22 February 2007
Met two teachers - HD and DW who are going to run a gardening club, after school. They both have allotments so know what they're doing/letting themselves in for! I'm going to advertise on freecycle for gardening equipment, and organise a work day for digging. The teachers didn't want to put the garden where I suggested - they felt it was too near the boundary so at risk from vandalism - instead we'll tuck it in behind the caretaker's garden fence, which is less obvious. We'll need parent volunteers to help too. Dacorum BC are selling cheap compost bins, so the Friends (PTA) have agreed to buy two - the kitchen can put peelings in them. Dacorum will also send along someone to talk to the children about composting.
I went to a Friends meeting - lots of ideas and support - so felt much encouraged. But I have lots to do - and work seems to have got busy again.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Thursday, February 8, 2007
8 February 2007.
It's been a while since the last post - but have some spare time today as the school is closed due to an unusually heavy fall of snow.
Not a great deal has happened yet. I collected the teacher's comments and did a presentation to them at the end of last term , just before Christmas. And have undated the plan. I met the headteacher and have agreed priorities. This year we plan to create a wildlife area, a garden for a garden club, plan the KS2 playground, install a year7/8 gazebo, widen the path at the back of the school and recycling bins. I also want to look into how we could do a five a side all weather football pitch. The latter costs about £100,000, so I have no idea how we could do this - but you never know. One of the teachers has volunteered to run the garden club, so I'm meeting her after half term.
The wildlife area has had a head start. A large tree blew down in the big storm a few weeks ago - in exactly the right place to form one boundary of the area. I hope it isn't tidied up! Hopefully finances will prevent any speedy action on that, so I can make my case for keeping it. The other thing is that it would be useful material for a chainsaw artist!
I'm just sending out a newsletter via the school to get volunteers - I'm desperate to get other people involved so it starts to be real and stop being a figment of my imagination. I want to have a steering group of staff, children and parents - but it'll have to meet after school which will rule out a lot of parents. I'll have to see what the response is - at the moment I fear it'll be no one. I do have a chair though - Annette. I find it very hard to set arrangements to organise people - like committees - I'm happy doing things myself, but including other people is a huge challenge to me - it's not them - it's me! So I'm glad Annette is involved as she has a real talent for it.
Got to go a build a snowman now
It's been a while since the last post - but have some spare time today as the school is closed due to an unusually heavy fall of snow.
Not a great deal has happened yet. I collected the teacher's comments and did a presentation to them at the end of last term , just before Christmas. And have undated the plan. I met the headteacher and have agreed priorities. This year we plan to create a wildlife area, a garden for a garden club, plan the KS2 playground, install a year7/8 gazebo, widen the path at the back of the school and recycling bins. I also want to look into how we could do a five a side all weather football pitch. The latter costs about £100,000, so I have no idea how we could do this - but you never know. One of the teachers has volunteered to run the garden club, so I'm meeting her after half term.
The wildlife area has had a head start. A large tree blew down in the big storm a few weeks ago - in exactly the right place to form one boundary of the area. I hope it isn't tidied up! Hopefully finances will prevent any speedy action on that, so I can make my case for keeping it. The other thing is that it would be useful material for a chainsaw artist!
I'm just sending out a newsletter via the school to get volunteers - I'm desperate to get other people involved so it starts to be real and stop being a figment of my imagination. I want to have a steering group of staff, children and parents - but it'll have to meet after school which will rule out a lot of parents. I'll have to see what the response is - at the moment I fear it'll be no one. I do have a chair though - Annette. I find it very hard to set arrangements to organise people - like committees - I'm happy doing things myself, but including other people is a huge challenge to me - it's not them - it's me! So I'm glad Annette is involved as she has a real talent for it.
Got to go a build a snowman now
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