On the eve of our first visit from a year five class, I was weeding our nature trail and tidying up. To my amazement, I saw what looked like a female stage beetle! I picked up the small rotting piece of wood and put it with the beetle inside a small window seal plant container. I sealed the plastic lid tight as I knew it would rain, so it wouldn’t get flooded out!
Whilst taking 21 children on a tour of our nature trail, I asked who could identify the different plants, vegetables and herbs. The two items of particular interest were: Blueberries and potatoes. I asked, ‘who has had blueberry pie?’I was met with a resounding: ‘No!’ I then asked, ‘who has had a blueberry muffin?’ I was met with a resounding: ‘Yes!’
We looked at the potatoes and one child said, ‘I thought potatoes…
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