St Peter’s Girls Prep junior phase learners celebrated World Bee Day on 20 May with a number of activities.
Learners were dressed in yellow and black to imitate a bee. Grade 2 teacher, Bronwyn Peake said the learners had a busy day learning about what bees do. “The girls kick-started the day with a rainbow scavenger hunt in which they honed their skills of observation and found various items matching up to the colours of the rainbow.
“We then learnt the bee ‘waggle dance’ and buzzed around the playground showing our fellow bees where the flowers with the best nectar could be found.”
The Grade 2 learners were then treated to a talk by the school’s beekeeper, Bryce McCall, and then took a tour to see the beehives on the property. There are 10 hives on the property and McCall is also in charge of producing honey which the school sells.
McCall, who has been in the beekeeping profession for nine years and at the school for three, said he was impressed with how inquisitive the learners were about the bees. “I am always amazed at how interested the youngsters are about bees, honey, how they survive and how they interact with people. Bees have been in our history for thousands of years, so the symbiotic relationship we have with them.
Two learners who were at the talk and saw the hives said they learned not to be scared of bees anymore, and saw how they can help the environment and people. One learner said she now knows that bees only sting for a reason.
Peake concluded, “St Peter’s is very proud of the values through which we inspire our pupils to be the best they can be. These values are to be respectful, be resilient, be honourable, be collaborative, be respectful and be compassionate.
“We use bees to represent our values and respect and love the way in which our girls in our hive are able to see how these values tie in with the very valuable way in which bees help to keep our world healthy.”
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