Earth Class
In September, our school was asked to take part in a promotional video for Wilder Kent Awards. Please take a look at the video!
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Eco Club digging out our new butterfly and bee garden
Posted: Nov 13, 2018 by: Tara (Tara) on: Forest Blog
A large wildflower area full of pollinators will attract the bees and butterflies.
Each class will have a plot and will decide what to plant and how to manage it.
Harvested vegetables will be given to the school cook, Mrs Cooper, or used by the children in recipes and others will be sold to parents.
Once all the top soil has been removed we will be following the ‘no-dig’ approach, covering each plot with cardboard, then mulching with organic matter and not digging up the plots each year.
There are many benefits to this method:
* Undisturbed soil structure and happy living organisms – earthworms, fungi and bacteria aren’t disturbed.
* Strong healthy plants
* Fewer weeds due to surface mulch and lack of bare soil. Weed seeds aren’t brought to the surface to germinate.
* Reduces surface evaporation
* Easier
* Sequesters carbon and retains moisture. It is so important that carbon stays in the ground and not in the atmosphere. We are therefore doing our bit to reduce our carbon footprint.
