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Eco School Photo Diary! - BRGS Woodland Garden

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May-July 2005>>

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May- July 2005:

Mr. King and Mr. Archer	Mr. Ormerod and Mr. Haycocks	The woodland garden beginning to take shape...	Both pupils and staff are working hard on the woodland garden!
The woodland garden is made more attractive...	...a place for students to relax!

			The finished Squirrel mosaic was added to the garden.

Photos and captions by David Bewicke (from Monday 11th July):

The work gets underway...		Mr. Morriss discusses strategies to remove the tree stump.	The Trench
		Another slab about to be lifted	Akif works hard whilst everyone else has a break !
A large worm finds itself about to be eaten....	The benches being prepared in the sun.	Alex puts in 5 minutes work before going home !
		Stubborn tree stump - take 1!	Levelling the second terrace
Harry and Ben find something interesting.	Stubborn tree stump - take 2!	Installing the new benches.
	Finishing off the timber ready to be stained .	Mrs. Ashworth deals the critical blow to one of the smaller (but still hard to remove) tree stumps !	The team finish for the day (mostly) and have drink and biscuits ...
	Early stages of the rock garden	Second terrace more or less level at the end of the day !	Preparing to remove the tree stump...
A last effort is made to remove this monster stump!	The team celebrate as a day's work pays off !

March - May

March 2005: Photos of pupils working on mosaic for the woodland garden...

February 2005: Many members of the BRGS community have been involved so far with the Eco-School project.

With apologies for names missed out, special thanks go to:

David Bewicke, Andrew Hoyle, Becky Bower, Martin Peel, John Holland, Akif Hussein, Ellie Lythgoe, Farhana Alam, Ben Cahill, Liz Hyatt, Kim Onjun, Mark Hawthorne (Students); Mr King, Mr Ormerod, Mrs Mansfield, Miss Johnson, Mr Haycocks, Mr Pigott, Mr Gray, Dr Ellis (Staff); Mr Byrne (PTA); Mr King, Mr Cormack (Governors)

... and all the pupils who suggested designs for the woodland garden.

Thanks also the Acting Head, Dr Robinson, for his continued encouragement and support!

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