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
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!
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
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 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?