St Mary's has always prided itself as a school committed to protecting our environment. Five Green Flags are proof of that!
This year some of our Sixth Years undertook a gardening project to continue to promote these objectives.
The project involved reconverting a piece of unused ground into a vibrant, living herb and flower garden. Our student gardeners like to be as organic as possible, so converting school rubbish into fertilizer was also very important.
Not only does gardening allow us help the environment, it also helps students develop skills in areas such as Biology,Mathematics and Geography. This is because when students garden they have to use mathematical skills for measuring, planting and weighing materials Geographical skills are used to analyse soil types and temperature, We use biology skills to appreciate and record the best conditions in which plants will thrive and grow.
Check out the photos below which show the progress of garden over the past weeks. More to follow in spring when our plants begin to bloom!
At first our gardeners had a lot of digging and clearing up to do!
But things progressed nicely!!
Soon we were able to purchase equipment for our garden such as tools, fertilizer, protection and recording equipment.
By mid October we planted Daffodils and Crocuses. We had also prepared our seed beds to plant herbs in spring. We put in compost heaps to recycle household rubbish and weeds. We also prepared our window boxes to display some of our plants around the school when they come up. Here's hoping our efforts will prove 'fruitful' in Spring!!
