School Gardens

What an awesome activity for children to be involved in at school. Our school garden has had a great workout at the end of the year, and has produced an abundance of produce. I am aware of some local families who have been in and made good use of the garden, picking the variety of vegetables available. Carrots, Lettuces, Spring Onions, Potatoes, Tomatoes have all been ready over the break. The blackcurrants are prolific producers and will be used in a variety of ways I am sure.

Thanks to Peter Fletcher Transport who provided a hiab to relocate a shed for us to use as our garden shed. This was a must as it houses all the tools the children use for the garden.

I absolutely love seeing the children in the garden both in their own time and also during their class lessons. As part of this, we hope to develop an outside classroom using the straw bales, and a potting area where children are able to prepare seedlings etc.

I love seeing the positive interactions happening between the children. I can see children making meaningful connections with each other and cognitively, thinking about the journey from seed to plate.

There is a real place for school gardens in the everyday school programme.

Keep smiling!