Green Team Recognised For Biodiversity Efforts

Heather visited the school to present the Green Team with a prize after the school was recognised in its Great Big Green Week Nature Competition earlier this year.

During the visit, Heather met with Mrs Dowling, Forest School Lead, and members of the Green Team to discuss sustainability, organic composting and Garden Organic's specialised seed heritage library, which contains more than 800 seed varieties. She presented the school with seeds, bulbs, plants, organic compost and a large planter to support future growing projects.

Garden Organic (who are based locally in Ryton) are working in partnership with Rugby Borough Council to encourage local people to engage in organic gardening, whether in community gardens, allotments or their own growing spaces.

The Nature Champions award recognises the significant work undertaken by the Green Team over the past year as they took part in the Eco Schools challenge and specifically their work to increase biodiversity across the school grounds. Pupils created a bug hotel and mini pond, redesigned the pollinator bed, installed bird and hedgehog boxes, undertook planting in the Forest School area and the wider school grounds, and introduced wildlife walkways along site boundaries. The team are now planning to add bat boxes to further support local wildlife.

The Green Team also hosted a successful community plant, produce and seed swap event in June, helping to spread their message of sustainability beyond the school gates.

Well done to the Green Team, it’s fantastic to see pupils’ hard work being recognised in this way.