The whole school (435 of us!) managed to spend most of the day in our grounds working hard pruning our apple trees in the orchard, clearing areas of branches and leaves, planting new blackthorn and spindle trees and re-modelling our stumpery.
Our visit to Prince Charles' home at Highgrove...
http://www.wwf.org.uk/about_wwf/working_with_schools/green_ambassadors/green_ambassador_award_2014_goes_to__.cfm
...spurred us on to improve our stumpery and give it the status it deserved. So, two Year 6 boys, Joe and Harvey spent the day carefully shifting logs, stumps and boles and arranging them to create our new stumpery. In the process they had time to find a female frog laden with eggs, several giant centipedes scuttling in the rotten wood and routs of hibernating snails and slugs. In addition they were treated to a fantastic array of fungi including Jew's Ear and Candle Snuff.
Four hours later the stumpery had taken shape and waiting for the next step of planting with ferns and hellebores. Thank you Harvey and Joe for an incredible day's hard graft and a fantastic result to show for it.
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| Hibernating garden snails (Helix aspersa) |
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| Jew's Ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) |
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| Candle Snuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) |
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| The stumpery moves into its new site |
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| Joe and Harvey assess the job |
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| Hard graft |
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| A great day's work - ready for planting |
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