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Pupils learn core skills planting orchard at school
YOUNGSTERS in Sheffield are hoping to taste the fruits of their labour after they planted an orchard in their school grounds.
The children from Stradbroke Primary teamed up with Ye Olde Oak Foods to plant 18 fruit trees in what is hoped will become the school's edible garden.
The fruit, picked by the pupils, will include cherries, apples and pears.
As the trees grow they will provide the school kitchen with tasty and healthy pudding options for the school menu.
Stradbroke won the fruit trees after Trees For Cities wrote to every school in Sheffield inviting students to enter a competition to win an orchard.
Organisers said they had an overwhelming number of responses but the letters from the children at Stradbroke Primary stood out.
Staff from Sheffield-based Ye Olde Oak Foods joined children from Years 5 and 6 to help plant the trees and also some daffodils in their playground. The aim of the orchard is to promote a healthier lifestyle to children and teach them the benefits of fresh, locally sourced produce and good nutrition.
Headteacher Martin Fallon said: "We are delighted to have been selected to receive an orchard. The children are looking forward to planting and eventually being able to taste the fruits of their labour."
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