Some of the staff did some weeding in the garden during the summer holidays. They also picked strawberries and dug up some potatoes. There should be lots of potatoes, leeks and onions ready to be harvested by the time the children return to school.
Primary 4 have released their butterflies into the wild after watching them change from caterpillars to chrysalises to butterflies. They flew off happily on a glorious sunny day 🙂
We now have two bug boxes for our Eco Garden. We hope they will attract lots of insects and bees.
Some of the Primary 6 children have been busy in the garden planting, onions and leeks.
Each class in the school will be allocated a raised bed in the Eco garden. Some of the children in Primary 4 have been busy painting signs for each of the classes. 
We would like to say a great big thank you to Greenside Nursery, Newhouse, who donated over 200 plug plants to the school. Every child in the school has planted up their flower into a bigger pot. When the weather improves, and the danger of frost is past, they will be planted our in the garden. Here are some photos of Primary 4 busy gardening!
Some of the children were shocked to find lots of glass bottles and broken glass in the garden. They had been thrown over the fence. There were sharp pieces of glass all over the slabs, gravel and picnic bench. It could have caused serious injury! We hope it doesn’t happen again.
ZooLab paid a visit to Primary 4 on Monday 11th May. Anthony brought some weird and wonderful creatures with him. The children were able to hold and touch a corn snake, a giant cockroach, an African snail and a giant millipede. They also saw a tarantula, a scorpion and a tree frog. Anthony told the children some interesting facts about each creature and explained how animals are classified into groups such as molluscs, vertebrates, arachnids, etc.
The children across the whole school are working in the Eco Garden and using it as a place for outdoor learning. Each class have been assigned their very own flower bed to take care of. The children in Primary 3/4 have visited the garden for an art activity and the have also planted some flowers. The flowers will stay in their class room, where the children can look after them and water them until the warmer weather. Then they will transfer the flowers from their pots into a flower bed in the garden.
Primary 4 children have been learning how to play ‘Touch Rugby’. Darren has now completed his four week block of rugby training and the children have been very active and enthusiastic!
