This is a very important project that should benefit your child enormously Will you or someone in your family volunteer to help??
Contact Mrs Linden or any class teacher  to find out more.
STOP PRESS::   Green Gym comes to Hatton Hill   ::STOP PRESS

We have used a grant from Sefton Council’s Green Gym Fund to build raised planters so that each year group can experience growing and eating.
How we are becoming an    Eco-School

The benefits of gardening to children                            Budding Gardeners- a great new gardening site for schools-you can sign up for resources, newsletters and discounts

  • Children learn better outside. 

 

  • Gardens offer children contact with the natural world. 

 

  • Gardening allows children to participate in a physical activity. 

 

  • Gardening increases self-esteem, self-confidence and a sense of general well-being.

 

  • It helps children work together and develops independence.

 

  • Gardening enables children to develop real life skills.

 

  • Gardening provides opportunities for children of all abilities to shine in different ways.

 

  • Growing food supports the recent government healthy eating scheme.

 

  • Gardening gives children insight into food production and seasonal produce.

 

  • A school garden provides a way of understanding the natural world, biodiversity and sustainability.

 

 
We make compost
from fruit and vegetable
waste
We are picking
up litter
We are crushing
and recyling cans
We turn off
unnecessary
lights
We use both
sides of the paper
before we recycle
We want to increase the
amount of glass, paper
and plastic we recycle