NEWS

Back in the Spring, the Green Fingers Gardening Club spent many weeks planning, preparing and planting seeds for the summer crops. Our Runner Beans took a little while to get going this year thanks to the extreme heat. One of our families kindly donated some small Runner Bean plants and these took to the ground and grew tall and strong producing beautiful rosy red flowers. We learnt all about pollinators and how they have an important job to land on each flower to help turn t

We've had an amazing summer and really made the most of our large garden, playground, summerhouses and extensive forest school area. We have nurtured plants, saplings and vegetables through many a heatwave, enjoyed walks out in the community, sang songs, acted out stories, dressed up, took part in science experiments, danced, built towers, dug holes, climbed trees and enjoyed picnics. Some of our favourite things in Forest School has been the older children learning to whittl

Back in April, the Green Fingers Gardening Club planted sunflower seeds. We have been looking after them and nurturing them through some of the hottest weather that we have experienced in our gardening club. Over the summer, yellow petals have glinted and emerged from their sleepy bud to be greeted with overjoyed cries of "there's a sunflower!" The children have really enjoyed watching them open, they have measured them, watched pollinators excitedly land on them, drawn and p