The ATU youth team / Andover youth shoots had a camping trip in Harmony Woods where they undertook a bat survey and a set up a moth trap. Previously they have been learning how to identify trees, and have taken part in various day-time wildlife surveys such as wildflowers, birds, and setting camera traps – but […]
Edenderry Primary students have been participating in the Globe/NASA #TreeChallenge2021 by creating their own International Padlet to collaborate and share activities globally. Activities the students were involved with include : building a clinometer to measure the heights of trees, mapping tree coverage in their school, identifying trees, taking part in NASA led webinars about satellite […]
Our Year 6 working hard to plant the trees and shrubs for their micro-wood. Here are so pictures of our children planting the trees; we are looking forward to watching it grow and see what other insects and animals it encourages into our school grounds. The place for our Micro-Wood looks […]
This week, during our sessions, we finished off pulling out the weeds of the top and bottom planters (we are going to return to the middle planter when these two are sorted). We added some more topsoil, chicken manure pellets and planted some seeds. So far we have radishes and spring onions planted. We gave them […]
Its has been very exciting for us, here at Goat Lees, as we received a long awaited delivery at the end of April. Way back, before the Covid lockdowns began, we applied for the possibility of being selected to receive some trees and shrubs from the Free Trees for Schools Appeal. The Year 6 pupils […]
The planters were very unkept and full of weeds so we spent last week’s sessions getting rid of some of those weeds ready for planting. We hope to get rid of the remaining weeds this week and add some more topsoil into each planter. Let’s hope the rain holds off for us! Before: During: […]
Students at East Coast College have been working on the creation of a Wellbeing Garden that will benefit people, the environment and animals. The Brickwork students have been clearing an area of refuse and have been digging trenches to make pathways. The Enterprise students have grown bee and butterfly plants for the garden which will […]
We are a very inner-city school where lots of the children don’t have access to outdoor space or have their own gardens. We have a small allotment where there are some things growing and it is used especially for growing some tomatoes and strawberries which we then get to eat! We would like to develop […]
Imperial Avenue Infant School is located in Leicester city. We are fortunate to have wonderful school grounds here at Imperial and we are looking to develop a specific area so that we can run a Forest School programme. I am currently doing my Forest School Leader accreditation. We have had some plans drawn up for […]
We will be using the funding to develop planting within the school garden and around the school site (boundary fencing). Around the site, we will be planting hedging to both provide privacy but also promote gardening amongst the children. Within the school garden, we will continue to develop existing planting (trees and shrubs) but also […]
