Today, after a couple of visits from Norval Dampney of Incredible Edible, the time finally came for the pupils to plant their fruit trees. Eco Committee with the help of Miss Whorlow have chosen the fruit trees they wish to plant in the orchard and chosen a fitting location for the orchard with the help and guidance of Mrs Richardson, and now they have successfully planted their fruit orchard!

They worked hard and got their graft on, they had a little help from Norval, Sue and Cliff from Incredible Edible and 2 kind gentlemen from the council, Chris and Kevin, came out to pre dig the wholes for them and lift the turf good to go! 

We learned all about the proper care of the fruit trees, how to plant them successfully so they will grow big and strong and the uses for the different fruits beyond helping to promote biodiversity in the school! It was a great hands on, muddy experience for the pupils and they loved every minute of it – from the caked shoes to the worms! 

We will see the Incredible Edible team again come Spring and they help us to learn how to care for our Orchard!