It all began back in February when we began chitting our potato seeds as part of our science topic ‘plants’. When we could see the roots begin to sprout, we planted our potato seeds in compost. We watered them, cared for them and watched them as the grew.
This term, we dug up our potato plants, we were very excited and nervous to see if any potatoes had been produced. We need not have worried, we managed to harvest 163 potatoes weighing over 2Kgs!!
Mary kindly cooked them for us in our School kitchen for the children to eat. They were definitely the best potatoes we have ever tasted!
Last term saw seven intrepid sixth-former’s foray north into the Lake District, to pit their wits and test their endurance against the Cumbrian fells. Back in March, wild camping on their practice expedition, the girls had woken to ice on both sides of the flysheet; this time the mercury soared to Mediterranean heights.
High o’er fell, deep into dale, round Meres, Tarns, Lakes and Waters, they conquered long, gruelling ascents, squelching bogs, turned ankles and blisters by the bunch. Concessions to the heatwave numbered after-sun, ice cream and a quick dip in Bassenthwaite Lake. By journey’s end, on the shoulder of mighty Skiddaw, our girls had racked up well over 40 miles, along with 1500 metres of ascent.
Malcolm Irving, Secretary, who presented the award, said: “This is a well-deserved award and one which I wholly endorse from personal experience and frequent visits to the school.
Junior Boys pupil, Gabriel Davidson, recently won a football tournament in Marseille with his U8 Manchester City Team and was awarded the Goalkeeper of the Tournament Award!
