Tuesday 14th March 2017

All hands to the allotment!

 

Well what a big day today! All our wood had arrived and we had the tools to start constructing our raised beds!

Organisation was a key to the day. The children organised themselves into teams. We had to visualise the 3D shapes in order to get the lengths, widths and pegs in the right position.

There was a good deal of maths on offer here…measurements, angles, parallel lines, perpendicular pieces of wood and multiplication to sort out how many screws and wood lengths we would need to complete each bed.

There was also plenty of science and DT. At one point we realised that our screws would not bite all the way into the wood. The material was too hard so our solution? We had to drill deeper. We also looked at friction and how warm the drill piece was after drilling the wood.

The class were brilliant at finding right angles and with a little perseverance and kind help for other allotment owners, we were able to fix four out of our six beds into place! Next week we should be able to complete the beds, lay the mulch and maybe even fill them with compost ready for the planting season to begin!

Meanwhile…..the beetroot, courgette and tomato seedlings begin to pop their heads above the soil……