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A sunny day in May saw the completion of the final fourth
bed in the newly planted Redworth courtyard.
Students from the environmental science Challenge
Pathway group, and local designers Laurel and Mark from
Garden Angels, came together to implement some of
the group's design suggestions and provide the finishes
touches to the project.
Everybody worked well as a team to develop the water
theme associated with this bed (yes, each bed has an el-
emental theme!) and build a bird splash; an insect hotel
and a bog patch planted with marginal plants.
Future plans for the much improved courtyard space
include a range of edible plants grown in troughs near the
snack hatch and essential culinary herbs for the kitchen
to put to good use. It is fair to say that most students and
staff are very impressed by the recent transformation and
this is reflected by how many more students and staff
spend time in this key area at breaks and lunchtime.
A huge thank you to Laurel and Mark for all their ideas
and hard work.
Neil Edwards
Garden Angels
World Wise Week
Students across the college have taken part in World
Wise Week, an annual event aiming to raise awareness of
Geography. The event is organised by the Geographical
Association and seeks to develop young people’s under-
standing of the concepts, processes and issues that are
significant in the twenty first century. Millie Harris writes:
This year’s theme focused on ‘crossing boundaries’,
aiming to help young people consider Geography’s con-
tribution to real life problems.
Key stage 3 students focused
on how poverty can cross
boundaries. Poverty is an
issue which exists, in one form
or another, across the devel-
opment divide, in all cultures
and races, and so can truly be
considered as crossing many,
if not all, boundaries.
The students had the oppor-
tunity to use Geographical
Information Systems (GIS)
subjects > geography
to complete research, ex-
amining poverty around our
college. Students looked at a
number of different poverty
indicators such as income,
homelessness and televi-
sion access. From this they
created a report comparing
Totnes to other areas such
as London. The students'
completed reports, which will
be sent to the Geographical
Association, have assisted them to think about poverty;
the issues associated with it and ways that helped them
cross the boundaries of prejudice, pre-conception, and
their own expectations.
Other activities around the College included quizzes and
a change to the canteen menu. Students were able to
taste traditional dishes fromMexico, Spain, UK and China.
This week has allowed students to explore Geography
across the world and access the current issues happening
around us, some times closer that we would like to think.
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