Some of the Reception class pupils were out today to help harvest our award winning pumpkin on the same day that the school made the front cover of the Farnham Herald for its recent wins in the Farnham in Bloom awards.
The pumpkin will be on display in the office until half term when it will be taken home by various people for eating. Part of it will be made into soup for the volunteers helping at a local community conservation project taking place over half term. The pupils also planted some winter heather and bulbs to brighten up the front entrance over the coming months. Well done team!
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The results are in!
This evening we attended the “Farnham in Bloom Schools Award Ceremony” and are delighted to let you know that not only do we officially have the tallest sunflower - but we also have the largest pumpkin! Gold - Tallest Sunflower Gold - Largest Pumpkin Highly Commended - best kept school garden Congratulations go to all of the pupils who have helped in the garden this season and a massive thank you to all of the volunteers who have helped out. An extra special thank you to both Flora Rigg and Alex Sholl-May for their dedication to the garden, to 'Coomers Timber & Building Supplies' for their donation of the soil used for the pumpkin patch and to the whole of the FORS team for their continued support. What an amazing Eco Day!
Thank you to all of the parents and grandparents who came along today to help out with the various volunteer led sessions run for the pupils on Eco Day, it was jam packed with activities which we couldn't have run without your support. A taster of some of the sessions: - fun-filled educational sessions with the 'Hive Helpers' from Farnham Community Farm learning about the importance of caring for our various pollinators, learning how a bee hive works and enjoying a honey tasting; - Eco Team led workshops about the importance of trees and making parcels of bay leaves to take home for our kitchens; - walks through the forest with our local Woodland Trust volunteer Tree Warden Ben Hamlin to collect acorns and conkers which we then planted in order to grow "take away" tree saplings which the pupils will take home in a year or two; and - making bug hotels out of recycled plastic bottles which will live on the back of the potting shed for the winter to provide a safe spot for hiberation for a whole host of insects and invertebrates. We hope all of the pupils had a fun-filled day and made some wonderful memories! |
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October 2023
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