RESTORING PLANT COMMUNITIESSt James School likes to work alongside our community. Many people have been planting, striving to restore this wetland and St James students like to join in with them to make a better world. Trees for Canterbury and the Bexley Wetland Trust have, for the past 5 years, maintained a planting and maintenance programme with the children at the wetland site. Lianne Dalziel, our local MP, often joins us to plant along with the children. One of the local City Council Park Rangers oversees the children's plantings now. Previously a member of the Bexley Wetland Trust instructed the children on what to plant, where, and why each plant was chosen. A SCHOOL RESOURCEThe Bexley Wetland has so much to offer students. They are able to study the different wildlife of the area and see how, over time, their work of planting and restoring helps to bring back more and more birdlife each year. It is an excellent resource used extensively across the curriculum for teaching and learning. |
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Planting shrubs beside the walkway - 2003 |
The results 18 months later! |
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