Comments from some of the St Jude's and St Paul's pupils at the first few sessions ...
Yuliana - "I love woodlice"
Eman - "I don't want to leave - I love nature"
Dylan - "My snail's done a poo!"
Esana - "That is so wicked!" (on seeing a dragonfly nymph attack a water boatman)
Ben - "Look, it's got gills!" (looking at a baby newt)
Jacob - "I'm going to stick to you like a slug so I don't have to go" (on being told they're not coming back this term)
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Friday, 18 September 2009
Visit to Newington Green Primary School by Charles Dowding
On September 16th Charles Dowding also visited Newington Green to talk to Year 4 pupils about growing vegetables and fruit.
When tasting Charles's leaves they said:
"This is delicious!" (lettuce)
"This is a bit spicy" (wild rocket) - Tillie
Even the teacher learned something new, asking "What is that frilly green leaf?". Charles replied "mustard", to which the teacher responded "I like that, I've never tried it before".
When Charles asked "Does anyone know what a polytunnel is?", the answer from a Year 4 pupil was clear: "It's like a greenhouse but it's a tunnel".
When tasting Charles's leaves they said:
"This is delicious!" (lettuce)
"This is a bit spicy" (wild rocket) - Tillie
Even the teacher learned something new, asking "What is that frilly green leaf?". Charles replied "mustard", to which the teacher responded "I like that, I've never tried it before".
When Charles asked "Does anyone know what a polytunnel is?", the answer from a Year 4 pupil was clear: "It's like a greenhouse but it's a tunnel".
Charles Dowding at Hanover Primary School
Charles Dowding, grower of organic salad leaves and other vegetables visited Hanover Primary School on September 16th.
Year 4s listening to Charles talk about growing vegetables and fruit, local food, and the watercycle
When asked for adjective words to describe the taste of the leaves (endives, lettuce, basil, rocket, etc) the children said:
Helena, tasting endive: "it's bitter and spicy"
Tushian (endive): "hot and juicy"
William (basil): "pesto!". Teacher David Rosenberg: "that's not an adjective, it's a noun!"
Comments and questions from Hanover's Year 4s (aged 8) to Charles:
"My mum is growing tomatoes and peppers, and the peppers are really hot"
"I have a flower at home that has died. Should I take it out and use the same pot and soil to plant rocket?"
"Do you grow venus fly traps?"
"At my grandma's house in Cyprus she's growing pomegranates and lemons"
"At my grandma's house in Dulwich she has a really big garden; she grows plums, strawberries, apples and green beans"
Cali tastes wild rocket for the first time
Mohammed tries some salad
St Jude's & St Paul's Primary School
Year 4s growing vegetables in raised beds at their school with Dina Jung on 14th September. Look at the tomatoes!
Sunday, 30 August 2009
Saturday, 8 August 2009
Onsite at Newington Green Primary School with Myra Heller
Wednesday 8 July was great. I had a really good time with the children exploring, observing and putting in our books drawing and writing about all the different kinds of seeds and seedpods they could find (backing up the seed workshops at King Henry's Walk Garden). I also brought some seeds in for the children and they had to examine them quite carefully, counting the sections etc. We also tested some helicopters (sycamore seeds) to try and understand why they are so efficient at dispersal and they found lots of baby sycamores to prove the point about why they are considered weeds (very successful!).
We looked at sweet pea seeds and touched them to see how incredibly hard they are and pine cones and we looked at ivy and Virginia creeper to understand how they spread (curling tendrils, gripping stem suckers) and some of them drew them.
They made seed envelopes from folded card to take home to collect from home some seeds from fruit or vegetables they eat or someone else in their family eats (homework).
I hope we can do some giant blow-up models of seed pods (poppies are good) out of wire, cane and tissue paper at a later date.
We looked at sweet pea seeds and touched them to see how incredibly hard they are and pine cones and we looked at ivy and Virginia creeper to understand how they spread (curling tendrils, gripping stem suckers) and some of them drew them.
They made seed envelopes from folded card to take home to collect from home some seeds from fruit or vegetables they eat or someone else in their family eats (homework).
I hope we can do some giant blow-up models of seed pods (poppies are good) out of wire, cane and tissue paper at a later date.
Hanover Primary School with Camilla Baker
The first group from Hanover visited Culpeper garden in June. Everyone loved the smells of bay, rosemary and coriander. We tasted mustard leaves. They look like lettuce, but are a surprise when you taste them - they are very fresh and sharp.
Charlotte recognised broad beans that were in flower, and Rojda explained why another broad bean plant already had fully grown beans on. Artie knew that onions grew underground - but no one recognised the potato plants!
Bertie learnt to grow seeds, carefully picking up one at a time. Charles, Jotha and Otto planted nasturtiums, spacing them out neatly in a line. Tommy said he didn't like carrots - I hope we can change his mind, when he tastes ones he has grown himself!
Everyone had a pot to take home - please remember to keep the soil moist, and let us know when the seedlings start to show.
Charlotte recognised broad beans that were in flower, and Rojda explained why another broad bean plant already had fully grown beans on. Artie knew that onions grew underground - but no one recognised the potato plants!
Bertie learnt to grow seeds, carefully picking up one at a time. Charles, Jotha and Otto planted nasturtiums, spacing them out neatly in a line. Tommy said he didn't like carrots - I hope we can change his mind, when he tastes ones he has grown himself!
Everyone had a pot to take home - please remember to keep the soil moist, and let us know when the seedlings start to show.
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