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Voices: Turning words into action
Flowers in the garden

Sensory Garden - update

Work continues on the Sensory Garden at Walney School. Find out what's happening at the moment...

Wednesday 30 April 2003

Wild flowers (or weeds!) in the garden

When two tonnes of bricks were delivered to Walney School on Tuesday, it was all hands on deck to get them into the garden by hometime.

John Murphy passes bricks over the wall
John Murphy passes bricks over the wall.

The nearest the delivery man could get them was onto the pavement outside the school.

Well, you can't just leave bricks lying about so we had to get them inside the garden's locked fence.

Veronica Thomas quickly organised staff and pupils to help in a human chain.

Suzanne (web-girl) and John Murphy passed the bricks over the wall to students who passed them along a chain and then stacked them neatly inside the gates.

How much does two tonnes of bricks look like?
Like this, twice over:

Bricks on a pallet

We'll be using the bricks this week to build the raised beds in the garden. Want to help? Just call Gail on 01228 474291 (or 007801 679757).

Students pile up the bricks.

Left: The end of the human chain - students pile up the bricks.


Slabs on the grass

Left: Extracted slabs on the grass.

Right: Paul and Mike have started to dig trenches.

Trenches


Return to these webpages soon for another update on the Sensory Garden's progress.

Thank you to those who have helped the project

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