Students grow, harvest and sell vegetables
British International School in Ajman has a greenhouse on campus
The British International School (BIS) in Ajman celebrated its first Harvest Festival of 2018 last week, where grade 5 and 6 students harvested organic vegetables from the school greenhouse.
The boys and girls chose and picked ripe tomatoes and brinjal (aubergine) on their campus and set up a stall to sell the vegetables in shopping bags made out of recycled newspaper.
The students harvested about 40kg of fresh vegetables.
Art, science, environment studies and maths were all incorporated in the ‘hands-on learning process’. In the art classroom, pupils designed and made carry bags out of old newspapers. In science, they learnt about plants and agriculture. In maths, they learnt about the weighing and pricing of produce. Students also acquired social skills by convincing people to buy their produce. The school has won ‘Best institution 2017’ under the Grow Your Food initiative by Dubai Municipality.
BIS has also formed a green garden project on campus, which is designated for Foundation Stage one to sixth grade.