Plant a wall of fruit - Response questions

 

Plant a wall of fruit

When you looked at the first picture in the text, what did you think it was?

I thought they were green grapes.

When you read the title what did you think the text was going to be about?

I thought about the website helping how to garden.

What does this sentence mean? Explain in your own words

No room for trees? Make the most of the vertical space and create a fruiting wall!  With flowers, colourful

foliage and attractive branch patterns too, fruit trees are as ornamental as they are productive. A fruiting

wall will also double as a privacy screen. 

It talks about fill those vertical space with fruits. Grow fruit trees so that the room is attractive and smell great.

A fruit wall can also be a privacy screen. 

If passion fruit is planted in summer how many months will it take to grow?

Probably 15 months.

What is a fruiting hedge?

A fruiting hedge is like a fence but instead its plants, the fruit wall can be tall and can be short, can be thick

and can be thin. 

What are the 3 main fruit growing basics? (do not copy and paste from text, explain in your own words)

1. Pick different types of fruits to match the seasons or weather.

2. Make sure to water young plants well.

3. Make sure that when you prepare the soil well, so the plants can grow rich and tall.

What is an espalier tree? 

An espalier tree is a plant that grows flat on the wall or fence. Many fruits trees are suitable to be

an espalier trees. 

What is a wooden trellis?

A wooden trellis can be use as a fence. Some people plant climb beans or they plant berries to climb

them on the trellis.

How does the wooden trellis provide support?

Without the trellis these plants won’t be able to grow tall.

What does the last image show you in the text?

The last image shows a lemon tree attached to the trellis.

What is this text about? Explain in your own word

The text is about plants and how they can be great decorations for your house or your vertical space.

The text is also about how to plant them and which plants would be great for your house.

 

SPRING IN THE GARDEN - OCTOBER

On the site, what images are appealing to you and why?

The vegetable, fruit and flowers images.

What do you know about the company who own this website?

They advertise their products and sell. The website has a garden calendar

and their website also has recipes.

Have you been to their shops?

No.

Find on Google maps, the closest Tui Garden shop to our school. 

How many kilometres is the shop from our school?

214.6 kilometers

What vegetables should be grown now?

Pumpkin, radish, asparagus, beans, bok choy, beetroot, basil, carrot,

capsicum, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, chilli, cucumber, eggplant, leek,

lettuce, parsley, tomatoes, potatoes, mesclun, sweetcorn, spring onions,

spinach, rocket, silverbeet, rhubarb and courgette.

What public holiday is a traditional weekend for planting tomatoes?

Labour day.

What is better? Growing your own tomatoes or buying them from the

supermarket. Explain your answer.

Well I personally think growing tomatoes is better than buying them

because tomatoes taste better when you grow them by yourself if you

grow them well and properly. Some tomatoes are grown with chemicals

which will affect your body, so growing tomatoes organically is healthier

and better.

Find out how much tomatoes cost at your local supermarket. 

My local supermarket is Pak n Save and their tomato cost $5.99.

Which is a better buy and why?

It’s better to grow because the tomatoes you buy from the supermarket

was grown with chemical.

What are some maintenance tips from the site?

• Mound up the soil around potato plants as the leaves appear through

• the soil. This will encourage a bigger harvest and protect the crop from the sun.

• Garlics and Shallots - keep the area around plant weed free.

• Herbs - cut back sage, thyme and mint to encourage fresh new growth for the summer harvest.

• Look out for aphids and white cabbage butterfly caterpillar as they will also be actively looking for food. Squash these insects, hose off or wash with warm soapy water.

Why should plants be maintained? 

So they can grow well and tasty.

 

If the images were in black and white, would they help you with understanding

the website? Why?

If the images were black and white it would still help me a bit. Well with colors

it would be more helpful. E.g if you are looking through a website with garden tips,

it would be more helpful because you can see what the finish product will need too look like.

Pick one of the vegetables to plant in our garden. Make a list of how to

plant and maintain this vegetable.

Sweetcorn

Sweetcorn are easy to grow.

• Needs warm and sunny spot in well drained soil. Spring and Summer is the best time to plant sweetcorn.

• Prepare soil with organic matter.

• Add a layer of vegetable mix to plant into.

• Feed corn and keep soil moist throughout the growing seasons.

• Stake taller plants and those grown in wind-prone areas.

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Building a Super Seesaw!

Today I built a Seesaw!! It was a bit hard to make but it was fun to play with.

Materials:

Toilet paper roll or paper towel roll

String

Blue tack

Wooden spoon 

The super seesaw fun to make, it was also fun to make! It was hard to shoot the 

ball in the goal but it was SUPER amusing to play with. I had lots of fun making 

the seesaw which turned out to be a catapult.   

Building a Xylophone

Activity 1 - Build a Xylophone

Today I have built a Xylophone, it was very easy and fun to make.

What is a Xylophone?

A Xylophone is a type of instruments with various pitch. You can make many

beautiful melody with a Xylophone. 

Here are the materials you need

• Glasses 
• Water
• Pencil
• Paper
• Tape
• Scissors

Here is a video of me making the Xylophone

When I tested out the Xylophone, it made many pitch, low pitch, high pitch and medium pitch.

The paper Xylophone sounded good as well and also it made good pitches.

Making a Xylophone with papers and glasses were fun to make. While I was making the glass xylophone, I learnt that the more the glass aren't filled with water, the more the pitch is higher and when the glass is filled with more water, it creates a low pitch

Should Glenbrae School student wear what they want to wear to school?

Should Glenbrae School student wear what they want

to wear to school?

Kamusta my name is Dwyane Lucero and I am a year 8 student at Glenbrae School. 

Some students might not agree but I think it is important to wear school uniform. 

Well I think students can wear anything to school ON special occasions like:

language weeks, school festivals, sports day and mufti day. 

Wearing school uniforms means we are neat and tidy students and we belong to a

pleasant and hard-working school. 

If students wear anything they want to school, they might wear bandanas or other accessories which some schools won’t tolerate. Going to school trips wearing other

clothes means you aren’t representing your school. Don’t you want people to think

that you go to the best school in town? Don’t you want the citizens to think you’re a educated person? 

Villi and the GUt

This is my DLO about Villi and the gut.

Maths - Capacity, Volume and Area plans