We had fun in the garden with Paula from Hidden Gardens. Some of us helped to put compost on the vegetable garden, another group raked up the grass that had just been cut and the final group watered the flowers and plants.
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P1a’s Busy Day!
Today all children did a great job at sports day, particularly in the bean bag race! 🏃🏽
They also made some seed packets and filled them with bee friendly flower seeds. They used the remainder of the seeds in the playground planters (after weeding them of course). 🐝🌸
P2 Bug Hotel in Progress
Primary 2 were excited when the pallets to create their Bug Hotel finally arrived today.
They started filling each layer of the Bug Hotel with their mini pots and all the resources that people donated as well as the materials that they scavenged from the school grounds.
We still have alot of work to do to encourage creatures to come to our hotel. We can’t wait to finish it!
P2 Begin the Bug Hotel
We were making mini bug hotels today with Paula from The Hidden Garden – Chloe W
It was great fun in the garden – Paul
We found a big worm and we put it in a magnifying tub – Cameron
We saw a snail on the ground. We could put it in the bug hotel – Daisy
We put grass and straws in a plantpot to make nooks and crannies for the bugs – Caleb
We used moss and straws and carboard to fill up the gaps in our bug hotels – David Y
We saw a Blue Tit and its home is in the bird house – Dylan G
Have P2 persuaded you to recycle?
P2 have completed their research about recycling and have written their final draft of a persuasive letter to family. Here is a display of all their hard work!
If you have a child in P2 and have received your letter, has it persuaded you to recycle correctly?
P2 Complete their Bug Hotel plans and models!
The boys and girls in P2 finished the plans for their class Bug Hotel and some even made a model of it using lego while others made felt butterflies to decorate the Bug Hotel!
Gardening in the Sunshine ☀️
P1a enjoyed carrying out some gardening maintenance last week. Mrs Green helped groups of children to weed in the sensory garden whilst other children read books about plants and gardening and swept the garden.
Outdoor Learning in P5
Primary 5 have been learning about angles in the school garden. They enjoyed looking for right angles, acute angles, obtuse angles and reflex angles.
We also loved working with Hidden Gardens to help develop our school gardens this week. We learnt about crop rotation and how to sow seeds. Hopefully our courgette, squash, french beans and runner beans will grow soon!
P2 Write about Recycling!
Attention parents of children in Primary 2! You will shortly be receiving a beautifully handwritten message from your child to advise you on how to use your various bins correctly. The children have been finding out about the benefits of recycling and the importance of doing it properly. Here they are hard at work on their notes to you!
P2 Bug Hotel Planning!
As part of their garden topic, Primary 2 have began researching and planning the creation of a “Minibeast Sanctuary” in the school Sensory Garden. They know that encouraging insects and other small animals to the garden is good for the environment.
So far, the children have used the Internet to investigate different Bug Hotel designs and read about the sorts of materials that could be used for encouraging a range of wildlife. They have also drawn diagrams of how they would like the minibeast hide to look.
The boys and girls will scavenge for natural resources to make cosy crevices for the wildlife, although we would also appreciate donations of any of the resources listed below to help in the creation of the Bug Hotel.
Small plant pots, bamboo canes, clean bottles, some old building materials e.g bricks and drainage pipes. If you have any of these lying around your garden and would like to help us out, they would be much appreciated! 
