Selwyn Primary

Selwyn Primary school in Plaistow, East London has 2 well established gardens, a large composting area, a sheltered outdoor space for taking lessons and lots of keen little gardeners.

Saying hello to some of the many invertebrates living in the school garden

Overgrown alliums

Harvesting carrots

Painting from plant pigments

SEN pupils harvesting and cleaning potatoes

Selwyn pupils got to be in an episode of the BBC  ‘Down On The Farm’ . They got to learn how TV programmes are made and had to learn some lines as well. 

Meeting and selling our produce to the Mayor Sadiq Khan at City Hall. 

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IMG_2605 (1)  Head gardeners at Slewyn planting and digging and finding worms the size of snakes! Nearly!

IMG_1671Year 6 pupils looked at animal tracks and habitats. They really enjoyed being creative, painting bird boxes for the garden.

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