Killeen National School
Killeen, 
Louisburgh, 
Co. Mayo.

09868651
killeenns2@gmail.com
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Our garden is blooming. Thank you and well done to everyone for all the hard work!

20/6/2022

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October 06th, 2021

6/10/2021

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Thank you to everyone who is working so hard in our school garden - It is looking super!

17/5/2021

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Sowing Glass Gem Corn                                                      Jo had planned on sowing these with our pupils this year but thet needed to be planted in April. With a helper at home, they have sown some and we are d

29/4/2020

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Sowing Sunflowers                                                          Thank you to Jo & Rowan who have been busy growing giant sunflowers for our school garden!

29/4/2020

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Sowing Prátaí!

28/5/2019

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Jo planted two different types of potatoes with us. We are planting them side by side to investigate which will be more successful in our soil. One variety we planted is the Lumper potato. The Lumper is a potato variety upon which millions of Irish people depended on until it was destroyed by blight during the famine from 1845 onwards. Planting these is a way of commemorating those who died during the Famine. 
​Thank you Jo!
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Spring 2019

17/4/2019

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The planting season has begun! Thank you to Jo who came into school before the Easter holidays to do some planting with us. She did lots of weeding in our school garden and has set up the beds for different families of vegetables. We are planting broccoli in the photos above.
We are also looking forward to planting some potatoes and flowers in May. 
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School Garden Newsletter June 2016

21/6/2016

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The children have worked so well together on the school garden this year, and the fruits of their labours are clear for all to see.  Seeds sown in pots in school grew into plants which were then planted out.  Not all of the seeds germinated, but nothing is guaranteed in gardening!   Potatoes and baby onions were planted direct into the soil.
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The garden is now filled with different coloured lettuces, kale, rainbow chard, potatoes, beans, peas, cabbages, sunflowers (not yet flowering), pumpkins, courgettes, onions, celery and herbs.  The children were keen to get involved, and really enjoyed digging and weeding, sowing and planting, and finding an assortment of bugs.  Apologies to parents for a few muddy knees!
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Our welly planters are now hanging along the fence at the front of the school, and either side of the gate leading into the school garden.
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There will be a tree planting on Thursday morning at around 10.45am, after the duathlon, and afterwards all parents are welcome to come and see what the children have achieved in the garden.  If you’d like to take some lettuce home with you, let Jo or Nicole know and we’ll bag some up for you.
During the summer holidays we will continue our regular weekly gardening slot on Mondays from 2pm – 3pm.  Please feel free to come along – there is a huge picnic table available if you’d like to come a little earlier and bring your lunch.   You may even see some birds coming to have their lunch at our new bird table.
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Jobs for the summer:
  • Watering if the weather is dry.  There is a black hosepipe for watering, and the tap is along the top of the fence, to the left side of the willow dome. Aim the flow close to the ground to avoid damaging the plants.
  • Weeding.  Tools will be accessible in the bike shed.  If you’re not sure which are the weeds, leave this job!
  • Harvesting rainbow chard and lettuce.  Feel free to take a few outer leaves from each lettuce, leaving the plants in the ground to grow on.
  • Harvesting beans, peas and courgettes.
 
Potatoes will be harvested when the children return to school.  We plan to organise a Harvest Day in the autumn - a chance to get together and taste some of our lovely organic produce.
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The school garden team is currently very small, but we are passionate about creating a beautiful environment where the children can relax, play, and learn about nature and where their food comes from.  If you would like to help by joining in with sowing, planting, weeding or watering, you would be made very welcome.  Get in touch, or just come along one Monday from 2-3pm.
 
Wishing you all a warm, dry, enjoyable summer, 
The School Garden Team.
‘I was just sittin’ here enjoyin’ the company. 
Plants got a lot to say, if you take the time to listen.’ 
Eeyore
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School Garden Newsletter May 2016

10/5/2016

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Last week the Junior Infants, Senior Infants and First Class children sowed some marigold seeds in the old wellies we had collected.  The seedlings have now started to come up and we hope that they will become strong, healthy plants full of flowers to brighten up the fence of our garden! 
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The children from the remaining classes sowed their choice of sunflower seeds, peas and beans in large yoghurt pots, and these are also starting to sprout.
The beds have now been cleared of weeds and are ready for planting thanks to the lads from the Rural Social Scheme, who turned up, as promised, one wet and windy morning last week.
Our regular weekly gardening slot will begin Monday 16th May from 2pm – 3pm.  We will meet every Monday at the same time (excluding Bank Holidays).  All parents and children who want to get involved are welcome to come along. 
Projects for this coming week:
  • Dividing the beds for ease of planting: we will be creating central paths with bark mulch on Wednesday morning (May 11th).
  • Planting seed potatoes and onion sets direct into the soil.
  • Planting a herb garden.
  • Setting up a bird table that has been purchased.
We will soon be planting up our flower bed.  Please bring in any plants that you have spare.
 
We always welcome ideas for brightening up the school garden, or getting your children involved in growing their own food, so please do get in touch. 
The school garden team is currently very small, but we are passionate about creating a beautiful environment where the children can relax, play, and learn about nature and where their food comes from.  If you’d like to help by joining in with sowing, planting, weeding or watering, you would be made very welcome. 

                 
‘’To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.’’  
​
Audrey Hepburn                  
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School Garden Newsletter April 2016

10/5/2016

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Our living willow dome has now been constructed, and last week Elvis Beetham gave a talk in each of the classrooms to explain how the willow will grow to create a leafy den to play in.
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Ms Kilcoyne, teacher of the Junior Infants, Senior Infants and First Class spotted the wonderful picture below online and would like to create a similar display along the fence of our garden.  
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Old children’s wellies are needed for this project so if you have any lying around please bring them in; Laura will leave a box outside her classroom for them.  If they are leaky, no problem as drainage holes will be made in them anyway.   What a great way to recycle something that would otherwise be destined for the bin!
 
If you have any ideas for brightening up the school garden, or getting your children involved in growing their own food, we would love to hear from you. 
 
The school garden team is currently very small, but we are passionate about creating a beautiful environment where the children can relax, play, and learn about nature and where their food comes from.  If you’d like to help by joining in with digging, sowing, planting, weeding or watering, you would be made very welcome.  No previous experience necessary!
 
Our plan is to arrange a regular weekly gardening slot from 2pm – 3pm (day to be confirmed) when we can meet to work on garden projects with those parents and children who want to get involved.  Ideas for projects in the near future include:

  • Weeding the beds in readiness for planting.
  • Sowing sunflower seeds, peas and beans in large yoghurt pots (please collect these if you use them and keep them to one side), and keeping these watered in school.
  • Planting seed potatoes and onion sets direct into the soil.
  • Creating a herb garden e.g. parsley, sage, lemon balm, dill, coriander, lavender.
  • Sowing carrots direct into the soil.
  • Planting out the sunflowers, peas and beans when they are ready, along with seedlings we have sown at home: pumpkins, courgettes, lettuces, rocket, beetroot, rainbow chard, scallions, kale, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, flowers…
  • Planting up our flower bed.  We are very grateful to the Rural Social Scheme gardeners who will once again be donating decorative plants to our school garden.  As mentioned in the last newsletter, if you have sown any plants for us we would be delighted to incorporate them into our display!
  • Constructing a bird table / feeding station.


​‘’Why try to explain miracles to your children when you can just have them plant a garden.’’   

Robert Brault                  
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Killeen National School
Killeen, 
Louisburgh,
Co, Mayo

TEL: 098 68651
Email Address: killeenns2@gmail.com