Year 1 spent a glorious afternoon out in the sunshine this afternoon, busily planting fruits and vegetables to support our science topic- ‘Green Fingers’. The children loved getting their hands stuck into the giant bags of compost and looked in awe at the different sizes and shapes of the seeds and beans before they were carefully hidden away amongst the soil. Once watered, the potting trays were carefully moved to the chosen spot inside our classroom- the windowsill, to catch those sun rays. There is a real air of competition amongst the children to see whose plant will sprout through the soil first. An added bonus is that this is great practice for Year 1 before we begin our sunflower growing competition against Years 2 and 4 next week.

The children have promised to show responsibility and teamwork to ensure that our plants receive enough sunlight, nutrients, water and oxygen  so that they can grow as well as they possibly can.