CREATING an area of woodland in their school grounds helped pupils learn more about sustainability. The project - carried out in conjunction with Trish Mersh, a volunteer with the local environmental group Burley Tree Project - enabled the year three pupils at Burley and Woodhead C of E Primary School to get in touch with nature and learn about the long-term advantages of planting trees. Their efforts formed part of their work surrounding sustainable development – one of seven themes the children are exploring. “We identified an area of our grounds that we thought would be an ideal place for some smaller trees such as rowan and crab apple, that together would create a small orchard,” explains deputy head teacher Andrew Wilkinson.
CREATING an area of woodland in their school grounds helped pupils learn more about sustainability. The project - carried out in conjunction with Trish Mersh, a volunteer with the local environmental group Burley Tree Project - enabled the year three pupils at Burley and Woodhead C of E Primary School to get in touch with nature and learn about the long-term advantages of planting trees. Their efforts formed part of their work surrounding sustainable development – one of seven themes the children are exploring. “We identified an area of our grounds that we thought would be an ideal place for some smaller trees such as rowan and crab apple, that together would create a small orchard,” explains deputy head teacher Andrew Wilkinson.