Shorter days and longer nights.

Work has begun on clearing the extended garden site (now that the holly hedge has been cut down)  but unfortunately the discovery of pieces of broken window glass in the soil has  restricted how much help we can call for from pupils! We have all noticed how dark it is in the evenings and it has been suggested that we should install some solar powered lights to help with this problem

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All the plants have continued to grow very quickly this week and have taken advantage of the odd shower! The broad beans in particular have shot up and have now reached the top of their poly cover. The tips of their leaves show signs of flowers beginning,which means it won't be too long before we will need to 'pinch out' the top part of the plant to encourage our pods to develop.

The giant red mustard leaves are turning a wonderful purple colour as the weather begins to turn a bit colder.

Back in the classroom Year 1 and 2 have been completing their own colourful Garden Journal covers and have been busy attaching their Art and ICT bookmarks with plaited wool.

Many of the senior classes have been using paint and pastels to try to capture the amazing variegated colours of pumpkins and squashes.

 During their ICT lesson this week Form 4b created an entire  summary of useful gardening vocabulary.

4a have just begun work on creating their own database of all the plants which are currently growing in the Centenary Vegetable Garden.  This will include both the common and Latin names for each vegetable.  

There's plenty to keep everyone busy over the next few weeks.