Our School Garden

Mid Calder Primary Looking After their Garden

2011-06-16T22:21:00.012+01:00

Collecting Goods from the Garden

2011-06-14T19:36:00.003+01:00

Sicily - spring planting

2011-03-04T22:23:00.005Z

picking out the weeds

planting broad beans

using a planter

Hamish out and about

2011-03-04T22:13:00.006Z

Hamish the Haggis has been out and about in the school garden.

Beautiful Trees of Sicily

2010-11-20T08:40:00.007Z

After San Martino Day we resumed work on our school garden and orchard. Here are some photos of our trees.

An Arbutus Tree that has fruit and flowers simultaneously.
The winter Loquat Tree which has fruit.
The first oranges are still green but will ripen soon.
The Loquat Tree with flowers

San Martino Day

2010-11-12T19:32:00.006Z

BISCUITS and 'MUFFOLETE'
November 11 is the feast of San Martino, the day that traditionally ends the agricultural year. The Slow Food Italy has chosen this date to do the "Day of School Gardens”.
At our school we have created an event with songs. The parents have brought traditional foods: “ Biscuits and Muffolette San Martino”. The tables were laden with fruit in season.
The Director of Education and the City Councillor for Culture came to our school.

TABLE WITH AUTUMNAL FRUIT

POSTERS OF THE SONG 'I DON'T KNOW'

BASKET OF AUTUMN FRUITS

ECO Committee (Scotland)

2010-09-17T20:05:00.002+01:00

Fruits of our Harvest

2010-09-17T19:52:00.004+01:00

Some of the fruit and vegetables grown in the P7 garden, in Scotland.

The Thai Garden

2010-06-04T07:53:00.009+01:00

These are the students' activities which protect Global Warming: planting, keeping and feeding plants in and out of the school greenhouse. Each group of students has a particular area of which to take care. They enjoy doing goood work for the school.

Scotland's Garden

2010-05-28T18:51:00.007+01:00

This is our garden. It is not finished, but this is what we have so far! The first photo shows a willow structure which will take a few years to begin to mature. You can also see our storytelling area and some of our pretty flowers.

Time to Judge!

2010-05-25T20:01:00.002+01:00

During the first week in June it will be time to judge the best school garden. We need photos of your chosen garden with a written description. I will add a voting system and children and parents can vote for the winning garden. You CAN'T vote for your own garden.
Poland I realise you are having problems with flooding. Hopefully you can post some photos before the rain came down!!!

FLOOD

2010-05-17T17:28:00.007+01:00

It has been raining for several days in the South of Poland. Our town Bielsko-Biała is flooded.
This is our school garden today.We can't go to school tomorrow. We have to wait till the rain is over and the water level goes down.

Spring at last!

2010-04-20T12:30:00.004+01:00

Primary 1 admire the daffodils in their little garden.

SPRING IN OUR GARDEN

2010-04-09T19:31:00.003+01:00

PRIMEROSE

VIOLETS

FORSYHIA

First flowers in our garden this year!!

2010-04-09T19:18:00.004+01:00

Polish students went to the school garden to take some photos of flowers they planted last autumn.
They are beautiful, just have a look!!

Polish students went to the school garden to take some photos of flowers they planted last autumn.
They are beautiful, just have a look!!

Spring in our Garden (Sicily)

2010-04-01T09:02:00.005+01:00

planting fennelBroad beanschecking the rosemary
First loquats yet to mature before being harvested.
Planting vegetables for salad.

Scotland has More Snow!

2010-03-30T22:25:00.002+01:00

Although it is spring in Scotland, the temperature is still freezing and there is a lot of snow on the ground!

P6.6 Thailand - growing trees to work against climate change

2010-03-27T09:43:00.007Z

After a few days of preparation, P6/6 gathered the spades and shovels and went for an adventure trip. We planted one hundrend trees around the temple area for shading. We had a fantastic day and were very proud of our contribution to climate change. We hope to have more opportunities to do more memorable activities.

First Signs of Spring in Scotland - P1

2010-03-12T15:50:00.004Z

Primary one went out for a walk this week and they were looking for the first signs of spring. The weather, in Scotland, is still very cold, but the children did manage to spot buds of the trees and bulbs pushing their way to the surface.

FIRST SIGNS OF SPRING IN POLAND

2010-02-28T14:30:00.005Z

photos taken this afternoon ( 28.02.2010)

Trees in Sicily

2010-02-19T22:00:00.007Z

The branches of an almond tree in bloom. In January and February these trees bloom with the fragrant flowers of the almond.

This is an orange tree laden with fruit. The orange is a characteristic fruit of Sicily.

Planting Potatoes - Scotland

2010-02-06T16:51:00.004Z

soil

Measuring

Preparing the site

Potatoes!

Trees & a Garden Plan from Italy

2010-01-29T19:19:00.004Z

Here is a list of trees in English and Italian.

This is a plan of our garden. You can see a scarecrow in the centre and some fruit trees with their names.

Scotland - Our School Garden Today!

2009-12-23T14:56:00.003Z

In Scotland there has been a lot of snow. Today the school was closed, but the staff were in!

Merry Christmas to all our Partners.

Climate Change - Thailand

2009-12-16T07:44:00.000Z

1. School garden
Motivation:
By growing our own food we can reduce our carbon footprint, a major cause of climate change, by reducing the amount of transportation (using less oil and producing fewer emissions) that it takes to get food onto our plate.
Allows us to conduct hands-on investigations and explore questions such as: How do plants grow? What do they need to stay healthy? How does pollination work, and who are the pollinators? What kind of insects are needed (or not) for a healthy garden? What is the difference between fruits and vegetables and where do they come from?
Allows us to grow healthy food for the school lunches or hungry people in the area.

Objective
Rebuild the old and unused school garden.
Plant different types of flowers, vegetables or fruits
Observe and document the growth of different plants and the development of the whole garden
At the end of the semester, analyze: What plants have grown most successfully? What do plants need to prosper? What does have to be improved or changed?

2. Planting trees
Motivation
Planting trees helps mitigate climate changes because trees sequester carbon, a major cause of climate change.

Objective
Attempt to grow different types of trees from the seeds and observe and document their growth
Plant one tree per each student either around the school or at student home
Join the United Nations' Billion Tree Campaign and report the results

Orto in Vondotta - pacciamatura/Sicily

2009-12-15T17:07:00.004Z

This is a drawing and a description of the "pacciamatura".

Our diary of "Orto in Vondotta"

Planting Sunflowers - Thailand

2009-12-06T19:29:00.004Z

AUTUMN LEAVES

2009-11-28T16:18:00.002Z

We like our garden in autumn when the leaves on trees are gold and brown .
Here are a few photos taken by our students.

P6B open their first market garden

2009-11-19T18:29:00.005Z

Primary 6B opened their first market garden. On Wednesday they dug up beetroot they had grown from seed and set up a stall to sell the produce to parents.

P4/3 in the planning and in the garden

2009-11-17T16:53:00.002Z

POLAND

2009-11-10T19:06:00.004Z

DEAR FRIENDS, we have planted some daffodils in our school garden. We are going to see them bloom in SPRING. Here are some photos.

POLAND - TREES

2009-10-31T12:27:00.005Z

These trees grow in Poland. We have written their names in POLISH and in ENGLISH. Do you know these trees? The ones that we have in our school garden are marked with the red spot.
Look! These oak trees in our school garden that you can see in the photo below were planted here 40 years ago!

Pacciamatura - Sicily

2009-10-29T22:39:00.002Z

In the photo the pupils are putting the straw on the ground near the young plants. This operation is called "pacciamatura". It serves to protect theyoung plants from the cold and it can avoid the growth of the weed.

Our First Pumpkin from Seed

2009-10-29T08:13:00.001Z

Orchids form Thailand

2009-10-26T17:32:00.009Z

Sicily - Italy

2009-10-20T21:15:00.001+01:00

Weeding

The photo shows a portion of our school garden. This is a view from one of our classrooms.

Delightful Photos from our partner school in Thailand

2009-10-18T10:45:00.005+01:00

Thank you Anchalee for these beautiful photos.
The sunflowers look amazing!

From Poland

2009-10-16T19:34:00.003+01:00

The weather today was a little bit better, we hope that the sun will soon melt the snow in our garden and we will be able to plant our daffodils next week. On the horizon you can see frosty peaks of Beskidy Mountains in the rays of sun. This is a view from one of our classrooms.

Some of our designs

2009-10-15T17:38:00.006+01:00

This is a part of our garden that is behind the school building. We took a photo of it, we used Photo Shop to change it into PNG. This way we could create our designs in Tux Paint.

Students would like to add some colour to our school garden. These are only some of our designs. We will publish more of them soon.

Poland

2009-10-15T17:01:00.003+01:00

First snow has fallen. What a surprise - we were just about to plant our daffodil bulbs into the ground. Look at our garden! We have to wait till it gets warmer again :)

P1A Go for an Autumn Walk

2009-10-15T16:11:00.010+01:00

P6B's Plans for their Garden

2009-10-15T15:59:00.005+01:00

Once the layour is planned the pupils begin digging.

Mrs Hendry and P6B planting pansies

2009-10-15T15:55:00.001+01:00

P6B Take a Walk on the Wild Side!

2009-10-15T15:32:00.013+01:00

P6B have been on an autumnal walk looking for evidence of foxes and squirrels in the woods. They also made a tree study and were able to identify some trees from the bark and leaves.

Greetings from Poland

2009-10-09T16:47:00.006+01:00

Dear Friends, here we are in our school garden. In next posts we would like to show you what trees and plants grow in our garden. We like spending our breaks in the garden. We will try to create some designs and plant some flowers soon.

P7B begin work by digging the very hard ground!

2009-10-03T09:37:00.010+01:00

Primary 1 Tackle the Weeds!

2009-10-01T15:16:00.002+01:00

Giardino con spaventapasseri!

2009-09-19T23:21:00.002+01:00

Working in the garden

Garden with scarecrow!

Working on the garden project

Miss Cotter & P4 tackle the garden

2009-09-10T20:37:00.006+01:00

We plan to plant bulbs and plants just like the daisies we planted in May

We chose where we would like P4 to have their garden

We had to do a lot of digging, the ground was very hard and there were a lot of stones

Planning

2009-09-06T14:54:00.002+01:00

P1 x 2 raised beds infant playground
P4 front of the school in front of the music room
P5 sensory garden on the left approach to the field , Holly Trees already planted.
P6 behind the wooden fence in the upper playground. Developed using tyres and top soil.
P7 outside the fire door at the rear of the school - feature plants already planted.

Measuring Robbie

2009-08-27T19:47:00.005+01:00

Primary 7 planted the rowan tree in May and are now going to measure its progress. They have produced a graph in the classroom to record its growth.

Back to School

2009-08-20T21:06:00.001+01:00

Mid Calder Primary are now back at school and the pupils are beginning to plan their various gardens. Hopefully, we will have some photos soon.