Nature Journal
Updated weekly by our very own Nature Club.
- 28/09/23
Thursday 28th September 2023
As part of our ongoing commitment to more responsible food production and consumption, we were very excited to unpack our worms and put them in the bottom of the wormery. Food scraps and tea bags have gone in the tray above and even the dregs of the lovage soup. Waste from the staff room was then pu...Read Full Story - 22/09/23
Friday 22nd September 2023
Last year nature club used nettles to make fertilizer and nettle soup, so this autumn we had a go at making Lovage soup. It was based on a Roman recipe, but I brought a potato from home to act as a thickener. We learnt that the name Lovage is derived from the place-name Liguria in Italy and th...Read Full Story - 14/09/23
Thursday 14th September 2023
Nature club have made a list for the rest of the term for jobs we need to do. Some of them have already been crossed off! Firstly, we moved the composter into the field, so that children can put their apple cores, banana skins etc in it at play times. Then, we used the wheelbarrow...Read Full Story - 08/09/23
Thursday 7th September 2023
As we are experiencing a mini heatwave the nature clubbers watered everything except the Mediterranean herb bed which was humming with bees. One of our fruit trees, the Victoria plum, has produced fruit in its second year. We counted 22 and they weighed in at 5 oz. They washed them and enjoyed eatin...Read Full Story - 01/09/23
Thursday 31st August 2023
Our first nature club meeting of the year unsurprisingly involved weeding and watering. The herb bed is absolutely flourishing and full of pollinators as almost every plant is flowering. The eagle-eyed children spotted various bugs which you might be able to pick out in the photo o...Read Full Story