This is one of the projects i came up with to address the issue of violence , hunger and shortage of farming skills. Beside that the issue of polluting the air. This came after i saw several news on TV screens about killing of people by using burning tyres.I thought that it advisable to teach children the positive side of using tyres than the bad side.It seems to have positive impacts because since i engaged community learners about this project they now know how to use tyres positively . Every two weeks they harvest from that garden and take home for consumption. Alleviating poverty, protecting the ozone layer and to teach learners on how to maintaining peace and stability at a young age.

1. THINK TYRE! THINK GREEN GARDEN!
Phuti Ragophala Online educator and MIE Fellow from South Africa
phuthi.ragophala@gmail.com Skype ID phuthi6

2. INTRODUCTION OF THE LESSON
• Subject: Economics and Management Science grade 4 to 7
• Topic about food production
• How to engage community children to start food gardens
• Scarcity of food and skills, municipality backlog of donating food parcels to the
needy and high prizes of food in retailers
• A dialogue about this topic using animation

3. CHILDREN AT THEIR VARIOUS HOMES
TV screen news
showing a woman
burnt to death
through tyre

4. AT SCHOOL Did you see the
news last night?
Yes teacher. I saw
people burning a
woman to death with
tyres

5. How did you
feel? Is there
anything we
can do about
this
situation?
It was very
sad teacher. I
don’t know
what to do
teacher

6. BREAK TIME

7. IN THE CLASSROOM
• Some children came with ideas and generated more options:
• Making more swings for children to play
• Decorating our school
• Creating flower gardens or vegetable gardens etc
• The idea of starting vegetable garden was carried

8. Started green vegetable garden using old car tyres

9. MAINTAINING IT AND WATERING

10. Maintenance of garden three times week

11. HARVESTING TIME 3 DAYS A WEEK FROM TYRE
Some of the male
educators came to
harvest good ideas
about tyre gardening
Some for preparing
meal at
home(Consumption)

12. HOW LEARNERS USED TEACHERS LAPTOP TO
RESEARCH

13. AUTO COLLAGE, PAINT AND COLLABORATED FARMING
SKILLS THROUGH SKYPE WITH GLOBAL SCHOOL IN
USA
https://www.lit4life.net/Story/Preview/?StoryId=4593f2a8-a156-48fe-948d-cc1dba4ee6d9
COMBINE CONTENT PEDAGOGUE AND TECHNOLOGY= SUCCESSFUL AND INNOVATIVE WAY OF
EDUCATING LEARNERS
Co authored Online Chekhov app about the project

14. LESSON LEARNT
• Gained farming skills
• IT skills: Used apps like auto collage, painting, skype, animation and use of PPT
• Learnt about UN SDG’s
• Collaborated globally
• Learnt how to repurpose waste material s like tyres to make a meaningful project
• Learnt difference between consumer and producer

15. HTTPS://WWW.LIT4LIFE.NET/STORY/PREVIEW/?STORYID=4593F2A8-A156-48FE-948D-
CC1DBA4EE6D9
• Yes to reduce
• Yes to reuse
• Yes to recycle
• Yes to reclaim
• No to burning of tyre
• No to brutal killing people using tyres

16. THANK YOU