Renewed thanks to our exceptional gardening committee. They are forever coming up with great ideas to make our school an even better place to be. As well as looking after the school grounds, they do so much more.

• For example they showed students how to grow vegetables and harvested them.
• They have created a special outdoor classroom.
• They commissioned a ‘Buddy Bench’ (made from recycled wooden pallets) where children who have no one to play with can sit until their friends find them.
• The Gardening Committee caused great excitement when they put a special Halloween scarecrow in the school garden.
• In this bleak mid winter, they gave each class a hyacinth for the teacher’s desk to bring sunshine to our classrooms.
• Recently they planted a silver birch trees in the school grounds. Michael the school caretaker helped.

We think the silver birch was a great choice as it is beautiful all year round.

• In Winter, even though it is deciduous and has no leaves the colour of its bark and the patterns on it are beautiful.
• In Spring the leaves are a fresh light green and these darken as the year turns to Summer.
• Then in Autumn the silver birch is colourful with vibrant yellow leaves.
• Then there are the 500 or so insect species that use the silver birch as a habitat all year round.

Many thanks to the Gardening Committee for another super addition to our school grounds.

We have very little space, but with thought and imagination it has been made a much greener and better place to be.