At the beginning of May, Gemma sent us some pictures of her garden vegetable raised beds that she had made. They have come on so well and are all starting to grow nice and strong.
Its mid-May now and only two weeks since the above pictures and the raised beds have grown so much! Gemma and the children are doing so well, they must all have green fingers!!
Chloe has been helping Gemma after school with watering and trying to keep Cooper their dog from jumping on them! All our pets want to join in with gardening!
This week, all the children have loved the soft play area. Even the Wanderers and Rangers have used them.
Emma and the Seedlings used the soft play area to practice counting and looked around for different shapes.
Molly buried Jack underneath the blocks to make a grave!
Martie made Tracie’s heart jump when trying to go down the steps head first!
Chloe, Leo and Molly made a big aeroplane. Leo was the pilot and took the girls on holiday. Tracie asked if he could fly her to Madeira so she could enjoy the hot weather, Chloe said she wants to go with her so she could go swimming.
Martha used the blocks to make a barricade as she didn’t want to go home! We love the blocks as we can make up so many different activities and role play games.
This Easter holidays have flown by so fast. The Seedlings, Wanderers and Rangers have all been so busy in the garden and their efforts are paying off with an abundance of seedlings growing strong.
On the first shelf in our greenhouse we have Marigolds growing, we will be planting them between the tomatoes, Chillies and Cucumbers to help fight away the aphids, this is called companion planting. We do this instead of using pesticides which is better for the environment. The Wanderers are growing Pak Choi, radish, cauliflower and sweetpeas.
On the second shelf we have used toilet rolls as pots, filled them with peat-free compost and sown peas, swede, beetroot and spring onions.
The Little Seedlings helped Tracie to sow the Phlox seeds, Alfie tried so hard to pick a seed up from Tracie’s hand using his pincer grip, but the seeds were just too small. Tracie gave Alfie the packet to sprinkle over the toilet roll pots. I’m sure they will set seed soon and we will thin them out individually if over crowded.
The middle shelf has tomatoes and pansies growing well. We made sure they all have plenty of water and tomato feed to help produce strong stems.
The top shelf is bursting with Chillies, sweet peppers, chives and lavender. Jacy from the Rangers has the strongest tomato plant growing, the Bisto pot is still going strong!!
Last week, Georgia helped to sow the onion sets. This week she noticed they had grown, she asked if she could sow some more. Tracie asked Georgia to help prepare the soil for the seeds, Georgia got stuck in by raking the soil.
Jack came over and asked if he could help, Tracie gave Jack baby sweetcorn and carrots to sow. He then helped to cover the raised bed with mesh, this is because the birds keep attacking the onion sets and seeds.
Today we have all been on a trip to Croxteth Park Hall and joined in the ‘Liverpool Kindness Rocks’ challenge. We had to look high and low for painted rocks hidden around our parks.
Some stones have been placed with paint for you to take home and decorate yourself. Once decorated you then hide them in a different park. I wonder who will find the most, seedlings, rangers or wanderers?
Emma
Thank you George and Oliver
Everyone said Emma would win! We were all right, she found not one but two! A lovely shiny leaf and a ‘Thank You NHS’, they were both in a tree stump.
Thank You Lisa
Jacy found the next one, he remembered he had seen something a week ago when he was in the park with his mum. He didn’t go and investigate it then, but he went over to the place he thought he had seen it and it was was still there! One to the Rangers!
Sparkling Leaf by JJO
Georgia from the Seedlings found this beautiful ladybird rock near the playground, one to the Seedlings!
Georgia Left One on a Log
Beautiful Ladybird
Georgia loved the shine on the ladybird and said it was really smooth and pretty.
We Left These Stones For Someone to FindWhere’s This One We Hid? Good Luck Finding it! Rocks We Found at Walton Hall and Hid in Croxteth Park
Exercise in the Park
Pasta Salad
Georgia Loved the Cake
Emma Filling her Face
Jack and Jacy
Tracie Camara Shy
Mason Looked High
Camp Making
Climbing Trees
Jacy was a Caveman
Jacy and Jack
It was soon time for lunch and we all sat next to the park and the older children went on the exercise equipment and worked up a hunger so came back and had lunch.
The Rangers loved climbing the trees and getting stuck, luckily they were able to help each other to get over and off them. They worked well together and made treehouses.
We all thought Jacy’s was the biggest and brightest of all.
Cooling Marshmallows
Last but not least we went home and ended our day by the campfire roasting marshmallows nom nom.
The Little Seedlings said a farewell to Niamh back in December 2020 as she was moving back home to Ireland with her mummy and daddy.
Niamh Wearing The Apron She Made With Us
Since then, we have been sending pictures and messages to each other. Niamh sent us this picture of her, wearing the apron she made in the last week with us.
Hi Niamh
The Little Seedlings sent this picture back, asking her how she was and if she had settled in her new home.
Niamh Where’s Ours?
Niamh said she misses us all but she loves having mummy and daddy with her all the time.
Today we had a special message from Niamh, she was reading us her favourite book!
Poppy was very happy as it was called ‘Poppy and Sam’s Bedtime’ we are amazed how grown up Niamh has got! Talk soon, love the Little Seedlings.
The Little Seedings made some very nice Red Nose Day biscuits. Tracie mixed the water into the icing sugar and it exploded everywhere, we all thought this was very funny!
Listening to Instructions
Mixing the Icing
Adding Red Sweets
All Done
Somebody couldn’t wait to ice and add sweets to their biscuits! The face said it all!
Nom Nom
Biscuit or Me?
Tracie and Emma didnt want to miss out! Emma made a double dip stack and Tracie wanted hers plain and simple. Both were delicious.
Emma Made a Double Dip
Tracie liked Plain and Simple
Alfie Loved His
Watch Tracie Make a Mess
Yummy
We decorated some biscuits for the Wanderers and Rangers for when they come home from school. Let’s hope they aren’t eaten before the come!!
Jacy
Leo
Mason
Thumbs up for the Biscuit
Leo loved the Decorations
Thumbs Up for Taste
When the wildlife Rangers and Wanderers came home they wore their noses and ate the biscuits all up and gave a big thumbs up!
Today Mason asked to help out in the garden. We decided to plant the bedding plants in the front garden as it’s looking bare before all the bulbs and wildflowers start coming through. Mason was extremely careful and gently took the plants out of the pots and planted them into the soil.
Looking in the Cold Frame
All Done
Jacy Sowing Sunflowers
Mason had a sneaky peek in the cold frame to see how our plants are doing. He noticed the pansies needed thinning and the marigolds are getting stronger.
Our Wildlife Wanderer sowed some Sunflower Seeds along the wall area, we are hoping they will grow very tall and strong.
Look who Jacy found in the garden!!
Big Spider!
All the children wanted to have a look but were very scared incase he jumped at us!!
Spinning a Web
Tracie made a run for it when putting out the bins, she tripped up the step while rushing too fast and nearly fell into the Spider! Scary or what!!
In half term, the Wildlife Wanderers used various different types of tubs from the recycling box to sow their seeds. This is how we got on.
Cauliflower Growing Strong
Chloe chose an old mince carton, as you can see they have turned out very well! Chloe sprays them with water in the morning before school and will soon be planting them into the raised beds.
Oops Not Doing Well!
These seeds were sown by Jacy in old sausage tubs, he thought that with the grooves it would be good to sow in rows. They started off really well, unfortunately the grooves were too shallow and the plants dried out too fast and wilted.
Tall Nasturtiums
These are amazing! They are Poppy’s nasturtiums and have grown so fast. We will be planting them out in the garden this week.
She used some seed trays that we brought last year, they have holes in the bottom so she has placed them in another tray without holes and waters them from the bottom. This is definitely a good way to grow seeds.
Jacy found this old Bisto tub and thought it would make a good planter for his Tomato Seed. He put the lid on the bottom to stop the water seeping through. It has so far worked very well and the tomato plant looks tall and healthy.
Jacy thinks that when the tomato is big enough he can take off the plastic lid and place the whole pot into the ground, and the roots will push through! We will have to wait until the last frost to plant out and see if he is right!
2 Cucumbers and 2 Tomatoes
Growing Strong
Martie’s Radish
Marigolds
Chillies
The Little Seedlings
In February, the little seedlings planted Chillies, Radish, cucumbers and Marigolds. Everything is growing so well, we even had some surprises!
We sprinkled at least 20 seeds in the seed tray but again like last year only 2 have grown! And a second surprise was 2 tomatoes have grown in their tray, Mason said that maybe they are ‘cuematos’! Maybe we have made a new salad crop!!
We will keep you updated at the end of March about how our project is going.
The children loved making the puppets which encouraged them to work as a group whilst also doing independent work.
Sophie Proud of Her Puppets
Georgia Concentrating Hard
Alfie Having a Go
Sophie loved looking through the book finding the numbers. While playing with the number card, Georgia made her own game up by tracing the numbers with her finger instead of using the white board marker. She beamed when she said, “I can write like mummy!”
Baby Jack loved The Puppets
Sophie Recognised Number 8
Sophie found it on the number chart too!
The Activity Sack
Baby Jack didn’t miss out, he joined in by his big sister and the others using the puppets to make up other stories. Jack cooed and enjoyed the attention.
I asked the children after the activity if they enjoyed it and they all shouted a big ‘Yes’ and they played for the rest of the day with the puppets. We have a range of story sacks for sale including this one The Hungry Caterpillar 1 2 3. Just click the link to see our full store.
Tracie's Treasures 