We had a fastastic time at the park today! Thanks to our many parent volunteers, and Mlle Jade, who worked really hard to keep eyes on everyone and help us get everyone there and back safely. We appreciate you!
In the morning, we made our way through the park to the zoo, where we saw mountain goats, bison, emu, several peacocks fanning their feathers, capybara, llamas and lots more. We ran into a zoo keeper who let us touch and try on an antler!
We also got to spend a good amount of time at the castle playground. There's so much to do there, we could have stayed even longer!
After our picnic lunch, we had our gardening workshop at the Children's garden. We rotated through three centres. At one centre, we learned about butterflies. Ask your butterfly what they do in the winter! We played a fun game acting this out!
At this centre, we also got to look in a bin containing a worm habitat, and even hold some worms, trying to distinguish between the head and the tail. Ask your scientist how many hearts a worm has. Does it have eyes? How does it breathe? Where does it like to live?
At the third centre, we got to do some planting. We learned how to turn over the soil so that it's not too compacted, how to dig a good hole and sprinkle in some compost, and then each student planted either a vegetable or a flower. The Children's Garden is growing almost every vegetable you can name, all planted by kids! Some of us planted Marigold flowers next to the vegetables. They do happen to be an edible flower, but that's not why most people plant them next to their other plants. I wonder if any of our gardeners remember why... At this centre, we also planted a geranium for ourselves (came home today), and watered all the garden beds.
At the end, we worked on a nature scavenger hunt, which we have also brought home (some of us weren't able to find absolutely everything).
