The president of the Municipal Council of Cobatillas of the Popular Party, Francisco Fenoll, has announced that "a leisure garden will be built in the center of the hamlet, in the area of ​​the Church, which will have about 50 plots for The project is already underway because we are concerned with extolling, respecting and protecting our identity: the orchard of Murcia. "This week, the Municipal Board of Cobatillas has inaugurated the ecological school garden of the school Virgen de la Vega.
This action allows children, through this resource, to learn about organic farming by fostering respect and responsibility in the natural environment.
Fenoll reports that the objective of this project is that "children learn to respect the environment and, with it, be educated in the environmental sensitivity and the sustainable use of natural resources".
The Municipal Board has built four stone beds in the school garden, the first of this type, so that by being raised makes it easier for children to be more comfortable to use the garden and prevent them from getting dirty.
With this action, children can live from the beginning, with the planting of seeds, the experience of the school garden, orchard that not only teaches them to plant, but also serves as support in subjects such as language, Of agriculture, and of mathematics, since the children themselves filled the raised terrales (with the land facilitated by the Municipal Board) solving mathematical problems of calculation.
Also with this program, you will teach the smallest guidelines for a healthy diet, because everything you reap will enjoy in the school dining room.
In addition, they favor teamwork and coexistence in classrooms.
Source: PP Murcia