Tree planting day

On Monday, 21st April, we were delighted that a large group of parents and children were able to join us in taking part in the United Nations Environment Programme ‘Plant for the Planet: Billion Trees Campaign’.
A company called Bayergarden has, as part of this project, pledged £10,000 to sponsor tree planting in schools in the UK and generously gave the school £600 worth of trees. The trees came from Poplars Garden Centre in Toddington, who were very helpful indeed and kindly donated some wild rose bushes and a stainless steel spade to the school. The response to this project was overwhelming as we had 38 parents and grandparents volunteering to help their children, who were allowed out of class to help with the planting of the trees.
It was a very successful day, the weather was kind to us and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, although there were probably a few aching bones the next day! Everyone worked so hard and with so much enthusiasm and we managed to get all the trees planted. The local newspaper and a photographer from Bayergarden took photographs to mark the occasion.
Mrs Collis, Mrs Perrin and Mrs Turner were really impressed by everyone’s efforts and really enjoyed working with the children and parents. Several parents expressed interest in doing some more work in the school grounds. There is always so much to do and we would really appreciate parents becoming more involved. Please speak to Mrs Collis if you can spare an hour or so.
Thank you so much to our volunteers, who were:

Square Class:
Leah and her mum

Circle Class:
James and his mum
Bruce and his dad
Fiona and her mum and granddad
Skye and her mum
Michele and his mum

Triangle Class:
Eleanor and her mum
Trisha and her dad
Rhys and his mum and dad
Dawud and his dad and brother
Amadea and her mum and brother
Holly and her mum
Toby and his dad
mily and her dad

Yellow Class:
Kayleigh and her mum and dad
Jade and her mum
Shivam and his mum
Annie and her mum

Orange Class:
Leanne and her nan
Megan and her mum
Alyssa and her mum
Nicole and her mum
Kevin and his mum

Purple Class:
Emma and her mum
Ebony and her mum
Chloe and her dad
Aksieya and her mum
Jesmine and her mum

Red Class: Thomas and his mum
Devon and his mum
Daniel and his mum and brother

Blue Class: Mia-Rose and her mum and brother
Jessica and her mum
Sulaiman and his mum

Gold Class:
Alex and his mum and dad
Harry and his mum

Thank you again everyone! We hope you enjoy looking at the photographs.