Month: May 2015
Amy Marshall, our very own Roots & Shoots Teacher to take part at Teach Earth training programme 2015
Teach Earth is a programme, which combines “hands-on” scientific research, which can be replicated in a school setting, and innovative tailored learning sessions. It provides inspiration, confidence and resources to enable teachers and educators to develop as environmental leaders. Roots & Shoots teacher Amy Marshall from Walhampton School was one of the lucky 12 selected […]
Featured Activity: Where Does Your Food Come From?
This activity looks at the food we eat and where it comes from (AKA its food miles). Can you reduce the energy that goes into getting your food from A to B by eating local, seasonal produce?
Evendons Primary School
Here is a picture of the children at school working to spread woodchips: The work is progressing well here and we are trying to get the children into the earth! My son (25) said to me recently that he can remember the feel of the earth on his hands as we played in the garden. […]
Walhampton Wild Flower meadow
Walhampton wild flower meadow has been weeded and seeded ready for a blooming good summer for our bees, with huge thanks to Gill Hickman and the Kew Garden wild flower meadow project.
Walhampton Charity Recycled Boat Race
Walhampton pupils enjoyed a sunny Saturday ‘just messing about on the water’. They made sailing boats from recycled materials, which they brought in to compete in the Johnson House fundraising boat race. Along with the fun they raised money for Lymington SailAbility, a charity which enables people with disabilities to experience sailing.
TASIS Duckling Update
TASIS Wildlife Club has hatched 7 ducklings! Of course, it is important that we are responsible in our doing this project, so we have partnered with a wonderful children’s farm, Lower Shaw Farm in Swindon. The farm has provided us with some eggs, and we put them in our incubator. After about a week, we […]