The Green Gang
Our School Nutrition Action Team 2023 - 2024


This year our gardening and nutrition team's focus is on planet-friendly gardening, growing a range of plants and vegetables and keeping them healthy. We aim to grow fresh organic vegetables that will be cooked by our school chefs and eaten by our pupils at lunchtimes. We are working towards gaining an RHS level 3 award.
We run a gardening club where children learn how to grow and maintain our veg plot and flower beds all year round. Since September we've been very busy harvesting the vegetables we planted in the summer term and clearing flower beds to make way for a spread of colour in the spring.
In the Spring our gardeners worked hard sowing seeds in trays ready to be planted out in the summer term.
The start of the summer term has been very busy with planting out our courgette plants, runner beans, radishes and tomatoes. Our strawberries and raspberries are thriving too!

Planting daffodils opposite our school for the village to enjoy

















Summer term potato harvest and planting for the autumn
Y4 made a roasted vegetable tart with our school grown courgettes and red onions





The Suffolk Show Schools' Garden Competition
Our garden 'Fit for a King' won the silver award - 2023
Our Garden For All Seasons in 2022.
We won the gold award!
Local Press
Our first crop of new potatoes, peas and mange tout!




Our veg patch thrived this summer!



Fun bread making workshops



Parents and Carers enjoying a healthy lunch

Healthy Eating Policy
We highly recommend the following videos as a guide to teaching your child safe cooking techniques:
Peeling fruit and veg: http://www.viewpure.com/H0cjfUPlvwE?start=0&end=0
Grating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcG9AkdiDNo&feature=emb_logo
The Bridge technique for cutting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqN2d_ItAuc&feature=emb_logo
The Claw cutting technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVJUD8SSQRA
preparing herbs and
the combined bridge and claw cut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY_ygiwVlCM
garlic: https://www.youtube.com/watchtime_continue=7&v=Qr4ZkI3RwZ8&feature=emb_logo