Let's Plant It!

Lower Prep have greatly enjoyed the launch of their new topic, Let's Plant It, and have taken every opportunity to explore the schools extensive grounds.

Children identified key areas around the school, including the pond, the woods and the paddock as key areas in which they could explore and investigate the local plant life.

Children have taken lots of photographs and sketches of the plant life available and begun a plant study considering the size of these plants and the shape of their leaves and seeds.

Later, the children will look closely at their sketches and photographs in order to identify the plants they have studied.











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