Minsterworth 27th June "We are what we eat"

Last time the children had fun eating apricots and seaweed as we found out more about how "we are what we eat"... This time they made pictures of themselves out of good things to eat - rice and beans, noodles and lentils. They also made some lovely little pictures to makes signs for the two growing beds: better late than never!

Recent comments about our project

“I love doing the different things…making felt creatures, the science parts…” 9 year old Horton

“The science! I loved the soil separation experiement.” 8 year old, Horton

"I love working with you!" 6 year old, Minsterworth

“It’s great that the children get such a diversity of activities. They love it.” Teacher, Horton

“The project is very interesting, I’ll keep watching the blog.” Charles Dowding, horticultural author

“Your project looks interesting. I’d love to visit.” Rob Rees, the “Cotswold Chef”

Minsterworth growing experiments 13th June

Today the children learned a new song and all had a go at pretending to be the wind, a mill, a miller, or a baker! Lots of fun.

"Blow, wind, blow, and go, mill, go
That the miller may grind the corn
And the baker may take it and into bread make it
And bring us a loaf in the morn."

We also did some measuring and comparing. Following on from last week the children showed what amazing memories they have and between them remembered ALL the items we discussed in the session about composting. They then drew healthy and unhealthy compost bins. Finally we set up an experiment growing carrots in sand / soil dug by moles / undug soil / garden centre bagged compost. All the children reckoned that the garden centre compost would be most successful - we'll have to wait and see!

Horton Measuring and composting - 12th June 2008

Again, sorry no pics today - too busy working! We did a lot of measuring and the plants have grown enormously since last week.

Then we did the same exercise as at Minsterworth, looking at different objects and deciding whether or not they could go into a compost bin. Lots of good discussion. Finally we started a piece of art showing a "healthy system" and an "unhealthy system" - the results are amazing and I will take pics next week - watch this space!

Minsterworth consider compost 6th June 2008

No photos today, but the "no dig" potatoes are looking pretty healthy!The "no-dig" carrots ar doing better than the "dig" carrots, but all the lovely beans have been munched by the slugs.

We spent a lot of time discussing what can and cannot go into compost bins.

Wild times at Horton 3rd June

The plants have gone wild at Horton, over half term, especially the potatoes. Unfortunately it was so WET on Tuesday that we didn't stay out long enough to take any photos. But we did spend some time writing up the results of the jam jar experiment, and doing some word searches. Next week we're going to start looking at compost.

Sowing the Seed group looking happy despite the rain!