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Twin Lakes Celebrates Nutrition and Gardening

Twin Lakes Celebrates Nutrition and Gardening

Twin Lakes Elementary assembly is a performance rooted in nutrition

As Twin Lakes Elementary scholars gathered in for their assembly, they knew it was going to be an exciting one. The most telling sign was the row of vegetables, waiting to sing. Not literal singing vegetables, but rather the 5th grade performers decked out in a cornucopia of colorful outfits of recognizable garden plants – tomatoes and carrots, peas and lettuce, amongst others.

The lineup of plants and their classmates had been practicing for this assembly, which was also assisted by FWPS Nutrition Services and the Teaching for Learning department to speak about the benefits of eating fruits vegetables, and to engage students in becoming members of the garden club at their school.

The choir of produce opened the assembly with energetic refrains of different fruits and vegetables and followed their musical number with a raucous play describing each of the different costumed characters, and every one of them put their best foot forward – giving strong performances and making sure every pun – including quips such as a call to “turnip the heat,” and praise of a “seasoned performance” – was received with laughter. The pun making even spilled over into the actors’ positive experience, with one of the performing scholars commenting they “had a berry, berry good time participating in the play.”

The attendees loved the performances, and after the troupe finished, FWPS staff took the lead with a “Crown the Vegetable” quiz, comparing the different nutritional values between different plants and whichever plant had the highest amount was granted a crown for their victory. For example, broccoli has nearly 100 micrograms of vitamin K, an important vitamin for blood clotting, bone development, and wound healing!

After the contests concluded, FWPS School Gardening Specialist Danielle Harrington came up and talked about the Twin Lakes Gardening Club, that was opened this year, and all the exciting plants that were planted and growing. To get everybody involved, she ended her talk by handing out seeds so students can grow their own and join in the gardening!

Once the seeds were passed out to the classes, the school all joined in on the one-of-a-kind song, “Dirt made my food”. Amidst the clamber of the sing along, the school community for sure knew exactly what made their food. Dirt, if you didn’t catch that detail!

It was a memorable assembly for everyone who attended. From the words of the play, “they all deserve a standing ovation, because they really sprouted with talent!”

Anna Barrett, Twin Lakes PE Teacher and assembly organizer, talked about the intent of the assembly saying, “I wanted to bring our school together to make our students’ learning about nutrition fun and exciting. [This assembly] provided our students a fun and creative way to express themselves and make their learning purposeful and meaningful.” It is a goal for FWPS to help empower students to be thriving, confident responsible individuals, and engaging and educational assemblies are ways that schools incorporate our goals throughout the day for scholars.

 

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