Progress?

I have finally spoken to someone about getting a quote for the cost of a fence and gates which will allow access from the school playground and from Redford Place. These will only be used temporarily so that large machinery can gain access to the site during the 'big clearout'!
Fingers crossed the estimate will come through very soon.

Photo Stitch

I took some individual photographs of staff, parents and pupils holding hands to show how long we need our boundary fence to be. With the magic of technology I have managed to stitch these pictures together to make one long picture.
Click on the picture to take a closer look.

The Size of a Football Pitch!

I found out today that the piece of land we are going to develop into our outdoor classroom is 0.67 hectares which, apparently, is the size of a small international football pitch!

What a fabulous opportunity we have to develop this land!

Getting some sponsorship!

Today I will be sending out the Stage 1 proposals for 'The Room to Grow' project to some local companies to see if they can sponsor us or offer any practical help. I was thinking of speaking to some plant hire companies as they might be a able to provide us with the type of machinery we'll need to clear some of the land.

Anyone know how to drive a digger or a dumper truck?

Here We Are Again!

We were hoping to have had some of the land cleared in the Winter when all the plants had died back but time was not on our side and we are now into spring and the plants are back!

The plan at the moment is to raise awareness about our garden which will be used as an outside classroom.

We need to build a fence and mend part of the old one and we need to clear the site of any dangers before we can allow the children in to decide what they want their outdoor classroom to look like.

We took some photographs today to show how big our boundary fence needs to be. Around 40 parents, staff and pupils all joined hands across the boundary. The area they are looking into is the land we are going to develop.

A big task? Yes, but not impossible. Keep logging on and read our blog to find out what progress we're making.

Think you can help? Get in touch with the school and let us know.