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30/09/2016
by Mrs Devlin
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Gardening Club – Autumn update

This term has been a busy one for the enthusiastic Gardening Club gardeners. They have been harvesting a HUGE crop of vegetables (that horse manure certainly did its job!) and tidying up the garden and front of the playground. The pots have been planted … Continue reading

23/08/2016
by Mrs Devlin
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Green-fingered successes!!

We have been having huge successes in our School Garden and Playground. Last session’s P3,4,5 class found out some fantastic news this morning..they have won the Grow Your Own Potatoes initiative competition with the heaviest crop and largest tuber from all Western Scotland … Continue reading

08/06/2016
by Mrs Devlin
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Old Fashioned Time

P3,4,5 were investigating different ways to read the time. We looked at modern ideas like digital watches and then learned that you can actually tell the time using the sun’s position in the sky. People used sundials to tell the time of … Continue reading

24/05/2016
by Mrs Devlin
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Gardening Club update…busy, busy bees

This week and last have been exceptionally busy for our keen gardeners! We’ve had to tend to all the vegetable and plants that we have been growing by weeding and watering them regularly. We also wanted to improve the front … Continue reading

19/05/2016
by Mrs Devlin
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Gardening Club – Lunchtime session

This week the gardeners and plenty of other helpers were sprucing up the front of our school. The girls and boys planted some trailing plants and beautiful, bright sunflowers in the pots. They then filled the hanging baskets that are now displayed … Continue reading

13/05/2016
by Mrs Devlin
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P3,4,5 enjoying the sunshine!

Whilst the swimmers have been away P3,4,5 have been making the most of the beautiful weather. We were outside yesterday enjoying some outdoor learning. Hunting high and low…      Jamie’s cheeky selfie!   Keeping our garden blooming Charlie ‘pondering’ life… Our … Continue reading

03/05/2016
by Mrs Devlin
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Gardening Club – Lunchtime Session 2

Pumpkins and Greenhouses…  This afternoon’s session was another busy one! Miss Brown, some of the keen gardeners and a few strong helpers put together our shiny-new greenhouse, after the old one sadly fell to bits when we rebuilt it last … Continue reading

27/04/2016
by Mrs Devlin
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Gardening Club – Lunchtime Session 1

Brrrrr! What a chilly session! Our very first lunchtime club began with everyone working together to plant some new strawberry and broad bean plants into the raised beds. They looked very happy to be placed in such nutritious soil (lots … Continue reading

27/04/2016
by Mrs Devlin
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Friday Fun Time: Gardening Club and Playground Improvements

Friday Fun Time for the Playground Improvement Team (PITs) and Gardening Club was a busy session. We began with making a ‘mood-board’ of our favourite plants, colours and textures and then added ideas of what we would like to see in … Continue reading

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