This week we were very pleased to open the glasshouse in our eco-garden for our outdoor learning classroom. 

Mrs Hornibrook cut the ribbon on the glasshouse and parents were invited to see inside the beautiful glasshouse which is a new feature in our eco-garden classroom.

With our new eco-garden classroom area, the children will be able to develop environmental awareness, connect with nature, learn risk-taking, resilience and adaptability. They will learn by doing and engaging their senses; learn about healthy lifestyles, build confidence and develop social skills.

Not only this, but it will be used for the delivery of key subject areas of the National Curriculum. For example, the children were able to think about how much compost was needed and the capacity of each pot.

Measuring the beds for planting plans and grids.

The children have been considering whether we can grow a Viking crop, and what our seedlings need to survive.

In the pond area the children have been observing and recording the variety of living things that can be found in a freshwater habitat. 

 

They have been using classification keys to identify and name living things in the pond area. 

The Shire went on a nature walk and gathered berries. They picked blackberries and rosehips, hawthorn and elderberries. Once Mrs Mahoney had boiled the berries, the children used the liquid for painting.

One of the colours was reminiscent of Peter Rabbit's blue jacket, so perhaps Beatrix Potter used natural berry-made paints for her illustrations?