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Year 2, Mary Secole

Posted: Mar 8, 2022 by: Tara (Tara) on: Forest Blog

This term the children are learning about Mary Secole. The children told me:

“She was born in 1805 and had a Scottish father and a Jamaican mother. She was so brave, even though she was bullied a lot and many people were not kind”.

“She was a nurse and helped everyone, it didn’t matter what side they fought on”.

“She healed using plants”.

Today the children learned about the healing qualities of lemon, aloe vera, ginger and lavender, plants that she would have used to heal.

Lemon was used to help coughs. Mary would mix it.

Ginger was used to help diarrhoea. Mary would grind it.

Aloe Vera was used to help cuts and wounds. Mary would mix it.

Lavender was used to help sooth headaches, calm stress and help people sleep better.

The children shared how they use herbs at home:

Eleanor: My mummy drinks lemon tea. We have an aloe vera plant at home. It can be used for healing. Rub it in your skin to heal quicker.

Florence: Lemons are very sour but I like the taste.

Sebastian: I have a bubble bath that smells of ginger.

Fae, Zienna and Henry said that aloe is great for cuts and smells like avocado and kiwis.

Eleanor, inspired started writing notes and tips to share with others.

We will start collating these in our Earthclass book.