The Garden Club, left to right: Colin, seven, Lucy, 11, Kaitlyn, 11, Sandra, seven, Kaileigh, ten, Ceryn, nine, Faith, seven, and Phoebe, eight.
MANSEL Park Primary is lucky to have a large outdoor space which mean teachers can deliver hands-on learning, something they believe is key to engagement.
Staff have spent time developing different areas including a woodland trail, a pond where they have returning families of newts and frogs, and a badger sett.
An after school club takes care of the pond area and also a garden and vegetable plot in the Key Stage 1 playground.
The school can also boast winning a silver award two years in a row from Southampton in Bloom for their garden and vegetable patches.
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