Friday 2nd September
2016
Horticulture! Now there is a technical word to look up! Time
really flies in the horticultural world and here we are once again back at
school and eager to start on the second part of our garden project! As you can
see there have been developments over the summer holidays. Almost immediately
we have had a harvest of tomatoes and courgettes (or marrows!) We have now sold
our produce to Adnams who have turned this yummy crop into meals and preserves.
Hopefully we might be able to convince them to come and help us make some
preserves with our crops from the allotment!
Thursday
22nd September 2016
Vegetables R Us
Siobhan (from the Adnams project) came in to work with us
today! What a useful day it was! We have made so much progress building our
business.
Today Siobhan helped us all to
think about our strengths and the roles we might like to play in our
‘Vegetables R Us’ project. Towards the end of the session we divided into
groups and started to work on aspects such as marketing, communication, quality
assurance and planning.
We have pupils working
specifically on a business logo. We have other pupils who are starting to
develop the skills they will need to market our produce and communicate with
our market. We also have pupils who will look at ‘market research’ to ensure we
target Adnams with the produce they are going to need to maximise our profits. We even have a group of accountants!
The Allotment Project
Today has been a good day for our
allotment project too. We have been so lucky to gain the help of several
companies and charities who have kindly sponsored us with goods and grants in
response to letters that we wrote ourselves in literacy sessions. Sponsorship so far:
# Fiskars – In reply to a letter from Jessica we received a large box
filled with brightly coloured spades, rakes, shovels and brushes. These are a
superb set of tools that will make gardening so much easier and efficient for
the pupils,
# Mr Fothergills – Who kindly replied and sent to us a large pack of
seed and brochure and garden planning sheet. This will prove really useful to
get us up and running into the autumn and next spring,
# Felix Cobbold Trust – In response to a letter from Charlie in year
5 they have offered us a grant of £700 that will go towards renovating the poly
tunnel very kindly donated by Alison and hopefully the purchase of a tool shed
and further material for raised beds,
# Wyevale Garden Centres – Alexis is our contact with Wyevale after a
letter she sent to their manager drew an offer of support. So far Wyevale have
been wonderful and provided us with a water butt filled with useful tools and pots.
They have also VERY kindly donated a whole pallet of compost which we will be
able to use to bring at least two more beds into production in the spring,
# The Wenhaston Allotment Association and Wenhaston Garden Association loved our letters and pledged any
support they can offer. Their support will be invaluable as we look for advice
and help in nurturing our vegetables!
