At the end of Summer term the Eco Club entered the Sam Gardiner School Gardening Competition. Sam Gardiner MLA and three other judges came to our school earlier this term to see for themselves the work that is being done. Four of our Eco Monitors showed the judges around the poly tunnel area. They explained what activities we did last year as well as new gardening projects that we hope to undertake this school year. The judges were extremely impressed by the communication skills of our children and said that out of the 28 schools that had entered our pupils were the most well spoken.
We enjoyed showing how we used the produce from the polytunnel by treating the judges to a lunch of cheeses and bread served with Rowandale Green Tomato Chutney, pumpkin quiche and corn muffins.
We were delighted to be shortlisted with five other schools to visit Stormont where we received a Highly Commended Award in recognition of how well our school garden area is being used throughout the school.
