With spring just around the corner, think about keeping part of your garden wild as plants start to grow and flowers begin to bloom 💚

Easter holiday activity ideas:

🌸 Head outside to see which spring flowers you can find: schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/Resources/Spot…

🌸 Make a nature potion: schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/Resources/Acti…

🌸 Transform an old shoebox into a sensory nature box: schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/Resources/Acti…

More here:
schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/News/News-resu…

April gardening activities 👇

Take cuttings from herbs, chit and plant second early potatoes, sow marigolds and sunflowers, harvest spring onions, support peas and beans with canes...

More here:
schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/Resources/Mont…

#GardeningWithChildren #GardeningTwitter

Don’t miss out on your free celebration pack!

We’ve got 15,000 packs ready to send to groups across the UK, complete with 5 different varieties of seed to use at your #RHSBigSeedSow event.

Sign up to #RHSGrowWithIt now and get your pack in the post 📮

rhs.org.uk/get-involved/g…

📢 Just 18 days to go …

We’re really looking forward to our Year 5 residential trip. Thank you to LEO Forest School for planning such a wonderful opportunity for the children.

Check out the thread below, to see what the children will be getting up to in April. 🧵👇

Our Spring Newsletter is now available online. Catch up with all our news, after another busy term across LEO Academy Trust.

Includes updates from ...

🧮 LEOmaths
📚 LEO English
⚽️ LEO Sports
🍃 LEO Forest School
🧩 LEO Technology for Learning

... & lots more 🦁

leoacademytrust.co.uk/658/termly-new…

Pssst! The RHS are now offering free eLearning for teachers, pass it on! 🤫

Introducing our free eLearning, designed for teachers who are new to school gardening.

Register on the training website to get started: rhscfsg.docebosaas.com/learn

#SchoolGardening #TeacherCPD

An exciting day at Forest School for year 5 today Cheam Park Farm 🌲 The children got hands-on with nature, whittling their own pens using potato peelers. Turning campfire ashes into ink, they designed a one-of-a-kind forest camp flag 🚩 Creativity meets sustainability!

'🌲🎉 End-of-term games session at Forest School Cheam Common Junior Lots of team building and initiative-led games, with a forest twist on tic-tac-toe. 🌳🍃 Well done year 5! #ForestSchool #TeamBuilding #OutdoorGames '

The Big Schools' Birdwatch results are in! This year’s number one bird is the Woodpigeon! The survey wouldn't have been possible without teachers and pupils becoming citizen scientists for the day. Thank you! rspb.org.uk/whats-happenin…

The year 5’s Shawley Community Primary Academy wrapped up their sessions today with a lesson in resilience using the Flint and steel’s 🔥 They learned the three p’s: patience, perseverance, and practice, sparking mini fires of determination within each of them. 🔥

Today was the perfect end-of-term treat for the children West Ashtead Primary ! 🍿🔥 They had a blast cooking popcorn over an open fire, singing songs, and playing games. Memories made and smiles all around! #EndOfTermFun

What a great day! We welcomed visitors from to Veolia UK, @growatbrogdale, Tesco News & Groundwork UK to Brookfield to celebrate the arrival of a huge delivery of strawberry plants. We’re now a proud part of the nationwide #VeoliaOrchard . Thank you for this great opportunity!

A fun day Brookfield Primary some children got a chance to team up with Tesco's for a filming opportunity! The children planted strawberry plants with Veolia. Then went on tho discuss plastic bags and recycling, they're leading the way in eco-awareness and sustainability education!

💬 Advice & tips for effective outdoor learning provision

LEO Forest School joined Kingswood & Headteacher Update for an exciting webinar. Great insights from the panel on how to make outdoor learning exciting and engaging for all.

Watch back online.👇

bigmarker.com/maexhibitions/…

📢 Closing date tomorrow …

… last chance to apply! Come & join us as an apprentice this September and be part of our team at LEO Academy Trust. 🦁

It’s been a busy start to 2024, with staff & children from across LEO Academy Trust, sharing their work with other schools near & far.

Through #LEOintheNews , we’re proud to share a summary of articles & features we’ve appeared in.

Take a look!👇

leoacademytrust.co.uk/2168/leo-in-th…

🔥 Another magical day Manor Park Primary Academy as the children toasted popcorn around the fire, wrapping up their last few sessions before half term! 🍿 It's been an incredible journey watching these young minds flourish with a love for nature each week. 🌿✨ #OutdoorEducation

The Big Seed Sow is back! 🌱

This year it’s even bigger as part of our new Grow With It programme. Join us between Mon 29 April – Sun 12 May for a sowing celebration.

Sign up to get your free celebration pack and seeds:
rhs.org.uk/get-involved/g…

#RHSGrowWithIt #RHSBigSeedSow

🐸 Today, we stumbled upon some frogspawn in our pond! 🌿 Turning this discovery into a lesson, we delved into the fascinating world of frog life cycles. The children eagerly pieced together the stages. We can’t wait to see if there are any changes next week. 🔍 #NatureEducation