As you may know, our class has been hard at
work doing a bee inquiry. During this inquiry we learned about the importance of
pollinators to our ecosystems, as well as to our lives. Without pollinators, we
would be without many foods that we need to enjoy good nutrition.
One of the things that the students learned
was the harm that certain pesticides are having on honey bees. As a result,
they wrote letters to the Premier and to the Ontario Minister of Agriculture to
request that they stop using neonics on our crops.
The second act of activism in favour of
pollinators that the children have asked to do is to plant a pollinator garden
at Clairlea. We are hoping to do this during the week of May 11. I am asking
for families to think about donating a few plants. If everyone manages to bring
in two or three, we will have enough to make a small garden. I’m providing a
list of plants that pollinators enjoy:
- Herbs: Dill, Marjoram, Parsley, Hyssop, Catnip
- Many blue and purple flowering plants also.
Thank you so much for supporting your
children, your school, and our pollinators!
