Articles from July 2012



Exciting News About Our Olympic Rings

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Campaign for School Gardening have chosen a picture of our Olympic Rings Flowerbed as their ‘Photo of the Month’ for August! Our photograph will appear on the RHS Campaign for School Gardening homepage throughout August. We will also receive a copy of the book ‘The Playground Potting Shed – A [...]

Olympic Games

Hi. Mr. W here I’m at the Olympics in London. I’m watching Senegal and Uruguay, Team GB are up next. If you’re watching the football leave a comment. Great atmosphere at Wembley stadium though!

Summer Planting at Fagley Primary

Well, we may have broken up for the school holidays, but it is still all go in the school gardens. On the last day of term, the Year Six leavers planted an apple tree together as a reminder of their time spent at Fagley Primary. Each child wrote a message on a scroll describing how [...]

What a Drama!

On Friday 6th July, eight children from Class 4 took part in the Bradford East 1 Locality – A History of Bradford Project. The drama project included 14 primary schools and was led by Alex Fellows. Our school along with St. Luke’s and St. Clare’s  looked at  ’Culture and Arts’. They portrayed the famous composer [...]

Sun, sea and sand!

On Friday 29th June, Class 1 and 2 spent the day on Scarborough beach. A rainy day seemed to be on the cards but luckily for us, the weather turned out to be glorious with plenty of sun. Lots of fun was had by all including drama at lunch time with a bunch of greedy [...]

Whopping Worms and Awesome Alliums

The Year 4 Garden Team joined me outside today. We began by weeding the vegetable beds and thinning out the carrot and beetroot plants. Next we loaded the decomposing twigs and leaf litter into one of our new composting stations. Katarina and Danyall used the loppers to cut up the larger twigs to help speed [...]

Strawberry Hunting and Snail Racing

We have come to accept that sunny spells will be few and far between this summer, therefore we have chosen to embrace the rain. Our Year 2 gardeners donned their new Garden Team waterproofs and headed out into the school garden. We are looking ahead for the Bradford Schools Flower and Vegetable Show by collecting [...]

Healthy Lifestyle Afternoon

As part of our PSHE curriculum, all the children took part in a fun and exciting “Healthy lifestyle Afternoon” on Wednesday 4th July. Children were given the chance to spend time with their brothers and sisters whilst trying and tasting new food. All the children were given the opportunity to create healthy sandwiches, wraps, pasta [...]

Olympic Opening Ceremony

This week we will be holding our very own Fagley Olympic Games. The fun will begin tomorrow with the Opening Ceremony and weather permitting it will take place outside in the playground at 9.30am. Please join in the celebration with us and enjoy the parade, singing, Zumba and cheerleading!

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