SSDB 2020 Food waste reduction and sustainable gardening.

Working towards the goal of reducing food wastage, the children of both N1 classes delved into sustainable gardening to kick off this year’a SSDB project. Not only is gardening a great way to improve upon their fine motor skill development but the replanting of leftover vegetables will also offer them first-hand insights on how some of the vegetables that they eat at home and in school are grown.

We partnered up with the community by asking parents to bring in vegetable scraps such as carrot tops, celery root ends and spring onion bulbs as well as empty milk cartons and bottles to incorporate recycling into the project. The response was enthusiastic, and the children were excited to embark on their planting project!

Before gardening could begin, the children had a brief discussion on plants and took a closer look at the different parts of the plant such as the roots, stem and leaves. The children also talked about the conditions needed for plants to grow and put forward ideas such as “Sunny days with lots of rain.”

And then it was off to planting! Here are some of our budding gardeners in action.