Manor Green Primary Academy achieves the RHS Level-1 School Gardening Award

Manor Green Primary Academy in Denton has been accredited with the RHS Level-1 School Gardening Award in recognition of its commitment to the journey of gardening and growing.

The RHS School Gardening Awards provide a structure to develop gardening through the curriculum at your school and a way to celebrate your progress.

Manor Green has always promoted sustainability and teaching life skills and during outdoor learning it became evident that the students enjoyed planting and growing, so it was an easy decision for the school to start an allotment.

During winter the students made plans of what their ideal space would look like and researched what to grow and when to grow it.

Over spring, the students have worked tirelessly digging, hoeing, and planting as well as making signs, many of which are in other languages that are spoken at the school.

Mrs Wren, Higher Level Teaching Assistant and leading the project at Manor Green Primary Academy, said: “When we read about the RHS award scheme we all became very excited as we had already covered a lot of what was needed.

“The children were very determined to make the extra push to achieve it and when they found out that we had attained the standard needed they were absolutely delighted.

“Now our future will be full of wonderful dinners, homemade soup and fruit pies.

“The school’s next step towards Level-2 includes frog ponds and some adopted hedgehogs. Whatever the future holds I know that Manor Green children are ready!”

Manor Green Primary School forms part of the Focus-Trust, a primary schools trust which is based in the Northwest of England and West Yorkshire with a vision of providing great schools at the heart of communities where children thrive, achieve, and succeed.