STUDENT PERSPECTIVE
GARDENING CLUB PRIMARY STUDENTS Green Thumb Thursday is growing amazingly with student participation and plant growth! Its great to see the students are displaying The Lakes values of Leadership, Teamwork, Respect and Learning. Here are some pics of the Year 3 Sunflower Garden Bed. The Year 3s donated their sunflower and bean seeds from their excursion to Edendale Farm. Little legends. A big shout out to everyone who is helping and Dylan Ross for organising more seeds for the children can experiment with!
SELF - ESTEEM Why your kid needs it: Kids with positive self - esteem are more likely to try new things and overcome mistakes. “ They ’ re more likely to reach for their goals despite setbacks, ” says psychotherapist Laurie Javier of San Rafael, California. “ They ’ re also more respectful of themselves and others. ” How a garden helps: Gardening brings children a sense of accomplishment after they ’ ve watched their plants go from seedling to food or flowers. And observing how one plant flourishes while another one doesn ’ t helps children learn from harmless mistakes. How to grow it: To provide a boost of confidence, choose activities that provide a quick result of their hard work, such as weeding or pruning flowers. Another idea is to have them plant and care for a small tree, like a dwarf lemon, that will remind them of their achievement for a long time.
The garden club is calming and energetic. It's fun to see the plants grow. It's nice to meet new kids.
Lily Year 5
I love Garden Club because I get to plant different flowers and vegetables and fruit and play with my friends and show teamwork with my friends and Lauren
Scarlett Year 3
This article is written by Kier Holmes and originally appeared National Geographic.com, Published: May 29, 2020
I love garden club because we get to plant seeds and water plants and pull - out weeds. At the end of garden club, we take a photo of us all around the gardn. Gardening Club is amazingly awesome, it is the best thing in the world! Avery year 3
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How gardening can teach kids life skills (nationalgeographic.com)
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