Big congratulations to our cross-country team for their fantastic performances at the Rushcliffe School Championships. We came home with five top ten finishers, including a first place for Joshua and a third place for Eleanor. These children will now go on to represent Rushcliffe in the County Championships in the New Year. [...]
Look at how well the rhubarb is growing! We can't wait until it is ready to pull and we can sell it to you all.
This week in Gardening Club we watered our cherry tomato plants and planted some dwarf french beans. As the March weather is unpredictable, we covered them over to try to keep them warm and encourage germination.
Eco Club wanted to improve our school grounds and decided that planting more trees would be good for the environment. It would provide more shade for pupils as well as provide new habitats for many different animals. We contacted the Woodland Trust and applied for a selection of trees. To our delight, 30 young [...]
This afternoon we have enjoyed a lovely session with the Year 3 children. We did a spring clean of the garden, prepared our beds ready for planting and gave our Forest School area some TLC. As a much-deserved reward after our hard work, the children enjoyed some hot dogs cooked on the fire. These [...]
What a lot of weeds! We had lots of fun pulling weeds and finding worms and other insects that were hiding in amongst them.
After collecting more leaves over the last few weeks, we went to look at the leaf collection bin. Imagine our surprise when we found it full of sticks and branches. Without hesitation, the children set to removing all the sticks and branches until it was empty. Then they filled the bin with all of [...]
An enthusiastic bunch of Year 2 pupils joined Gardening Club. We went round school collecting the Autumn leaves which had gathered on the playground. We stored them in black bags, to decompose and make leaf mould compost.
