Environmental area will provide for wellbeing of pupils in growing school
Published Date:
24 July 2008
By Mark Beaumont
AN ENVIRONMENTAL and wellbeing area that has been three years in the making, has officially opened at Castle Camps Primary School.
Former members of the school council returned to the school from Linton College for the opening last week.
Headteacher Kevin Sheehan said: “It was a project that started with concerns that we didn’t have enough space for all the children, because over the last two or three years the school had been filling up.
“So we decided to change what has been a wildlife area into a more user-friendly area.”
The school sent out questionnaires to parents and staff asking what should be created in place of the wildlife area.
The area, which cost an estimated £15,000, has now been created – the majority of the money was paid for by the friends of the school.
“The idea for this area was three years ago and we had been working on creating it for the last 18 months,” said Mr Sheehan,
“Each class will now be responsible for a different area – they have an area at the moment where they are growing food and that is going to be changed as we develop it.”
The full article contains 208 words and appears in Haverhill Echo newspaper.
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Last Updated:
23 July 2008 9:15 AM
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Source:
Haverhill Echo
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Location:
Haverhill
