Had a disgruntled lot today.
They saw the unglamourous side of gardening - weeding and they were not impressed. We've got quite a few plant boxes around school that were happily cultivating weeds and looking quite grim. After dragging several bags of rubbish to the school rubbish bin, we set about the plant boxes and despite my encouraging words of how much better it looked, the boys remained unsold on weeding.
So I made them do some hard labour instead, by taking some flower pots with Mrs Wright's daisies in them up to the front entrance. I'm trying my best to reach Mrs Whitely's dizzying display last summer, but it's not going to be the same. Of course, the wheelbarrow came out and their faces lit up and the enthusiasm returned. Phew!
The next group grabbed spades and trowels and we headed into the Reception class. They have a small bit of ground that was equally neglected as our planters, but the kids dug it over and tidied it all up. Later we gave the teachers some seeds to plant too.
A good afternoon with a lot done!
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