Fearnhill School

Since the Fearnhill pond was completed, there has been a lot of activity at Fearnhill.  Shortly after the Easter holidays a group of Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils took part in a Woodland Trust Tree for All campaign which saw them in the middle of a field in their wellies helping to plant trees to create Hartswood forest, an area that is going to develop to be the largest native woodland in England.  Three lucky pupils were also selected to take part in a memorial tree planting as part of the redevelopment of the town that the school is in.

At the end of the Summer term, the whole of Year 8 took …

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As part of the mission to improve the biodiversity around Fearnhill School, 30 saplings, donated by the Woodland Trust ,were planted around the school grounds.  Some of these were planted around the wildlife garden to provide a wider range of habitats for various bird and insect species.  In the wildlife garden itself, the pond is being re-developed from a mass of brambles to an actual pond with a boggy area and several different depths of water.  We aim to have the pond completed by the end of term, so there is a lot of work still to do!  Some pupils are helping to make bat boxes and bird boxes to put in the garden too.

Last Friday, the Year 9′s were …

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Fearnhill School in Letchworth, Hertfordshire joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

You can see where Fearnhill School is on a map and read about their local environment here.