Two classes of Year 5 students from Straits International School paid us a visit yesterday. They were here with their teachers for a Seed Safari and Seed Collage activity. The boys and girls were very well-behaved and smart, too. Many of them asked intelligent questions and offered well-reasoned answers when asked questions about plants, seeds and flowers.
The Straits International students arrived promptly in their big bus at 9.30 and were quickly organised into their respective classes for attendance checking. As they were a big group, half the boys and girls went off on their Seed Safari with our president, Dr. Liew Kon WUi, and our Treasurer, Mr. Tajul Arosh Baroky. They collected specimens of flowers, leaves and seeds to use on their collages when they returned to our Oureach office at the end of the Safari.
It was a warm morning in spite of our recent rainy weather, so the kids took their water bottles with them. Their Safari included the Formal Garden at the Penang Botanic Gardens and they came back with colourful specimens which they had picked off the ground there.
The second group stayed back to work on their collages first, with the other volunteer members of the Society. They were given palettes f seeds, cut citronella leaves and flowers to paste into their collages. They spent a happy hour working on their masterpieces before being taken for a quick tour of our Outreach office back garden where they had the opportunity to observe various kinds of herbs, beans and medicinal flowers growing.
Here's a look at some of the pieces done by the students at our Outreach office during their outing at the Botanical gardens.
We have many children and adults' programmes at Outreach, from various kinds of walks and excursions to painting and art & craft activities. Don't forget to get in touch with us if you'd like to know more!
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