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Gardening Club - Spring 2018

Tue 01 May 2018

We had a very slow start last term as the weather was so bad, but we managed to sow some lettuce plants, grow on some geraniums, which we will plant out later this year and after we had made a start on clearing nettles, scatter some wild flower seeds in our wildlife area.

Now we have the better weather, we have lots of plans for the grounds and have already planted out the lettuces and tidied up our herb bed and added sweet pea plants to it. We have lots more nettle clearing to do so that we can grow more wildflowers. We plan to plant lots of vegetables again as the children always enjoy harvesting them and either donating them to the school cook or taking them home for dinner! We will try to make the garden as pretty as possible for summer so will need to keep planting, weeding and watering.

As always we give a big thank you to Meta Greenfield who gives us her time, expertise, and many plant donations.Meta also kindly came into school to demonstrate how to plant the potatoes and sunflowers which all the school children have been given for entry into the Barton Gardeners Show on 14^th July. We hope that as many children as possible will enter. The sunflower seeds should be planted 1.5 cm deep in compost in a deep pot – one in each pot, and then kept moist until shoots grow. Water regularly and, in June, the plants can be put outside in their pots. The best and tallest sunflower plant can be entered in the show.

Spring News from Gardening Club

Wed 07 Jun 2017

News from the Gardening Club

The children have started on our Spring jobs in the school garden and it is looking lovely.

It all started with a spruce up day in early March, when school staff, children and parents all come together and tidied, painted, cleaned and weeded. The grounds are now spick and span and we can get on with more planting and sowing of seeds. We will be planting as many vegetables as we can – we already have potatoes and lettuces growing.

One of our projects is to create a herb garden in the raised bed kindly donated by the Barton Gardeners and we have planted several herbs already. The children of Robin Class enjoyed picking the leaves and using them in the turnip soup they made! We have supplemented the herbs with colourful Spring flowers and the bed is looking lovely.

Another project this year has been the new pond in the wildlife area - thanks to Kenny from the Countryside Restoration Trust who dug and planted a new pond designed to encourage wildlife, particularly frogs and insects. We sowed wildflower seeds around the edges and these are growing well.

Mrs Greenfield has been helping us and continues to give us plants and come up with ideas for us, and we are very grateful for all her help.

The Pancake Chase story

Fri 12 Feb 2016 Whole School

The Pancake Chase

written by Robin, Swallow, Kingfisher and Owl Class (in that order)

One day (which happened to be Pancake Day) Barton school was making pancakes. They made over one hundred delicious pancakes. Most of them were eaten on the spot; suddenly one of the pancakes leapt out of the frying pan and started to roll out of the hall!

Their mouths watering, the hungry children, chased after the adventurous pancake. The plump pancake smashed through the thin glass, shattering glass everywhere.

“Stop or you’re in detention!” screamed Mrs Coulson. Along with the other teachers, she sprinted swiftly after the rolling pancake.

SPLASH! As Mrs Coulson dived into the freezing waters of the pond. Meanwhile, the pancake rolled steadily round the edge, giggling as the Headteacher bobbed up with a duck on her head and algae on her clothes.

Looking for a place to hide, the pancake saw the Number 18 bus to Cambridge roaring towards him. It toddled on the bus and travelled to Cambridge…

When it got off the bus it felt lost and alone. Rolling all the way to the Fitzwilliam Museum, he saw some dinosaur bones, a shiny piece of knight’s armour, some jewels and lots of paintings. All of a sudden, it heard a voice crying out: “Stop you lovely fat pancake, I’d like to eat you up!”

He rushed to the café and brought a pancake just as juicy as him. He put the pancake beside the statue of a lion so that the teachers thought it was him!

Meanwhile…

A very wet Mrs Coulson, climbed out of the pond. She was desperate to find the pancake, she followed the scent of lemon and sugar and jumped on the next bus to Cambridge. Arriving at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Mrs Coulson scurried around amongst the statues. “Aha! I have got you now!” she pronounced to the pancake sitting beside the lion statue. But, she quickly realised she had been tricked! Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the pancake sitting and relaxing in the café, having a cup of tea. “Just what I feel like after all this running around,” murmured Mrs Coulson and she went to join the pancake.

Sitting next to the pancake, she apologised, with a devious smile on her face. They shook hands and, in that moment, Mrs Coulson threw the pancake into her mouth. The pancake realised he had been betrayed, but it was too late now – Mrs Coulson had swallowed him whole.

Marathon for British Heart Foundation

Mon 08 Feb 2016

We had a brilliant time running a total distance of 26.2 miles on Friday afternoon as a whole school. We raised just over £150 for the British Heart Foundation, which is a charity that has significant meaning to a pupil in our school. Well done Barton!

Our School Video

Wed 03 Feb 2016

Have fun looking at our school video giving you an idea of what it is like to be a pupil at Barton!

Website Launched

Mon 04 Jan 2016

Welcome to our brand new school website! We have created the website to keep parents up to date with school news and notices, and to showcase some of the great things our pupils are achieving. The website is extremely easy to edit by all staff at the school, so check back soon for new updates!

Barton Bulletin

Fri 18 Dec 2015

In the Christmas edition of the Barton Bulletin:

Christmas Carol Service
O2 tickets
Morning Club
'Babushka' in the Cambridge News Nativity Supplement
Sharing targets with pupils and parents
Meals made on site
Fundraising by FOBS
Attendance Certificates
Clubs
Eversden Brass Band
Dates for the Spring Term
Dates for the Summer Term

Please note that 22nd July is the first day of the Summer holiday, not the end of term as listed in the Bulletin. The last day of the Summer Term will be 21st July 2016.