Following on from our last up-cycling project, we can now say we have finished fixing our broken wormery.
The children have worked so hard over the past couple of weeks using the tools and their problem solving skills to put it back together. They worked as a team to decide what they would use and what tools would work best.
“This small bit is too small”
“ We could use this long piece of wood on the side”
“we need a little nail and a hammer to put it on we don’t want to break the wood in half”
“What does this do? it has a bubble in it”
We learned that the spirit level indicates whether a surface is ‘Level’ or ‘plumb’.
“What does plumb mean?” We researched it and found out that ”Plumb means that the surface is sitting straight, it is vertical” This meant that we could check the sides were running straight up and down. We also used the spirit level to check the wormery was level across the top and bottom. We found out this is horizontal!
Every tinker table experience is different, even if it seems the same. We learn new vocabulary every day and learn skills that we can transfer into our everyday life, especially as we get older.
Using a wormery for compost is an easy and environmentally-friendly way of turning food waste in to nutritious compost to feed your garden.
Now we just need find some worms to come and live in it and make up its bedding! 🐛
