Boarders'Corner

"Flower Power"

Much was written during the pandemic about the benefits of being outdoors One of the nicer things about the summer term for our 100 or so boarders is being able to engage with nature. Over two weekends, the girls in all three houses have been designing and planting out their respective gardens.

In Highlands, the target audience for their garden designs were fairies Thus, girls have designed miniature gardens, fit for the aforementioned creatures and including fairy lights, miniature garden furniture and tiny plants!

Walker painted their garden troughs last weekend and are planting them out on Saturday, whilst Turner visited a local garden centre to buy their plants When they returned, girls went to the Art Room to paint individual terracotta pots, before planting them with geraniums, petunias, lobelia et al. Garden Monitors have been hastily appointed to oversee the nightly watering programme!

The girls are really enjoying their interactions with nature, be they meeting worms, snails and slugs for the first time, or simply tending to their areas, ensuring that their plants survive long into the summer They have learnt for the need for patience - the plants haven't yet burst into flower - and boarding staff hope that they are fostering in the girls a sense of environmental stewardship in the process Plus, there will be loads of strawberries to eat in due course!

Key Dates for next week

22nd May

Exam and Assessment week for FI-UIII

4 30pm U12 and U13

Swimming vs Crosfields (away)

24th May

Kindness Workshop to Transition, FI and FII

3pm Lodge Parents' Afternoon

Tea with Miss Bailey

3pm U11 Cricket vs Pipers Corner (away)

26th May

Class photos

HALF TERM - no enrichment curriculum for Lodge or Main School