Yesterday the children spent some time in the garden. After naming and recognising the things that were growing ,we watered the plants. The potatoes and cabbage have grown really well. Everyone also made a self watering planter and sowed seeds that will grow into yummy carrots in a couple of weeks.
It is 5 weeks since potatoes, onions, garlic,broad beans and seeds were planted into the school garden and I am pleased to say that the garden is looking great. The chitted potatoes from every class can be seen and everything else has healthy shoots. Mr Williams has a very busy garden, well done. The cabbages that were sown in year 1 were planted out today. We also made some bee pots for solitary bees,as we try to look after our pollinators. We also tied the broad beans to a cane to stop them falling over. The tomatoes from year 4 and sweetcorn from year 2 will be planted when it gets warmer.
Do you have any growing news to share about your garden? I’d love to hear, Mrs Fedyszyn
I’m missing all the making we do in class , so its great to see you enjoying the sunshine and making in your gardens. Lawrence has been busy making a bug home which looks great, thank you for the photos. Here are some other ideas to help our wildlife, which you can ask an adult to help you with. Don’t forget to email your photos. Keep up the hard work, Mrs Fedyszyn
Hello everyone,
I have also planted my sunflower seeds today in a pot full of compost.
To save watering you can make a mini greenhouse from a pop bottle, keep the lid. Your seeds will also be warmer so should germinate quicker.
Someone has made this for their pepper plants, but it would work for sunflowers . Ask a grown up to cut the bottle in half.
Have a look at this step by step https://www.instructables.com/id/Pop-Bottle-Greenhouse/
Have fun, be safe
Mrs Fedyszyn
A BIG thank you to everyone who bought one of the Garden Club pansy in a pot last week, all were snapped up. The children had fun making them , we hope you like you original design. The proceeds will now be shared between Garden Club and a CAFOD gift on our return to school. Happy Mothers Day everyone, I hope its been a special day !
Garden Club visited the Community Garden at the Forest Recreation ground today. We met Matt one of the Park Rangers who quizzed us when identifying the plants and herbs in their garden. Well done everyone for recognising so many of the plants. Everyone then helped clear an overgrown garden so there was a lot of weeding and digging to do. Finally it was a team effort to create a shelter that we could all fit into. I was impressed with the team effort and enthusiasm from you all, well done!