Wildlife Regeneration
St. Thomas of Canterbury is committed to planting trees, shrubs and other plants and will always look for opportunities to do more of it in and out of school.
In school, we planted over one hundred native saplings in the hope that one day, in the future, the school grounds will benefit from a vast array of trees to help with animals, pollution and natural beauty.
The children in school planted the trees and the whole school is involved when it comes to mulching them. As well as out trees specifically to help with wildlife, we have started a new project that involves the planting of fruit trees - a valuable teaching tool in showing where our food comes from and how long it takes to grow and harvest.
The children very much enjoy eating the fruits straight from the tree and it gives them a real sense of joy that they are eating something which they grew organically.
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The children also help with their regeneration ideas outside of the school gates and are committed to helping their local community whenever an opportunity arises - such as planting trees alongside the Mayor of Walsall at the local reserve.