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Green Fingers at Fosse Way School
Fosse Way School have been planting bulbs
In the Sixth Form our curriculum is based on the Preparation for Adulthood Outcomes. These include Education, Health, Independent Living Skills and Community.
The community aspect of our learning is really important to the students as it helps to give them a sense of belonging to the community in which the school is located.
As part of our ‘community payback’ for many years 5EJ had raised beds at Midsomer Norton train station that we maintained. We also look after the patio beds at St Peter’s Church in Westfield and now more recently we have embraced the bulb planting challenge offered to us by Westfield Parish Council. The tutor group is also in collaboration with a BANES project called More Tree’s BANES where we have collected tree seeds, propagated them, looked after them, planted the saplings when they have been big enough, and then returned these saplings to BANES when strong enough for planting out in the community.
5EJ also do litter picking in the local area. We like to think that we do our bit to make a difference.
Through these activities the students learn about various gardening techniques, but more importantly they learn to develop transferable skills like resilience, working co-operatively with others, team work etc.
We look forward to the Spring and seeing what emerges from the grassed area that we recently planted the 300 bulbs in. We are hoping for a good show of beautiful daffs to brighten up the area.
