Eco garden opening speech- by Gary King It gives me great pleasure to say, welcome ladies and gentlemen to the grand opening of the Grand opening of the refurbished Eco garden. So, I guess it’s nice to see to see, to see you… (I see you’re all awake) Now, I’m quite sure the visitors, being […]
Take a look at the workshop delivered by Tara Golshan (Executive Director, Education) at Canada Blanch Instituto Espanol de Londres.
Here are some pictures of our garden this year. The weeds have had a great year, but we have also grown peas, potatoes and a massive pumpkin plant. Most of our Eco Club membeds are year 1s so we have done plenty of digging and watering as well as weeding. Our potatoes weighed 1.6 kg […]
Potato Growers A group of 10 pupils in year 8 planted 2 varieties of potato sent to us by the potato council as part of a greenfingers gardening programme, incorporated into their science studies. They took soft and hardwood cuttings, planted potatoes and onions and learnt how to prune and weed flower borders in the […]
Summer term is always busy for Students, and this term has been no exception. While our members were all very busy and bogged down with written work for assignments and revision for exams we did continue to volunteer in our community. Clare Bagley and Charlotte Biddle ran the Bristol 10k along with a group of […]
The Eco Squad have been working on their Garden for over a year now. They had a meeting with the Headmaster over two years ago with their proposal! It has been a while for their ideas and dreams to take shape. How the garden looks now!
We have been finding out how people survived on our island by farming and fishing. We think it is important for the planet, to try to be sustainable and to reduce our global footprint. We realised one way to do this is by growing our own vegetables. Here is our story of growing tatties (potatoes) […]
The Tasis Wildlife Club has now completed their pond project. There is now a beautiful pond that will feed (providing insects) Guy the hedgehog and provide him with water. This pond is in our walled Fleming Garden. The children have worked for many months to clear out brambles and weeds. They prepared the soil, and […]
Wow isn’t it hot! The Super Agents have been busy making sure the birds have enough water and some food, although they know there is a lot of natural food about now. Agent A and Agent P have been keeping logs of all the birds they see. Agent A has kept a close eye on […]
Eastbury Eco group consists of a mixed group of students from years 7 to 6th form. They wear a green badge to identify members of the group. We now meet once a week as a whole group to discuss and plan group initiatives. Sometimes they meet or work at break times and after school. So […]