Digging in to grow a healthy dinner

8:22am Wednesday 9th April 2008

Pupils at St Anthony's Catholic Primary School in Shipley plan to reap what they have sown later this summer.

Youngsters in the school's gardening club, which meets each Friday, have planted carrots, potatoes and strawberries in their own plot.

When each vegetable is ready, they will be cultivated and eaten by youngsters at St Anthony's to supplement their already healthy dinners.

Patricia Smith, a teaching assistant at the school, said: "We have ten Year Four children in the club who have planted the vegetables and really enjoy the work they do.

"It all ties in with work the children have been doing on where food comes from as well as the environment."

Pupils at St Anthony's have also recently created their own Peace Garden.

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