To celebrate National Tree Day, preschoolers from Griffith Kindylane Preschool got their hands dirty learning all about worms and composting as well as planting their very own tree. .
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National Tree Day is celebrated yearly on August 1 and has now grown into Australia's largest community tree planting and nature protection event.
Heather Gowing, Director of Griffith Preschool Kindergarten said that the day was really 'hands on' for the kids and a great success.
"We have made previous attempts to operate a healthy worm farm in the long term however the weather has not been in our favour," Ms Gowing said.
"However this time, with guidance from one of our educators and our Sustainability Officer Angela Zalunardo, we are hopeful that our worms stay healthy and happy in the long term."
According to Ms Gowing, one of the preschool fathers, Gary Dal Broi from WormTech in Yenda came along on the day, bringing with him a worm farm and nutritious worm castings to help the children plant their tree in.
"Gary went through with the children all the different levels of the worm farms and how they work hard to munch through our food scraps to create healthy soil for us to plant trees in," Ms Gowing said.
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The National Tree Day activities were also tied in with Early Learning Matters Week which aims to raise awareness about the importance of early childhood education and learning.
"It is really important that children are exposed to a range of different concepts and a wide variety of learning experiences," Ms Gowing said.
"We want to extend this early learning through the children's education about worm farms and the importance of tree planting where the children will be able to watch the tree change throughout the seasons."
With chooks already onsite, the worms will now take their share of the food scraps from morning tea and lunch from the children every day.
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