Primary 4 smelled and tasted some fabulous herbs in the classroom. We found out that Rosemary was useful during plague times to get rid of bad smells. We also found out that Chives were used in China as far back as 300BC and were used to make antidotes for poisons. Did you know that Mint is an invasive herb? This means that it takes over other herbs and plants, so it is best to put it in a pot instead of the garden.

Our class went out into the garden and started decorating plant pots in which we planted herb seeds. Some of us chose to plant Dill, Parsley, Basil, Coriander and Tarragon.

At the end we got a stick and wrote our name and what herb plant we planted and stuck it in the pot. Hopefully, they’ll grow into herb plants and we look forward to using them in our recipes.

If you are a parent or guardian of a child in Primary 4, I’m sure you will already have received a fabulous invitation to our Parent’s Open Event on the 27th of May 2015 at 9.30am.  Please come along tomorrow and find out what the children of P4 plan on doing with these interesting resources!

Miss O’Neill.