Worldwide, there are 22,000 species in the Order Lepidoptera. Only 400 of these are butterflies (that’s just 2 per cent! There is no simple foolproof way to distinguish between butterflies and moths, but try these methods:. Moths: wings folded, tent-like; feathered antannae.
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Nature at school: Rainforest Gully Garden
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008. The school recently turned an unused and weed-infested slope at the rear of the school into a Rainforest Gully Garden featuring local provenance plants, bush tucker and plants found in rainforest gullies in the Sydney region. The aim was to increase the amenity and biodiversity of the school grounds providing an enriched and educational experience for pupils living in a highly urbanised area. We added a number of enhancements to the project:. Welcome to Nature at school. World E...
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Nature at school: Busy bees
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007. Most people are familiar with the most common bee in Australia, the honey bee ( Apis mellifera. What they might not know is that this species was introduced to Australia from Europe in about 1822 to ensure that the new colony had plenty of honey. You might wonder why this happened if you knew that Australia has over 1500 species of native bees. Since the establishment of the Eco Learning Area. The Blue banded bee. Photographed in the Wolli Valley). Are one of the stingless bee...
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Nature at school: Fish
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Part of the process for building a frog pond. At school was deciding which fish to introduce. Extensive research was undertaken to identify a local, native fish species that would control mosquito larvae without eating frogs eggs or tadpoles. A colourful Empire Gudgeon found in Wolli Creek. The following fish occur locally in the freshwater sections of Wolli Creek:. Of these, only the Firetail Gudgeon. For activity sheets relating to local native fish species. A small species;.
