In preparation for building our epic Bug Hotel we have been learning a lot about habitats and food chains. As part of this learning we have linked up with P2G and the 3 R’s: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

On Friday the 24th of February the team from TCV came in to show us how worms impact our environment and how we can protect and use worms to make compost. The children were lead through the art of Worm Charming which encourages worms to come to the surface of the ground. We learned that by jumping up and down and making vibrations on the ground the worms are tricked into thinking it is raining and they come to the surface. The children collected some worms from our surroundings before making a wormery for our open area. We are now adding fruit peelings that we eat in school to help the worms to break down the left over waster into compost which we can use in our school planting patches.

A big thank you to Rosie and the team

at TCV for helping us to learn about worms and composting.