What a crazy time of year.....

With the school closed for a training day, there was a lot of work to be done in the garden for our little groups yesterday. The weather this past week, has been unprecedented, with temperatures of 20 degrees.  This is not typical March weather, more like June, but hey, we're not complaining!  

Most of the children spent the afternoon planting seeds in trays - one or two started to get bored with the activity, but we explained that this was all part of the garden cycle.  We think some children expect flowers and vegetables instantly, but they kept to the job and we've got an impressive display of trays spread across our polytunnel, with many plants already growing.

Jacob and Cameron finally got their hands on the paint and painted their design on the bird hide in the wildlife area. It looks really good and even got a compliment from a passer-by.  Robbie and Gavin, our digging team, planted the potatoes in a bed and got them going and then went around watering with the hose.

Miss Golia and Class One have reserved a vegetable patch for their own planting as well as Mr Gamble's Class 4.  It's lovely to see the teachers bringing their classes out and using the garden as part of their curriculum and topic work. Funtime, our after school club, have also asked for a raised bed and will be planting their own veggies too.

Wednesday Gardening Club

After Easter we will be launching our Gardening Club for the parents/carers who are interested in gardening or want to help out generally.  Introduced on the last coffee morning, it is started to take off with several parents wanting to join. It looks like it will be on Wednesday afternoons from 1.15pm to 2.45pm, so I will be able to join in too. Please contact either Mrs Whitley or Mrs Hawkins for further details or just watch this space.

Watering Rota

A Big Thank You to Mrs Strahand, Freya's dad, Mrs Land and Rachel for volunteering to come in and water the garden, polytunnel and various pots around the school every day. We've now got a rota and its working out   one day a week of watering for them, which is a fantastic help and taken a huge problem off our hands.  If you would like to help, please make yourself known.  Watering the plants is a massive headache for us, so any offers of help is a huge bonus.