Your School
All the schools that are involved in the Dig Down South West campaign are featured here on this page. Thanks for being a part of our project – don’t forget to keep us posted on what’s happening with your school vegetable garden.
The Topsham School
The Topsham School is embracing the concept of grow your own by learning to grow vegetables in a poly tunnel provided by Ian Shears from the local Highfield farm. The children are able to walk to the farm from the school and hope to learn to grow a variety of vegetables over the coming year.
Biscovey Infant School
Biscovey Infant School, near St Austell, is one of many across the county that has registered.
“We’re really supportive of the campaign”, says head teacher Richard Hope-Pears. “We were involved from the beginning and hope to grow with it. As a school, we are really supportive of any initiatives that encourage children to become involved in growing their own food and raising awareness of healthy eating. We want to be part of the campaign for the longer term – it goes a long way in firing up children’s imaginations and I think it’s a really engaging and interactive way for youngsters to learn.”
Lytchett Matravers Primary School
Lytchett Matravers Primary School, near Poole, is one of many across Dorset that has registered with the campaign.
“Our children are thoroughly enjoying being involved in Dig Down South West”, says head teacher David Dorrell. “As a school we’re really supportive of any initiative that helps to promote healthy eating and encourages children to have a better understanding of where their food comes from.”
Wedmore First School
Andy Wookey, Year 4 teacher and environmental coordinator at Wedmore First School, added: “It’s a privilege to be chosen as part of this campaign. We’re in the process of moving our whole school garden and this will help us immensely in establishing a new site once the ground has been prepared.”
Avishayes Community Primary School
Shelley Gudgin from Avishayes Community Primary School in Chard, Somerset added: “We were delighted to support the ‘Dig Down South West’ campaign and get involved with the research. As a school, we support any initiative that helps to promote and encourage an understanding of where their food comes from.”
St Margaret’s School, Torquay
Fiona Owen said “WOW!!!!!! Many thanks for our wonderful plants. The children and I had great fun un-packing them today – they were enthralled. We are waiting for compost to be delivered but have had two lovely new planters built in our orchard all ready for the new arrivals. Let’s hope we manage to produce some wonderful veg!”
Ellen Tinkham School, Exeter
Emma Kenshole said “Thank you so much for the vegetable garden, which we received yesterday. It’s fantastic! Our students were busy preparing the beds all day. There will be great excitement when they see the plants and get planting!! We will take lots of photos. We will keep you posted with our progress.”
Devoran School, near Truro
Parent governor Katharine Edwards said “The children at Devoran School near Truro had some great excitement this morning as their Rocket Garden arrived in school. We have gardening club each week and individual class projects and the gardening club have been busy clearing our two large vegetable beds and a separate planter ready to plant these seedlings.
Wrington Primary School
Dig Down South West is a fantastic opportunity for the children to get involved in growing their own food. They all really enjoy having their lessons outside but this will mean they are having fun while they are learning. We all know we should be eating healthily, getting more excersise and fresh air, and showing children how they can grow their own food is the way they can do all of these things at once, hopefully it will be something they will remember into their adult life.
Mylor Bridge Primary School
Mylor Bridge Primary School children and parents had a wet and muddy, but happy start to their school garden on Thursday afternoon, 29th April. A corner of a field, loaned to the school by parent Paul Dale, has now had the raised planter beds partially filled with the vegetable seedlings from Rocket Garden. Cornwall College mature student Duncan Wilson, studying an Fda Fine Art Practice, constructed the beds, gates, steps and a picnic table from used materials.
Kinson Primary School
The children at Kinson Primary School are actively engaged in learning about sustainability and their natural environment. The Dig Down South West campaign has made a fantastic contribution to our school garden and the children are very excited to have the opportunity to plant, grow and harvest such a wide variety of fruit and vegetables.
Summercourt School
We are all very proud of our school grounds, which we have been developing over
the last few years, with full input from all the children. We have an
outdoor classroom, living willow tunnels, cornish apple trees, a new
wildlife pond, flower beds designed by the children and our own
chickens.
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Kingsbridge School
We’ve had a great first harvest of veg (lettuce and spinach) and the surplus was sold by the kids at their “farmers’ market” during the school fair. Most pupils have tried some of the produce in class with strawberries being the predictable favourite! Carrots, brocolli, spuds all coming along nicely, just needs some rain.
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