This week we continued to build our ‘Sedum Shack’ by planting a variety of Sedums in tin cans. The children enjoyed selecting their sedum from a tray and looked carefully at the unusual plants!

We think the tadpoles are starting to develop! We are looking closely at some very small black specks that are moving around in the water and hoping these are the tadpoles emerging from the frog spawn.

Planting for the veg beds

This week in forest school we spent out time planting seeds for our veg beds. We planted broad beans, climbing beans and tomatoes.

Forest School Club

This week we starting to make our Sedum Shack! We filled tin cans with a layer of gravel for drainage and added compost. We then chose a sedum from a tray and planted it. These will grow happily in a tin can and will enjoy being heated up by the sun!

We planted a veg bed with a wildflower seed mix. The bees and insects will love this!

This week in Forest School we made Mr Greenhead using old socks. First we added 1 scoop of grass seed followed by 3 scoops of compost. We tied the end with an elastic band and soaked the sock in a saucepan of water. We decorated the pot with a face and now we need to wait to see if his hair grows!

Daisy’s Mr Greenhead is growing hair!

Hi please can you pass these pictures of Daisy’s Mr Green Head on to Mrs Whittaker that she made in Forest School. His hair is growing very fast! Daisy was really interested in how long the roots on his grassy hair are too!

In our first session this week we made Mr Greenheads. We put some grass seed in the bottom of a sock, then added compost. We enjoyed making the face. Let’s hope his hair grows!

It’s time to plant potatoes, so Year 1BN helped to plant the tubers with me. Fingers crossed for a good crop!

Year 1C observed this small tree that had grown from a conker in their classroom. The buds unfolded in the warmth of the classroom and now it needed to be repotted into a bigger pot and is now outside Y1.

The week before the holidays we decorated eggs with natural things from around our garden. We found blades of grass, small petals and used these to make patterns. One group used felt tips to draw patterns on the eggs. Both activities were great fun and showed how creative we can be!

This week we planted a sunflower seed, hoping that they will grow really tall and provide food for our birds and insects! We will keep a diary on their development and will measure their height every week.

First we made our own pots out of newspaper, reducing our use of plastic!

Then we filled the pots with compost and planted the seed

Now it’s time to water!

This week we planted our Mothers Day pots with either a Pot Marigold seedling or a sunflower seed. The children wrote a label with lovely messages for Mum!