A HADDENHAM school was crowned the best pumpkin grower in Cambridgeshire this week. Robert Arkenstall Primary won a £150 prize to go towards an environmental project. Pupils plan to use their five-stone (33 kilo) pumpkin to make soup and to compost the r
A HADDENHAM school was crowned the best pumpkin grower in Cambridgeshire this week.
Robert Arkenstall Primary won a £150 prize to go towards an environmental project. Pupils plan to use their five-stone (33 kilo) pumpkin to make soup and to compost the remaining waste.
The pumpkin competition was launched back in May by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Waste Partnership to celebrate National Composting Week.
Liz Hawkins, waste campaign officer for Cambridgeshire County Council, said: "This is a really fun way of encouraging children to grow their own food and turn organic rubbish into compost."
The school has also been successful in the playground after pupil Lisa Marshall won a Tesco competition, securing £1,000 to spend on three new playground benches earlier this year.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here