Category: Garden

Getting the Garden Ready for Spring 🌷🌼🌻🌹

We got 250 dojos since coming back after midterm so we planted some bulbs in the garden today to help get it ready for spring as our reward.  Looking forward

Spring is here!

We went on a hunt in the school garden for the signs of Spring. We took notes and drew some sketches in our copies of the things we saw. We

Fun with Nature

Now that summer is here, the pupils in Mr Campbell’s 5th class have been having fun learning in our beautiful school garden. We think that we have the best school

Releasing our Butterflies

We released our butterflies into our school garden.  We watched them grow and change from caterpillars in our classroom.  We fed them with fruit, flowers and nectar we made from

Winter Cabbages

We planted Winter Cabbages way back in November and as you can see they are starting to grow now that Spring has arrived.  We’re looking forward to cooking them and

Visit to school garden

Ms. Surlis’ class recently went out to the school garden searching for caterpillars because we were learning about the Lifecycle of a Butterfly.  While we were out there we picked

Donal Skehan visits Ms Surlis’ and Ms Barry’s class to launch Sow&Grow Competition 2013

Cherry Blossom Beauty

The Cherry Blossom tree in our school garden has recently come into bloom.  See how beautiful it is.  Our tulips are blossoming beautifully too.

Sowing and Growing

We planted tomatoes, cress, basil and carrots in Room 10 today.  We have now officially started the ‘Great Seed Race’ to see which seed will be the first to grow.

The Great Bud Race

Paddy Madden came to our class (Room10) and shared his wisdom of trees with us. He showed us how to identify different trees by the way they looked and felt.

Planting Spring Onions

Our class got our very own plot in the garden! We got to plant Spring Onions! We had to prepare the plot first by weeding, getting rid of stones and

Planting Seed Potatoes

On the 21st of March, Room 10 planted potatoes in our school garden. We are planting the Duke of York variety of potatoes. First, we put the little seed potatoes