All things bright an beautiful
Published: 21 July 2009
Pupils at St Edwards in Castleton, Rochdale are used to attending lessons in their outdoor classrooms and looking after their school guinea pigs, rabbits and chickens. Now the school has been recognised at the North West Teaching Awards and won the regional award for Sustainable Schools.
Headteacher Lynne Coxell says, “Environmental issues have always been important to us, and learning how to look after animals and the environment is part of the Christian ethos of the school. We have set out to enhance our teaching by having outdoor classrooms, a pond area, woodland and some animals, including chickens that provide two clutches of chicks a year.”
The children use the outdoor classroom come rain or shine, and there are class sets of waterproofs that get plenty of use.
St Edwards will be entered into the national finals in London in October. If they win the prize of £25,000, it would go a long way towards realising the school's dream of having an urban farm to which they can invite local nursery children.
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