Having recently spent time with the team who installed our new sensory garden, P4/5 noticed that the garden was not looking as good as it was when it as first completed.

Several of the pupils asked Mr Kerr about what we could do to make the garden flourish again and we decided to have a tidy up and de-weeding afternoon.

We got out all of our garden tools and learnt about how to use tools such as trowels, forks, spades and garden hoes.

We also learnt about different weeds such as dandelions, stinging nettles and a weed called Jacobs coat, that was really colourful but grows way too quickly for our gardens. We split up into teams and worked to clear and smarten up all four areas of our garden.

We managed to dig and collect THREE whole bin bags of weeds and rubbish.

As part of our ‘Creating our own zoo’ project, we had painted animal pet rocks featuring a variety of animals you would find at the zoo.

Our creations can now be found in our Sensory garden. Pop over and have a look if you are in our playground.

Here are some of our animals in their new habitat.