Welcome to Abbey Road Primary School,

Welcome to Abbey Road Primary School, West Bridgford, Nottingham, England.

So, where exactly is that in England?

Just like in your local area,food is grown and made here. We call this ‘produce’. Let’s have a look at some of our local produce (from Nottingham and Nottinghamshire).

Nottingham’s locally made ice cream http://www.thaymaricecream.co.uk/index.html

Not everyone likes blue cheese, but if you do, Colston Bassett Blue Stilton is amazing! http://colstonbassettdairy.co.uk/

Do you like honey? Try some of this. It’s delicious!

We grow some great apples in Nottingham Bramleys Apples There’s even a local newspaper called ‘The Bramley’ http://www.bramleynewspaper.co.uk/

Do you like pickle (chutney)? http://www.mrpitchforkspickles.co.uk/

How about something to drink? Belvoir Fruit Farms make some very tasty fruit drinks http://www.belvoirfruitfarms.co.uk/

This is hot (very hot!) – taste with caution! Gringley Gringo Chilli Sauce (We don’t grow the chillies here – we import them...)

And for your parents: (Beer)

And we even have Nottinghamshire wine! From the Eglantine vineyard http://www.eglantinevineyard.co.uk/Pages/default.aspx

Green’s Windmill is near the city centre. Most of the grains for the flour milled here come from a nearby farm. http://greensmill.wordpress.com/

In Nottingham, farmers grow cereals like... wheat and barley

Here are some of the vegetables which farmers grow in Nottinghamshire: cabbage cauliflower

onions leeks

potatoes carrots

Here is some of the fruit which farmers grow in Nottinghamshire: strawberries raspberries

red currants blackberries

And finally, here are some of the animals which farmers rear in Nottinghamshire. cows for beef lambs for lamb

hens for chicken pigs for pork

We hope you’ve enjoyed learning about the things that we grow and eat in Nottingham. How much can you remember?

Welcome to Abbey Road Primary School,