How does your garden grow? Pretty well thanks say Camelot Primary School pupils
Published 24 March 2010
Camelot Primary School pupils got their hands on gardening tools to turn an area behind the school from an overgrown wildlife and nature garden into a flourishing garden space and educational resource
The school celebrated the planting day last Wednesday 17 March 2010.
Through Southwark Council's Cleaner Greener Safer money, the school bought spades, forks, rakes, trowels and all the other equipment necessary to begin a gardening club.
With the help of Walworth Garden Farm, the Year three pupils will be able to grow vegetables, fruit and herbs in line with their Science syllabus.
Twelve students from the farm spent a day in January cleaning up the school's garden and preparing the planters for the children.
One of the volunteers, Tony Newlyn, is a former pupil of the school. He returned for the planting day last week to help the children plant their potatoes. Tony said: "When I was at school here there was no garden, just a place we used for playing. Now the kids can use it to learn about wildlife and how to grow food. I think it's fantastic. It's going to produce the next generation of Peckham gardeners."
