Chien-chin Junior High School has transformed a 530 ping (1 ping = approx. 3.3m2) rooftop into a “symphony of green energy” natural classroom. It was opened during the last class in the afternoon of Oct. 16, as teachers and students stood immersed among the greenery and flowers in the garden looking out at the green. The expansive view was very relaxing.
The ceremony was presided over by Greater Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu, who thanked the school for helping promote Kaohsiung’s green building ideal by not only creating a green rooftop, but also taking advantage of the school’s music class to integrate notes, music and a green concept in the garden. Chen also said that it would allow students growing up in the city to experience the joys of agriculture in the almost 600 ping large open class room.
School headmistress Tsai Yueh-mei said that applying for the construction of a rooftop agricultural garden at the Bureau of Public Works was very educational, and that students and teachers looked forward with great anticipation to the rooftop campus. She also said that they had chosen a very pretty name for the garden — Yinyue Nongyuan, the Garden of Sound and Happiness — in the hope that visiting students would enjoy music, greenery and sunshine.
Photo: Chang Chung-yi, Taipei Times
照片:自由時報記者張忠義
The school is planning to turn the garden into an experimental park for classes in a natural environment, environmental education and food and beverage classes and to set up various societies, including an environmental protection society.
(Liberty Times, Translated by Perry Svensson)
高雄市前金國中打造五百三十坪校舍屋頂為「綠能樂章」大自然教室,昨十月十六日下午最後一節課開幕,師生們沉浸在這片花草農園中,從屋頂望去一片翠綠,居高臨下的視野紓壓效果超讚。
市長陳菊主持開幕,謝謝學校協助推行高雄厝綠建築理念,不僅打造綠光屋頂,還結合該校音樂班優勢,將音符、音樂與綠意都在校園屋頂上呈現,將近六百坪的空中大自然教室,讓生長在市區的學生們,在校內就可體驗農作的樂趣。
前金國中校長蔡月梅表示,申請工務局屋頂農園非常具有教育價值,師生都很期待綠屋頂校園,還票選出一個非常美麗的名字「音悅農園」,希望每位到此的學生都能享受音樂、綠意及陽光。
學校已規劃「音悅農園」做為自然領域課程、環境教育、飲食教育的實驗場,並開設生態環保等社團。
(自由時報記者楊菁菁)
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