A GREEN fingered school's vegetable garden is helping pupils achieve success in other areas of the curriculum as Year 2 pupils used their Maths skills to plant 250 onion bulbs.

Year 2 pupils at Dane Ghyll school in Barrow all played their part in planting hundreds of onions on a raised bed in an attempt to cultivate a massive crop for next spring.

The youngsters also got out rulers so they equally space out their bulbs to give them the best chance of growing.

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Louise Postlethwaite, who helps maintain the garden and teaches the children how to plant correctly, is impressed with her pupils' commitment and is delighted that it helps them with other parts of the curriculum.

She said: "The school garden was a small project that has become part of school life with every year group now involved.

"The children will remember getting involved in the production of homegrown vegetables appropriate to the seasons, nurturing them through to harvesting.

"It's wonderful that they can use their Maths, Science, English and Art skills throughout all the school gardening projects and also cook with the produce."

Caron Reynolds, who is headteacher of the school, added: "The school gardening helps across the school curriculum with Maths calculations from Reception class to advanced Maths in Years 5 and 6.

"In Science the children are learning about the food chain, healthy living and natural habitats.

"The children eat the food produced at lunchtime and Year 3 also use the vegetables in cookery club.

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"English is used to record their progress in the garden, completing a gardening diary which has won the school prizes.

"Also design illustrations and signs for the garden are made in Art and Design Technology."

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