Welcome to Growing Greener, Holy Trinity Rosehill Primary School's flagship creative learning programme. By working with a range of people from different backgrounds the children in our school learn about growing a greener future through gardening, cooking, conservation, enterprise and digital technologies. You will find the latest news about all of the exciting activities we have been doing on this new blog!


Sunflowers for the Nursery

Posted by Mr Ashton on May 9th, 2013

We had a great day yesterday planting sunflower seeds with the nursery pupils.

The pupils can’t wait to see if the sunflowers will grow as tall as Mr Ashton. We also did lots of digging and weeding.

We also had a visit from a snail which everyone had a closer look at.

Photo – Alan Price / Gatehouse ..(Read More)

My Apple Crumble!

Posted by Emily on March 20th, 2013

Today I’m making a surprise apple crumble for my Dad here is the recipe:

First, peel four or five apples (considering how big your family is). They can be cooking or eating apples (maybe even a mixture of both). Once you have peeled them cut slices or chunks round the core. After that,put the apples in a pan along with a sprinkling of sugar and add some juice or water (I would recommend apple and mango juice). Let it boil until the apples are soft. Once you ..(Read More)

Eco – Day

Posted by Libby on February 5th, 2013

Coming up on Thursday 7th February we are going to have an amazing non-uniform ECO-DAY!

A letter got sent out about it here is what it read:

On Thursday 7th February we will be having an Eco Day. This involves a non uniform day, where children can pay £1 to wear Eco Colours (red, yellow, orange, green and blue).

Additionally, Eco wristbands will be on sale at lunchtime on both sites at 50p per band. This also includes the infamous ‘glow- in- the- dark’ band.

All monies raised will ..(Read More)

Garden Bird Watch

Posted by Mrs Brennan on January 27th, 2013

This weekend is the big garden birdwatch run by the RSPB to try to identify birds visiting our local gardens.  If you would like to take part visit www.rspb.org.uk/mybirdwatch for more details and how to send in your results.  Details of the big schools’ birdwatch which runs from 21st January to 1st February at www.rspb.org.uk/schoolswatch.

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Get tips from our team of gardeners at Holy Trinity Rosehill. Mr Ashton from the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust is our resident gardening expert and environmental educator and will be writing lots of useful advice to help you garden at home and in the community. Mr Waller, Mrs Brennan and Mrs Forrest will also share some of their green fingered tips too!


May

Posted by Mr Ashton on May 9th, 2013

Summer is just around the corner and the garden is growing, flowers smell nice and insects are buzzing. Make the most of the sunny days by doing some jobs in your garden.
Fruit & Vegetables
Sow now:
Sow radish and spinach and lettuce outside, and sow courgettes and French beans inside.
Harvest now:
Early sowings of salad leaves, salad onions and rhubarb. Make some rhubarb crumble
Jobs now:
• Continue to earth up your potatoes as they grow and keep them watered.
• The weeds ..(Read More)

Bonfire Night

Posted by Mr Ashton on October 29th, 2012

Don’t forget if you are having a bonfire at home to check it for hedgehogs before you set it alight. Sometimes hedgehogs see the big pile of sticks and think you have made a home for them to hibernate!

October Gardening Tips

Posted by Gaynor on January 15th, 2012

Harvest your fruit and vegetables before the first frosts.

Harvest apples and pears.

Harvest your beetroots, onions, leeks, sweetcorn, potatoes, carrots etc

Store in a cool frost free place until use.

Plant winter onions and green manure crops.

Cut grass for last time.

Prune back herbaceous plants. Dry herbs for ..(Read More)

Save your strawberries

Posted by Mrs Brennan on June 21st, 2011

To help prevent slugs and snails from eating your strawberry crop, place clean dry straw around the base of your strawberry plants so that the strawberries are on the straw and not laying on top of the damp soil or ..(Read More)

We are really excited to share our Growing Greener video which was created to celebrate all of our exciting creaitve learning work. We hope you enjoy it!







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The Growing Greener programme was initially funded by Creative Partnerships, the UK's flagship creative learning organisation operated by Creativity, Culture and Education. The programme now embodies a greater part of our whole school ethos and curriculum to provide children with relevant, meaningful and inspiring experiences to enhance and improve their learning.

We are still recognised as a School of Creativity for the Creative Partnerships programme. We continue to keep this title in recognition of our provisions for creative learning across the school.