Nature Journal
Updated weekly by our very own Nature Club.
- 26/05/23
Thursday 25th May 2023
It is lovely to see the nature area springing into life with all the warm weather. All the Mediterranean herbs are enjoying this dry, warm spell and the Hope Garden Mrs Bratu has planted with the children is a beautifully colourful corner. This week was Anya's last turn to be He...Read Full Story - 23/05/23
Tuesday 23rd May 2023
As the weather is warming up and the Nature clubbers are all busy harvesting and cooking our produce, I decided to fill up the pond and weed all around it and our fruit trees. I was thrilled to spot a lot of pond snails, boatmen and pondskaters, as was Bobby the Robin who was perched nearby. I was e...Read Full Story - 18/05/23
Thursday 18th May 2023
For the rest of this year, nature club members have been allowed to choose an activity to lead and they all chose cooking! Today, it was the turn of our newly appointed Head Chef Anya and her cooking team Lila, Louisa and Parker. First of all, she went to the nature area and chose t...Read Full Story - 15/05/23
Monday 15th May 2023
Today, a huge thanks to Quey in Year 3 who helped me tie the labels on the wild plants that are coming up in the grassed area: St John's Wort, Mallow and Speedwell to name a few. We also looked at the pond and he told me all about fishing, as well as his own pond which he made at home...Read Full Story - 12/05/23
Thursday 11th May 2023
This time last year we made a rather smelly nettle fertiliser for all our plants. This year, we don't have quite so many nettles, but we still needed to responsibly forage, so only picked a few handfuls (with gloves of course), so that we left plenty for our pollinators, especially peacock and s...Read Full Story - 04/05/23
Thursday 4th May 2023
In our bid to increase our biodiversity we wanted to measure just how biodiverse our soil is by making a mini wormery. First, we learnt why they are so important to the planet. Being decomposers, they are at the bottom of the food chain and help oxygenate and fertilize the soil by eating waste matte...Read Full Story