This week in gardening 🧑🌾 club we were working on the new sensory garden that everyone in the school is helping to create. The first stage is digging out the soil. We had to safely use the shovels to dig out the turf and put it in the wheel barrow.
As part of our IDL topic of Europe we will look at some famous people from across Europe. This week we started with France and the famous painter Claude Monet. We learned he was born in Paris and was an artist from a young age. He is famous for his impressionist style and we started to study his techniques. We focused on watercolours and we learned 4 techniques which can be used with watercolour paint. Next week we will use those techniques to create a ‘Water Lillies’ picture just like Claude Monet.
Today in gardening club we got to use the secateurs. We listened to the safety rules as they are very sharp and strong. We then listened very carefully to how we prune the trees in our school garden. An excellent job completed and the trees are now under control.
We also weeded one of the large planters……weeding again 🤯 and this made us think of how quickly the weeds grow and why it is important to keep on top of them so our vegetables 🌽 and flowers can grow.
we even managed to harvest some.
First week back at gardening club. We got out in the garden to talk about what we need to do during our time at gardening club.
We managed to move a planter and fill in a big dangerous hole and harvested some cabbage 🥬. We are looking forward to getting stuck in to helping to maintain the school garden.
A great first week at gardening club.
Our Primary 4 stars have been hard at work over the past few weeks and had fun settling into our school routines again!
We have spoken a lot about our School Values and ways that we can demonstrate these around the school and playground. Our values are so important to every day school life and we are trying really hard to follow these and encourage others to do the same.
Friendship
Safety
Respect & Good Manners
Perseverance
Trust & Honesty
Here are some of our thoughts on St. Mary’s School Values…
Karlie – I think they are good because they keep us safe and I know them off by heart!
Hudson – Actually, I think they are pretty good.
Bonnie – I like our values and they keep us safe. Lots of people are good at following them. Miss Pritchard talks about them at assembly.
Peter – I like them all and I try to do them.
Damon – Our values are good because they keep us safe and it’s a good school.
Cody – The school values are important and every class has them.
Jessica – I think all the values are important because it makes us all feel safe. The teachers are happy when we follow them, and so are we.
Jaxon – Friendship is a good one because they make you happy.
Cooper – We should have good manners.
Iza – Perseverance is when you try your best and not give up. It means you should keep going.
Rocco – We talk about the values lots and I try hard to follow them.
