worm farm policy draft and photos

Here is our worm farm. While it is starting out we have only one layer in use, i have stored the second layer in the top of the pantry.

There is also a photo of the gate that leads onto the childrens play yard. This is how staff access the worm farm with the children.

There is also a photo of the inside of the worm farm with some vegetable peelings and the worms eating it.

Worm Farm Policy DRAFT




We now have a Worm Farm at the centre which is located behind the Nursery which can be accessed either through the laundry or through the gate in the children’s main yard. Our Worm Farm is still being established and cannot handle a lot of scraps yet. The purpose of the Worm Farm is to work in conjunction with the corn starch bags (which can be disposed of in the green waste bin) to replace the gobbler as a more environmentally friendly method of disposing our centre’s food waste. The worm farm is also a great way of introducing environmental sustainability and the role that children play as global citizens. Below is a list of foods that cannot be fed to the worms because they will not eat them.



Foods that cannot be fed to the worms

Any Citrus foods

Meat

Dairy

Onion



When taking children out to the worm farm it is important that a few safe measures are taken. Only take a small group of children at a time (two or three).Talk to them before you go about the importance of staying together near the worm farm. Make sure both you and the children are wearing gloves and wash your hands thoroughly when you’re finished. Talk about what is happening – how the worms eat the food scraps and make compost that we can use to help our gardens grow. This can be a great leading point for other environmental research that you could do with the children.



If you ever notice the worm farm is getting a bit smelly it means they are being over fed and shouldn’t be fed again for a while.