Frozen Ground

Like much of the country, we have been sub zero conditions over the past week. This has left the ground frozen, putting pay to our planting plans. We have temporarily potted the bare rooted  trees and hopefully, after the half term break, we will be able to transplant them into their permanent positions.

Lots of Lovely Tree-liveries!

We are looking forward to a few busy weeks of planting at Fagley Primary (weather permitting).
On Tuesday, we received our first delivery from Morrisons following our successful Let's Grow campaign last autumn. Our delivery included two Bramley apple trees, two pear trees  and some gooseberry, blueberry and raspberry bushes. Thank you so much to all the parents who sent in vouchers enabling us to acquire these new additions to our ever growing mini orchard. If you would like to be involved in helping the children to plant our new trees and bushes please let me know.


On Wednesday, a delivery or hedgerow plants (including holly, hazel and dogwood) arrived courtesy of the Woodland Trust. These plants are still very small and will require lots of care and attention, which I am sure our gardening team will be happy to provide. Our new hedgerow will provide a valuable habitat for the animals and birds with whom we share our school grounds.


Finally, on Friday three fig trees were delivered from Palmer's Plants (the suppliers of our impressive Christmas tree). These will be planted on Friday as part of our Jewish Faith Day.

A Family of Tigers Take Up Residence at Fagley Primary!

The tigers arrived in the post today all the way from Devon.  A Year 5 boy helped me to build their new home in the quad and then carefully release them.  Next he gave them their first meal of pear cores, banana skins and soggy newspaper.

I sense an air of disbelief among you. Ok, I will come clean. Our new residents are in fact TIGER WORMS. There are several hundred different species of worm, but tiger worms are particularly suited to composting kitchen waste. Our new wormery will allow us to recycle some of our kitchen waste and produce nutrient rich compost to use in the school vegetable garden.

Our tiger worms will eat any dead or decaying organic matter such as kitchen scraps,  vegetable peelings, bread, tea bags, egg shells and paper kitchen towels. Small amounts of leaf litter and grass cuttings can also be added. We need to be careful not to add too much citrus peel as this can make the environment too acidic for the worms.

Class 2,  along with a year 5 child and myself will be helping to feed and look after the worms, so if you would like to know any more about our wormery please ask.