We are very proud of our school garden which Mrs Beedon and Mrs Fox look after. The garden is used to teach children about plants and wildlife and allows them to develop an understanding of living healthy lifestyles as well as raising children's self-esteem and developing social skills and a sense of responsibility and achievement.

Children in Year Four spend time working in small groups in the Grendon Garden with the purpose of enhancing their understanding of the natural world. Gardening links to the Year 4 science curriculum and encourages Grendon's aims of Communication, Resilience and Independence.

We are lucky to have a dedicated area accredited to level 5 of the RHS Campaign for School Gardens. Children access a wildlife pond surrounded by trees and hedges. A range of herbs, flowers and vegetables are grown which supports children's understanding of seasonality and food production.

The wider school are often invited to participate in growing competitions and projects, and they make regular use of the wildlife habitats in the school garden. 

Throughout the year, there is always something to be done in the garden...

During Spring, children from Year Four stepped up their work in the Grendon Garden!

They took cuttings of Spider plants (pictured in the grey tray) and planted cucumbers and sunflowers for indoors (pictured in the red tray).

 

Year 6 Gardening Prefects also collected seeds and packets for the recent seed sale. We made £11 that will be used to buy more resources for the garden.

In June, we picked the rhubarb from the garden and the lovely ladies in the kitchen used it to make a rhubarb crumble; yummy!