Pond Development

The school applied for and received a grant from the National Lottery to develop the pond area of the school as part of the BBC Breathing Places scheme. The aim of the scheme is ‘to bring nature to life’. The school pond had become silted and stagnant. The vegetation surrounding it was overgrown and lacking diversity.

With the grant from the lottery, supported by funds from the school, the pond was dredged and refilled in the summer of 2007. We aim to plant new vegetation, place bird and animal boxes and to add native fish in 2008. Educational resources are being developed including a nature orienteering course. Local schools will also be invited to use the resource.