A place to investigate and relax!

In one of our quads, an old pond has leaked quietly behind locked doors for many years, getting clogged by leaves and fruit from an overgrown fig tree...

Lots of people have worked hard to look after the area and keep it tidy, but it's never really been used as much as we would like. 

Now, thanks to the hard work of Mrs Sweetingham, workers from the city council, some money from Sainsbury's and good advice from Ian at the Hawthorn's Centre on the common, it's getting a new lease of life!

A smaller, non-leaky pond has been installed and we're also going to create some sunken bog gardens. We'll be piling up old logs to make a mini-beast habitat, planting colourful, pollen-heavy flowers to attract insects and also making it a great place to visit for garden birds, with nest boxes and feeders.

It will take some years for the garden to mature, but we'll use it for science and geography study, as well as for relaxing. We hope a small team of pupils will work together on its upkeep.