Wheatfield Primary School held one of its ‘Grounds Days’ on Saturday 6th November, after having to take a break for the last 18 months due to the pandemic.
Sixty-six people came together, made up of children, parents, staff and governors, to help improve and maintain the school grounds, with the tasks carried out including:
- Collecting leaves and composting them
- Clearing the pond of weeds
- Making bamboo canes for the allotment
- Fixing the guttering
- Cleaning out the chicken coop
A new feature is the digging out of a large letter ‘W’ on a hill near the main entrance to the school and planting 200 bulbs in preparation for them blooming in the spring. The bulbs were kindly donated to the school by Bulbs4Kids, a campaign meant to acquaint children with the world of nature by means of interesting activities that are also fun.
Hedgerows were also cut back in preparation for a hedge-laying training event being held at the school on 27th/28th November.
The school runs Grounds Days six times a year and they are a great way of bringing the school community together. Those who attend are rewarded with s’mores around the campfire after all the hard work has been done.
This article originally appeared in the November/December 2021 issue of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine (on page 8). The magazine is delivered FREE, nine times a year, to ALL 8,700 homes in Bradley Stoke. Phone 01454 300 400 to enquire about advertising or leaflet insertion.
