Schools celebrate success of Mend the Gap projects
Mend the Gap is celebrating the success of completed projects in a number of local schools.
Four secondary and eight primary schools in the Chilterns and North Wessex Downs National Landscapes received funding to develop their teaching in the landscape. Staff and pupils helped make decisions on how to improve their outdoor spaces for wildlife and education, with some secondary school pupils visiting a working farm in the Chilterns to deepen their understanding of the natural environment.
Langtree Secondary, near Reading, has supported natural flood management, installing a rain garden alongside a new shelter to reduce onsite flooding. At Little Heath, a sixth form student redesigned an outdoor area for wildlife, student wellbeing and nursery play activities.
South Stoke Primary has established a new outdoor teaching shelter, gardening equipment for their gardening club and a weather station for children to learn more about measuring the outdoor elements.
All projects have now finished or are nearing completion this term, giving young people more opportunities to connect with nature and their local National Landscapes.
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