Flower power Garden areas. July 09

Around the school our lunchtime gardening club - Flower Power - have several growing areas. In the courtyard their pumpkin patch is spreading. In the tyres their sunflowers are very tall and in full bloom.

KS2 growing zone    July 09

As you can see from these photos, this new growing zone has been very successful.  The Eagles harvested the salad crops for their special family lunch and the Puffins also enjoyed eating the potatoes and the peas!!

Developing our Sensor Garden. The Kingfishers and the Robins worked together during Eco-week to create stepping stones. These stepping stones will be placed around the growing areas. [June 09]

photo May 2009

On this page we will record the development of our School Grounds.

November 2008  The starting point.

All pupils and staff spend time sharing their ideas. Judy Dimbleby, fro CEES, came to school to help us

February 2009  All of our ideas have been gathered together into our Grounds Development Plan. Mrs Arbuthnott shared our Plan with the FOSS Trustees

The school is focusing on developing and enriching the learning experiences of our children through the use of the facilities we already have and by enhancing and developing these.

School Grounds

In consultation with Cambridgeshire Environmental Education Service we have drawn up a plan for the development of the school grounds.  In this process all children were involved and each class added its own ‘wish list’. 

Staff meetings have been focussed on how to incorporate these and the plan is now finalised (although it is organic so alterations may be made along the way). 

 Some works have begun with the Puffins class growing area being constructed – the children helped lay the bricks for one of the beds and other classes have commented on this and asked when their ideas will start to be included! 

The Swifts class chose a range of features for their garden, but the main feature – and the highlight for the whole project – is a castle which links in with their work on ‘Homes’.  See attached sheet.

 Two TAs have begun a lunchtime gardening club involving children from all classes and they have secured tractor tyres, car tyres and other containers for a ‘shape’ growing area. 

The Eagles have requested a geology garden with rocks from different periods and areas being included to be sited near ‘Bug city’ – an area designed to encourage minibeasts through the use of air bricks, planting and a log pile. 

A totem pole jungle is also planned to link in with a sensory walk which will proceed over a bridge requested by the Kestrels.