Friday 2^nd 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!

 

Our next job is to tackle the two beds at the side of the school! Lots of problem solving for us to tackle here! In DT/Science we will me investigating how to solve two problems. Have a close up look at the pictures and the soil in particular...can you guess what the problems are?

 

Thursday 22^nd 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!