Getting the whole school involved

The Kindie kids were so excited about our new adventures in the garden that they wanted the entire school to have fun in our garden too. We decided that as a way to get the whole school involved in our project we would give every child in our school a flower bulb to plant. We are hoping that planting the bulb becomes the "hook" for other classes and that they will join us in experimenting with Project Based Learning through investigating our garden.

To get the bulbs out to the other students in the school, we wanted our Kindies to take on a bit of a leadership role within the school. So, we had our kids head outside and work together to count and package all 305 bulbs...one for each student in the school. The kids worked together to count out 10 bulbs, place them in a paper bag and place the bag into the wheelbarrow.

 

 

 

 

We then introduced the bulb project to the entire school at our monthly assembly. To make it a bit more fun and incorporate some technology into the presentation, we created an avatar using the app Buddypoke. Click on the picture to see our little video.

Once the video had played, some of our kids got up and delivered each teacher a class set of bulbs. They did such a great job! We are really excited to see what interests are sparked with the other classes through this activity!

To further include our school community we have made a bulletin board to document the students learning and journey. We are going to try to keep it updated each step of the way.

Corrie and Terra