Clifton with Rawcliffe Primary School
Local primary school
There is a forest school space featuring the pond which we are asked to help to tidy up.10 GoodGymers have supported Clifton with Rawcliffe Primary School with 2 tasks.
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Skip those branches
Wednesday 14th April 2021
Written by Michal Czekajlo
Four cyclists and two runners arrived at the entrance to the Clifton with Rawcliffe Primary School in readiness for another garden tidy up task.
Emma, the task owner, showed us a rather large pile of branches that needed cutting into smaller pieces and transporting, using a small tarp and a trolley, to the skip at the other side of the school grounds. We soon realised that all the branches will not fit, as the skip was already more than half full. That meant putting the rest of them back on the pile.
Next task was to remove assortment of bricks, roof and wall tiles, steel guttering and pieces of fence panels with nails and wire from the school forest boundary making it save for children to play there. While doing so we had to be very careful not to destroy the established wildlife habitat.
Leave the sticks for kids to play - Emma
The last task tonight was to trim scented rosemary, bramble and leafy bush to improve visibility from the classroom and across the playground. This sparked a conversation about versatility of rosemary in cooking.
This smell makes me hungry - Lauren
With all the trimmings disposed of and tools tidied up it was time for a socially distanced photo and then a run or cycle back home.
A B C, one, two, tree
Monday 12th April 2021
Written by Leanne (she/her)
Our task this evening was to cut back hazards (AKA prickly things) from around the forest school pond, and anything overhanging the path.
While most of us were content with secateurs and loppers, Nikki jumped at the chance to use a saw to cut off a chunkier bit of tree and Mitch climbed at the chance to retrieve a plastic bag which was tangled high up in the branches.
Once the branches and brambles had been dragged over to the waste pile over at the allotments, we set to work on digging out the contents of two raised beds.
Vicky quickly found out that her fork was no match for some of the more stubborn roots, when a prong broke off with a ping. Not to be deterred, we doubled down with spades, shovels and loppers until all but one root remained. Well, we had to leave something for the Wednesday night crew to do...
