Year 4 planning our garden.

This week in outdoor learning year 4 have been talking about how we can develop the garden.  We decided we need to cover the mud to protect the garden and stop us making such a mess. We decided we should add some paths and order some woodchip to cover the mud between the beds.  Before we order the woodchip we had to calculate how much we needed.  We measured the area of the whole garden.  Then some children realised that we will not need woodchip on the flower beds.  We calculated the area of the beds and subtracted it from the area of the whole garden.  This was very tricky when it came to calculating the area of the circular beds.  We put our heads together and used some tricky calculations.

The children are working together to measure and calculate the area of the circular bed.

 The area of the circle was calculated by multiplying pie by the radius of the circle squared. 

We used trundel wheels to measure the length and width of the garden and multiplied them to find the area.

 

Next week we will be adding some beds. As the drainage is so bad what could we put in the beds to improve the drainage for our plants?

We will be planting some bulbs. Where will we plant them to ensure the grow well and are not trodden on?



Year 4 Outdoor Learning

This week we have been testing the soil in our new garden. 
What did you find out about the soil in our garden? 
Did you find anything that surprised you?
What other factors may we need to consider aswell as the soil?
What plants do you think will grow well in our garden?
Which plants would be good to plant at this time of year?

School developments.

Ms Shields has been working with the year 3's and year 6's this term.  If you look out the front near the year 4 classes you will see we have begun to develop a new garden.  The year 3's are planning to plant some Roman herbs in the garden linking with their Roman topic.  The year 6's have been litter picking around the school and clearing grass around the orchard to help the trees grow.
Next term Ms Shields will be helping year 1 to clear their garden ready to plant some new plants in the spring term.  She will also be working with the year 5's to maintain and develop new areas around the school.
How do you think we could develop areas around the school areas around the school? Do you have any more ideas for our new garden? Think about what would make the school a nicer environment for us and also what might attract more wildlife to the school.