The beautiful flowers we picked a couple of weeks ago have been pressed and dried. It was now time to identify their English, Irish and Latin names and present them on acid free paper. Stephanie from Heritage in schools showed the children how to arrange and display the pressed flowers. The children then created lovely artworks with the remaining flowers.
We were delighted to receive one pear tree and three apple trees from Dunmanway Family Resource Centre. This is part of a Bees Orchards in the community project.
It is all about Bee Friendly & ensuring children get the opportunity to engage in biodiversity by planting trees & plants for our bees to pollinate & reduce the decline in our bees in Ireland.
They were planted in our school garden today and we look forward to the fruit they will produce in the next few years.
The children were very busy this week planting bulbs in the school garden. We are really looking forward to a wonderful, colourful display in the spring.
Some of the children in Sixth Class have decided to give every spare minute to tackle the weeds and overgrowth in the school garden. They have been very busy since the return to school getting the garden ready for it’s winter rest.
A few of the pots in the school yard were looking a bit tired so the Junior Room decided to freshen them up with some new plants.
The children in Miss M. Daly’s room enjoyed a scavenger hunt in the school grounds last week. A scavenger hunt is a great fun activity that allows children to get outside, get active and develop an appreciation of nature.
The senior class were busy in the school garden planting seedlings, weeding, composting and giving the garden a general clean up.
Infants planted wildflowers, cauliflower and broccoli. Seniors planted a mixture of herbs and vegetables. We look forward to seeing them grow over the next few months. 
At Togher N.S. we appreciate the diversity of nature and for this reason the children in the Junior Room have created a bug hotel to create a space where the bugs can thrive.
A bug hotel is part garden art and part winter habitat for insects. Our bug hotel will provide a home for a diversity of insects. Our insects will have all sorts of different nesting needs so the children provided a variety of plant material to encourage all sorts of our creepy crawly friends to lodge.
Our Bug Hotel will give a helping hand to local wildlife and are a great way to repay our insect friends for all their help in the garden throughout the year. Often known as “gardener’s friends,” these beneficial insects can be very useful by offering a form of natural pest control and flower pollination.
W
e had a wonderful response to our challenges so far.This week we would love to see Art in Nature and we have a few samples to inspire you!
Send your beautiful creations to togherns20@gmail.com or WhatsApp on 0874041181
We picked some lovely flowers from our school garden and Jessica from the Heritage Council showed the children how to press them.
