Morrisons Lets Grow Vouchers

The allotment group have been very busy for the last few weeks due to counting 'Lets Grow' vouchers during their Tuesday lunchtime meeting.

So far we have nearly 4000 vouchers so we will be able to get lots of equipment. To find out more have a look at http://www.morrisons.co.uk/LetsGrow/The-rewards/ .

We still need your plastic bottles

We still need your 2 litre plastic bottles so we can make our green house. Please bring them to the main entrance of school.

Thank you! The Allotment Group Heathfield Primary

We have a shed!

We now have a shed for our allotment. The allotment group are just about to look inside it. Mrs Hill is looking for the camera and we hope to put some pictures of our new shed on here soon!
Big thanks to those who helped get the shed and put it up.


The Allotment Club

Worms

Three worm bins were given to Heathfield School from the Council to encourage food waste to be recycled and turned into compost. The worms eat food such as apples, banana skins, lettuce, tea bags and convert it into compost which can be used to put onto the allotment to help the vegetables grow.

Groundwork have set up a worm bin at their office and are keeping them here until after the summer holidays. When the bin was set up we had to order the worms on a special internet site. The worms arrived in a special package and I quickly put them into their new home and made sure they had enough to eat!

Take a look at the pictures which show you a bit more how a worm bin is set up!

GROUNDWORK

Leaving for summer!

On the 23rd of July the school will be breaking up for the summer holidays which means our three year six's in the allotment group will be leaving and moving on to Eastbourne accademy
We hope to see them again for more help with the allotment after school. Also we will be having two new members joining us in September.

Over the summer holidays we will be applying for money to help build the allotment ,we hope we will have the money when we come back to school so we can start work on the allotment.

By the allotment group

Fruit trees have been ordered

We have ordered three fruits trees which will arrive in November. Watch this space for further news.

We need your 2litre bottles!

Don't throw out your 2litre bottles! They will be put to good use by Heathfield Primary School who will be using them to make a green house for their allotment.

If you want to find out more about making a green house from bottles check out the below link.
http://www.tenbees.co.uk/1/recycling/news/2007/11/r20071126134017.php

Plese bring in all your bottles to Heathfield Primary School (on the Broadway Darlington) we have a bottle collection bin stationed outside the office.

Thank you for your help!
From the Heathfield Primary School Allotment Group