Students 'dig for victory' in Watford school garden (From Watford Observer)

Students 'dig for victory' in Watford school garden

9:00am Saturday 20th March 2010 in

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Pupils at a Watford school enjoyed “digging for victory” during a hands-on science and history lesson.

Westfield Community Technology College, in Tolpits Lane, Watford, invited its pupils to dirty their hands and bend their backs by creating a 1940s style vegetable patch, containing carrots, onions, and other seasonal delicacies.

The pupils were taking part in a day of events designed to promote the school’s specialist subjects (of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) into every area of the school’s curriculum.

While English students enjoyed an afternoon of creative writing, maths and science pupils were set fun but brain-busting quandaries, such as what goes into a Hippopotamus.

History students, on the other hand, learned a hard but valuable lesson about the importance of sustainability –by digging and planting their own vegetable patch.

Teacher Tommy Rolt said the so-called STEM Day, held last Friday, had been a great success. He said: “Obviously learning can’t always be fun but anything that gets pupils enjoying themselves can only be a positive thing.”