Since the beginning of the year we have all been working so hard to try to keep active and work outdoors more, with the aim of developing life skills and a sense of health and well-being. We wanted to make our outdoor environment a feel-good space to be in and this is how Raddlebarn In Bloom came about!

All children, in all classes have contributed in some way to developing an environment that encourages nurture, growth and the potential to bloom. This represents what we want for our children in school too. We have seen our children grow and blossom into the wonderful young people they are today.

We have developed our school garden area and wanted to demonstrate some of our strengths in our school, such as diversity by growing plants, flowers, fruit and vegetables that originate from all over the world and that can create a wonderful rainbow of colours that is now symbolised in our new school logo.

Our Y5 and Y6 leaders, planned and prepared an outdoor, socially distanced family tour to share the wonderful developments that have been taking place within our school environment.

This has been such an amazing community event, where the children have learned so much from using a drill to create drainage holes, to creating a sensory bed and a vegetable patch. Our Y6 children even created a community mural to commemorate the event on Raddlebarn Road as their Y6 legacy.

Special thanks goes to Morrisons, Wicks, Umberlsade Nurseries and our school community for the very generous donations of plants and flowers; to Garry Jones who worked with our Y6 artists; to our Eco Councillors and School Councillors who have been watering the plants on a rota and to Mrs Brill who helped to organise the event.