Alver Valley Gets Growing

We are keen to develop our growing skills here at Alver Valley Schools. We already have some planters around the school site, including a huge patch of strawberries, some planters outside Year R where we are currently attempting to grow peas, beans and beetroot, as well as the seed bombs, trees and willow we have planted for Forest School, but we’d like to do more! Mrs Robinson had the great idea of signing up for the RHS Big Grow this year, called Grow Social, and so now we are seeing lots more planting taking place.

On this page we will post some updates of our school gardening exploits and progress. If you are growing at home please do share your photos so we can add some to our Alver Valley Grows at Home gallery! Also if you find you have a surplus of plants that you have been growing and would like to donate a few seedlings please do pop them into the office, as we will make good use of them! Do pop back to this page soon to see how we are getting on!

Alver Valley Grows In School!

Alver Valley Grows Updates

Alver Valley Growing and Gosport in Bloom Update!

Time for a growing update. Check out the change in the vegetable patch in Yr R, round the tree planting in Year 1, and all the way through to the Platinum Jubilee Garden in the Junior School quad, our schools are certainly blooming! Today, a small group of children who helped with the Jubilee Garden

Alver Valley Enter Gosport in Bloom!

Once again Alver Valley schools have been busy gardening, and this year we have entered Gosport in Bloom. From the vegetable patch and sensory garden in Yr R, round the tree planting in Year 1, and all the way through to the Platinum Jubilee Garden in the Junior School quad, our schools are certainly blooming!

Grow Social Update

You may remember that last year we joined in with the RHS ‘Big Grow’ as we decided to get Alver Valley growing! In the Summer Term, the current Year 3 children worked towards the gardening awards from the Royal Horticultural Society. They achieved levels 2 and 3 for the Infant School. They were gifted a

Grow social update

Alver Valley Schools have been embracing the Grow Social project. Year 2 have grown runner beans, sunflowers ? broad beans and pumpkins ? – they even shared some of their harvest with Year 6. In Year R the children are excited about the bumper harvest coming from their peas, runner beans, beetroot, cauliflower and cabbage.

Year R Garden Update

Year R launched their growing area after reading the traditional tale of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ and deciding to plant beanstalks. Children and adults have been planting, watering and weeding their garden, and finally we can see some early fruiting and flowers. How many different types of plants can you spot?

Year 4 Grow Social

Some of the Year 4 children (with a little help from Mrs G) have been getting involved in our Grow Social. They have planted a range of vegetables just outside their classroom so that they can keep a close eye on the progress and tend to the plants carefully. ? ? ? We are wondering

Gardening Club Update Week 2

In Gardening Club this week we talked about recycling plastic. One way we discussed was reusing plastic milk cartons to create our own watering cans. After discussing how to use a hammer safely, the children hammered a nail into the milk tops to allow the water to sprinkle through. They then used the permanent pens

Year 2 Gardening Club Session 1

Year 2 are leading the way for the RHS Grow Social with the launch of their brand new Gardening Club! It all started this week as twelve enthusiastic Year 2 children learnt about some of the tools they will be using for gardening, how and why we compost, and keeping safe in the garden. They