Eggs Update
The exciting news is that 4 out of 5 of our chickens are now laying eggs! As you can see in the photo, one of the eggs was a slightly …
Outdoor learning goes to Italy
Minibeast of the month During the Easter holidays, I (Ms Martin) delivered our Eco Committee’s letter to 2 classes of children at Enrico Medi Primary School in Macerata, Italy. The …
Making Eco Links – In Reading and Italy
After our successful visit from Brackenbury school, our Eco Committee is continuing to make links with the wider community. On Friday we hosted Sophie Smith, who runs gardening clubs in …
Great Big School Clean
March is the month of the Great Big School Clean where children pick up litter in and out of school – our amibitious target was to pick up 50 bags …
Minibeast of the month
As voted by our visitors from Brackenbury School, the March minibeast is…. the centipede! You might know that the name comes Latin – cent means ‘a hundred’ and pede means …
Eco Visitors
Last Friday was a busy day for visitors: in the morning Craig Walker from LBHF was back to deliver food waste bins that are now being used in the lunch …
Gardening Clubs
In the Gardening clubs and Eco Club in the last couple of weeks we have also been doing a lot of digging and weeding this week to prepare the vegetable …
Beat the Street
On Tuesday this week we learned about the Beat the Street campaign which runs from 28 February to 10 April and aims to get children and their families active in …
Minibeast of the Month
Lots of children have enjoyed seeing all the earthworms that we have spotted when digging and weeding in the raised beds and in our compost heap. Earthworms are decomposers that …
Orchard Project
On Monday we had a visit from Lewis McNeill of the Orchard Project who helped plant all the fruit trees in the orchard back in 2016. Lewis gave myself and …
Gardening Clubs
This week in the gardening clubs we have been busy with succulents, planting up sedum cuttings for every class and repotting the yucca plants. The triceratops in the Green Room …
Bird Cafe
The bird café is becoming extremely popular with lots of different kinds of birds including a huge group of starlings.
Eco and Gardening Clubs
In the Eco Club and gardening clubs we are thinking about our chickens and making sure they have the best diet possible. Years 3 and 4 have planted herbs in …
Big Garden Birdwatch
This week our focus has been very much on our feathered friends. On Friday the outdoor learning office became a Big Garden Birdwatch viewing window: our new Eco Committee (Amani, …