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Incredible Edibles
We planted our potatoes, strawberries, carrots and lettuce seeds. We look forward to watching these grow over the next couple of months.
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Mar 171 min read
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Food Miles
Our food can come from all around the world. The total distance the food or its ingredients have travelled are called Food Miles. Food...
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Feb 241 min read
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Signs of spring
At break we took some photos. We were very excited to spot a small nest in a tree in the front yard. We painted some lovely spring...
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Feb 221 min read
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Lifecycle of a frog
1st and 2nd class have been learning about the lifecycle of the frog in our SESE class. We wrote a report on the frog also.
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Feb 101 min read
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Plastic Bottle Return Bin
Thank you to the Parents Association who have organised the plastic bottle return bin as a fundraiser for the school. They have kindly...
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Dec 4, 20241 min read
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Planting Spring Bulbs
We planted daffodil bulbs in pots before the Midterm break. We have a hyacinth bulb on display in our classroom and look forward to...
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Nov 7, 20241 min read
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Potato Harvest
We had great fun harvesting our potatoes. Our potatoes grew very well in the grow bags. We steamed the potatoes and served them with...
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Nov 4, 20241 min read
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Sunflower Update
Look how much our sunflowers have grown. We planted sunflower seeds in spring and our teacher took care of the plant over the summer...
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Sep 17, 20241 min read
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All About Bees
As we finished off a busy school year the junior room learned all about bees and painted their very own bee hives.
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Jun 27, 20241 min read
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Seashore Walk
1st to 6th class had a wonderful walk to the seashore today. We enjoyed looking at the wildflowers on our adventure and had great fun...
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Jun 24, 20241 min read
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Bees
1st and 2nd classes have been learning about Bees. Rathlee N.S. are working towards our 10th green flag under the theme Food and...
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Jun 10, 20241 min read
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Planting
All classes have been busy planting our spring onions, spinach and lettuce outside in the raised beds this week.
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May 26, 20241 min read
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Transplantating
We transplanted our Sunflower, Wallflower, Spinach and Onion plants from pots into our school planting box outside. We are looking...
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May 24, 20241 min read
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Caterpillar update
There is great excitement in our classroom this week as a butterfly has emerged from its chrysalis. We were lucky to see this happening...
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May 22, 20241 min read
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Green-Schools Food and Biodiversity
All classes have been busy this week planting spring onion and spinach seeds. We will be busy weeding our vegetable garden in...
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Apr 28, 20241 min read
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Caterpillars
We have welcomed 5 caterpillars to our classroom. We are excited to see the transformation they will take over the next couple of weeks....
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Apr 24, 20241 min read
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Planting Potatoes
Today we planted our seed potatoes in potato bags. Firstly, We had prepared the potatoes indoors to help them get a good start - this is...
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Apr 9, 20241 min read
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Schools Battery Recycling
Every year Rathlee NS recycles approximately 55kg of batteries. As a Green School working towards our 10 th Green Flag we are very aware...
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Mar 9, 20241 min read
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The Common Dolphin
We started learning about the common dolphin from the Seakeepers project. We wrote a report on the dolphin and displayed this with our...
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Dec 17, 20231 min read
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Picker Pals
We registered for the Picker Pals programme and received our pack a few weeks. This programme is aimed at 6-9 year olds focussing on...
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Dec 17, 20231 min read
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Marine Mammal Skeleton
Thank you to Jacob for bringing in the marine mammal skeletons which he found on the seashore with his family. Our investigations lead us...
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Nov 19, 20231 min read
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Green Committee
We welcome our new members to the Greenschools Committee. We are currently working towards our 10th Green flag Global Citizenship Food...
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Nov 5, 20231 min read
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Edible Landscape Project
We are looking after our Edible Landscape area. We now have the perimeter in brick. We have lots of parsley and chives. The lavender is...
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Oct 23, 20231 min read
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Hyacinth bulb
Experiment: to examine how the roots of a bulb grow. We filled a bulb jar with water. We placed a hyacinth bulb in the jar. Over the...
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Oct 17, 20231 min read
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