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Well Planted

Pupils plant bulbs to boost biodiversity in the grounds of Salisbury Cathedral School Whilst global leaders gathered in Glasgow for COP26, pupils at Salisbury Cathedral School planted 2,500 bulbs in a bid to boost biodiversity across the school grounds. Th e initiative launches the school’s involvement in the Conservation School Award hosted by the environmental charity, Operation Future Hope (OFH). Participation in the Award involves a fi ve-year commitment to boosting biodiversity within the school grounds by creating natural habitats for native wildlife.

Hedge Pledge

CPRE Hampshire, the countryside charity, are delighted to be working alongside Bransgore Primary School to educate the children on the importance of hedgerows in our beautiful Hampshire countryside. Having been invited to attend an assembly with all Key Stage 2 children at the school, Natalie Hargreaves, Hedgerow Heroes Initiative Co-Ordinator for CPRE Hampshire, talked to the children about why hedgerows are so important to wildlife and how they can help reduce the impact of climate change. It was also a great chance to explain the work CPRE Hampshire are doing nearby, in the New Forest, to reinvigorate hedgerows. She got great feedback from the children and lots of interest and questions. A few days later, some of the children were invited to come along to the CPRE Hampshire Hedgerow Heroes initiative, taking place on the Meyrick Estate, just outside Bransgore. Here they came to learn more about the importance of hedges and take part in some handson activities.

Tatler Schools Awards

The Tatler awards have been organised and run for the past 18 years by the Tatler Schools Guide, which provides a defi nitive impartial guide to the leading independent schools in the UK. Both Sandroyd and Farleigh Schools were nominated but were pipped to the post by S.Anselm’s School in Derbyshire. Other accolades include Best Public School award going to Marlborough College in Wiltshire. Many congratulations to all who were nominated and those that took the top spot.

New Science Labs

Hazlegrove Prep School celebrated the start of the new term with the opening of two brand new, state-of-the-art Science Labs. Th e impressive addition to the teaching facilities at Hazlegrove is as a result of a donation made by a family connected to the School. Over the course of a couple of months, the donors visited the School and met with the Bursar, Louis Tuson. Mr Tuson said, “Th e passion of the donors for science and education was infectious and energised the team working on the project. To get to know them on a personal level meant we could understand what really mattered to them and draw on their vision for what they hoped could be achieved. By involving them in the project at the design stage we could run ideas past them and get their input which was invaluable.” Head of Science, Mr Zach Brown said, ‘Science is so important at Hazlegrove as we aim to not only develop our pupils’ understanding of the world around us, but to be curious and to seek out more knowledge. To challenge and fi nd new and improved methods and solutions to problems. Th ere has always been a need for scientists, but it has become much more obvious how crucial they are to the future of our planet’.

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