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Green Fingers- Green Fingers ECA promotes love amongst
pupils towards their environment by grow-
Growing ing and nurturing plants in a sustainable
way. Pupils indulged in lots of practical
gardening activities where they sowed
seeds and nurtured them until they grew
Sustainably! into plants. The first glimpse of the beauti-
ful purple and yellow flowers on eggplants
and tomatoes was simply fascinating! Soon,
there were eggplants, spinach and tomatoes
ready to be harvested.
It’s a proven fact that coming in contact with
soil bacteria can stimulate the release of ser-
otonin, which is a natural anti-depressant
and makes you feel better overall. Growing
up in a greener urban environment boosts
children’s intelligence and lowers levels of
difficult behaviour. Green spaces improve
various aspects of children’s cognitive de-
velopment.
So, let’s Live green, Breathe Green, and
Go green!
Mrs Nahid Hussain
Prep Science Coordinator
Year 3 Teacher
In my opinion, Green Fingers is the most
exciting club. I joined Green Fingers for my
I joined Green Fingers to learn more about dad because I thought planting was fascinat-
plants. I have had so much fun and have ing and I wanted my Dad to feel proud of me.
learned so many new things. Now, I know how Growing plants is my passion and it makes
to grow tomatoes, eggplants, spinach, sun- me feel relaxed to see lots of greenery and
flowers and much more. I have spotted insects fresh air. I love Green Fingers in a way that I
like caterpillars, butterflies and grasshoppers, cannot explain in words. I don’t like it when I
which are normally rare to be seen. I even took miss the club, but all I can say is Green Fin-
one caterpillar home and I’m feeding it lots of gers is awesome!
fresh leaves. Lea Otaibi- 5C
Malak Gadelhak- 5A
I believe, Green Fingers is my I joined Green Fingers because I wanted to learn
favourite club where we have lots how to plant trees. Now I know how to take care of
of fun. I learned many things plants. I was so happy when I saw the seeds grow-
like growing plants and recy- ing into plants.
cling. We sowed seeds of many Sultan Kranoh- 3B
different plants such as spin-
ach, beans, tomatoes and egg-
plants. Hopefully, there will be
another club like this one.
Haneen Hamid- 5A
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