By Ms Samantha Granger, Year 1 Teacher

As part of their Unit of Inquiry – How We Organise Ourselves - Year 1 students have been exploring the central idea of systems that are designed to meet needs, with a focus on systems that have been designed to provide us with food.

Last week, our focus was on honey. Students investigated where honey comes from by reading books, watching informative clips and learning about how bees produce honey.

A highlight of the week was our visit to the school beehive. The students were thrilled to see the bees in action and gained valuable insights into how honey is made.

We would like to extend a big thank you to the College Caretaker, Mr Florin Suciu, for sharing his knowledge with the students. His explanations helped bring our learning to life.

Here are some student reflections from the experience:

“It was fun visiting the beehive. I learnt that there are guard bees - they guard the bee house and attack any bugs that try to steal the honey.” – William

“I liked seeing the beehive and Harrison standing next to it—he looked funny in the hat! I was a little bit worried about the bees at first.” – Aston

“I liked visiting the bees because Florin was able to answer all my questions. I learned how the honey comes out of the beehive.” – Anna

I really liked seeing the bees zooming around the beehive. I learnt that there were more than 60,000 bees living in the one little beehive.” – Tiffany