One of the big whole school projects the Eco Committee have been organising this year is a mural to decorate one of the walls at the infant end of the playground. Before Christmas a local artist worked with all the classes to create images for the mural. Last Friday the Eco Committee met at lunchtime and went through the images created by their classmates to select their favourites to inspire the artist in the mural design. There were lots of excellent pictures created by pupils and it was not easy to choose, but finally we ended up with a great selection of images. These now go to the artist so that he can create some designs for pupils to have a look at and choose their favourite.

The keen gardeners at Scotstown have been dodging the poor weather recently as we get ready for the next growing season. We have been adding compost to the raised beds, planting potatoes and we have seeds growing into delicious vegetables in the greenhouse. We were also delighted that Kristoffer (Miss Hay’s right hand man) and staff in room 14, have made a scarecrow to replace one that was damaged last year. Kristoffer named the scarecrow Bob, and Bob was planted in one of the raised beds last week.