When I was gardening, I saw caterpillars, butterflies and worms. Whenever that happens,I will chase them away because I am scared that they will eat the leaves up and the plants will not have any leaves left.

Leaves are a very important part of plants asthey make food for the plantsusing the green pigment called chlorophyll. Plants will die if they do not have healthy leaves.

I think that it is my duty to protect the plants as it helps to keep the air clean and fresh and also beautify the environment.

By Darryl Lee Yee Kai, Pri 4B

Concord Primary School

I love plants and I like to see plants growing higher and higher, from a seed to a tall tall tree! I love to do gardening in school. When I do gardening, I feel special as I enjoy taking care of the plants and help to water and pull out weeds.

Another special reason why I like to garden is because of the butterfly corner. I can also see the caterpillars munching on the leaves of the plants! But it is alright. The plants are special plants which are planted by my school to feed them!.

At home, I like to help my mother to water the plants. My favourite moment will always be watching a plant sprouting out from a seed.

- by Fu Xiao Zhen, Pr 4B, Concord Primary School

I love gardening!

Whenwe wereasked to volunteer for the CIP program, I immediately raised my hand. I was very excited to be involved in thisgardening project. My friends and I can do weeding, and in the process, help the other plants grow better.

I do gardening at home too.I have 4 pots of cactus, 2 pots of money plants and 1 pot oforchid. I water the plants everyday and trim them when necessary with the help of my family.

I hope to be able to help out more and Iwill volunteer for the next CIP gardening project again.

- by Tan Qi Min, Pri 4B, Concord Primary School

Hi, I am Auntie Sharon. I work as a Lab Technicianat Catholic High Primary School.

Look at the bean plant that I was posing with. Have you ever seen such huge bean pods?This bean plant is sponsored by the Singapore Environment Council and grows so big under the tender care of our young ‘green fingers’ from the school.

The teachers are thrilled as they can use the bean plantsas a teaching aid. The boys also have such great time charting and observing the growth of these bean plants.This will certainly create a deeper impression for thestudents learning about the life cycle of bean plant in their Primary 3 Science syllabus.

-by Sharon, Lab Technician, Catholic High Primary School

After so many discussions and ponderings,a group of us from Concord Primary School questioned ourselvesand came up with the reasons as to “WhyKeat Hong Park is so unpopular?”

Most of us agreed that Keat Hong Park lacks beauty, which is why not many locals even know that such a park exists, as compared to other parks like East Coast Park.

We then went on our quest of exploration and evidence gathering at the park itself and armed with our IT equipment, wewent around to put our theory to the test. We found some interesting things and confirmed some of the things we already knew.

Here are our thoughts and feelings after our excursion:

• “Yes! We did prove ourselves with a lot of the evidence that we got. Throughout the whole time, I was able to think and come up with many different reasons. I was also able to prove my reasons when we went to investigate the place.”
• “I am happy that we can prove our statement. I was also very happy to present my thoughts as we were recording. I enjoyed using the IT equpiment such as the camera and video recorder. It was very fun for me as I can learn about new things.”
• “I enjoyed being the ‘video man’. I was also presenting, but not that much. It was good to see the things for myself instead of just talking about them in class only.It helps me tounderstand what I was taught better.”
• “The part of using Google earth to put my research in was very fun. I enjoyed seeing the path we took from school and to the park. I also enjoyed putting the pictures into it so people can see our research and enjoy it.”
• “I love to walk around and investigate. When we went there as a group, all of us had something to do. We all went around looking for different things to find. Then we also had to think about our statement as we needed to prove it. But our teacher told us that if we cannot prove it, it’s okay! So we just went around enjoying ourselves while trying to gather as much evidence as we can.”

- by students of Concord Primary School