{"id":8217,"date":"2021-04-22T14:47:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T14:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=8217"},"modified":"2021-04-23T07:10:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T07:10:36","slug":"gardening-in-the-sunshine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=8217","title":{"rendered":"Gardening in the Sunshine – World Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

The whole school took advantage of the beautiful afternoon to participate in some ‘Eco Time’ as part of World Earth Day.\u00a0 This year’s theme is Restore Our Earth<\/em>, which focuses on natural processes, emerging green technologies, and innovative thinking that can restore the world\u2019s ecosystems.<\/p>\n

Morrisons have kindly donated sunflower seed packets to local schools as part of their Seeds of Hope<\/em> initiative.\u00a0 The philosophy behind the Morrisons project is to ‘nourish your plant and nurture your mind’.\u00a0 The school\u00a0 decided that these two events aligned and would give us an excellent opportunity to both support natural biodiversity and ‘nurture’\u00a0 our minds at the same time.\u00a0 Sunflowers are a valuable source of food for birds, bees and insects,\u00a0 so we are doing our bit to support biodiversity.<\/p>\n

Everyone planted dwarf sunflowers which we will care for and nurture to grow seedlings.\u00a0 We will then send these home so children can plant them in their gardens to enjoy and share with their family, supporting insect life in many gardens.<\/p>\n

The children seeded our wooden planter and planted up large pots to\u00a0 make a display we can all enjoy outside the dinner hall.\u00a0 Everyone will be able to view the cheery sunflowers as they walk into school.<\/p>\n