Kinder have been looking at sustainability and keeping our world beautiful, combined with the lifecycle of plants and habitats. 

Where does rubbish come from? and What can we do to keep the world clean? 

Through observation, inquiry, discussion and investigation, we compared how plastic and paper breakdown in water, and we are observing plants growing in organic matter and in plastic. 

Some questions and ideas from the children " When you are at the beach take your rubbish with you" - Hugo and Finn, " Be a rubbish collector like the rubbish truck man, they are important" - Willow, "Pick up rubbish" - Penelope, "Rubbish comes from people" - Hunter, "Do not throw rubbish away" - Oliver, "Why was there so much rubbish in the water?" - Edith, "Why do animals eat the plastic?" - Indigo, "The whales and turtles will eat plastic, it's not their food" - Isabelle.

We created art and the discussions were rich in the topic of keeping the oceans clean and the animals safe. The plasticine creations and bubble art are how children would like to see our oceans, clear and clean of pollution. “Our bubble art represents the water and this is how we want the ocean to look and stay beautiful for all the animals.”

Growing seeds - we know they need water, sun, shade and soil.  Children vote the tank with compost and fruit scraps will grow better than the one with the rubbish. Why? “Because it’s not clean and rubbish is pollution and it won’t grow as well.” “The rubbish will suffocate the seeds.”

We will continue to care and observe our seedlings and discuss the changes.