The company name for our Social Enterprise project was created after a competition across three classes: P6/7, GME P6 and P7 and P7.
Mercy Hannigan came up with the winning name, Nature’s Wood. This was translated into Coille Nádurrach by the GME class.
The winning logo was designed by Jasmine Heap.
P5 pupils completed important environmental work during outdoor learning. They also developed key workplace skills including cooperation, initiative, leadership and teamwork.
They have been moving bark chippings that will be used for path building and pallets that will be used in the construction of bug hotels later this week.
A big thank you to Mr Woodrow and his class who designed and built a bridge across a drain in Nature’s Wood. The drain was quite a jump for some of our youngest users and the bridge will make it much easier to cross.
Mr Woodrow’s team used recycled materials and pallets that the school’s Mitie staff had available. They were very efficient and the task was completed in a week.
More pallets will be used to construct the bug hotels and photos of this will follow.
Heather Hamilton from the Highland Perthshire Community Land Trust has been working with us to fix, build and paint birdboxes.
Normally we would be out with Heather planting trees at Dun Collich but we can’t do that this year. Instead Heather offered to come in and support the team by making some bird boxes.
P7 had their first session with her this week, it is Mr Liney’s class next week and Mr Poole’s GME class the following one so keep checking back for more photos!
Thanks very much Heather, it was great to see you and we all enjoyed sanding, drilling, hammering, sawing and painting. The birds will be happy too.
This week the Big Issue are featuring 15 Scottish schools who are participating in Social Enterprise projects. We were invited to be included in this group and are very proud to see our project in print.
Your can read about the issue here.
Compassionate, creative and resilient: young people’s pandemic response
Copies can be purchased by parents of P6 and P7 pupils through the school or from any Big Issue vendor in Scotland.
The Gaelic class have started to design a fantastic new notice board all about Nature’s Wood.
Our 3 classes have worked steadily across 2 terms of school to create a natural space that is accessible and wild.
Our Project Nature’s Wood
We are doing a project where we are converting a small woodland space at the back of our school into a safe outdoor learning space.
Here are some of our goals for the space: to make it a safe outdoor learning space for all, to tidy the area and help the trees grow healthily, to keep it as wild as possible whilst also making it a nice clean space, we have many goals for Nature’s Wood and hope to achieve as many as possible.
It is a small social enterprise to help this small space and make it safe for all species.
There are three classes working together on this project; P7, P6/7 and GME 4-7.
Written by Jack Smith
Market Research Team
It has been so important to be able to use the outdoors as a way to interact socially after and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
After all our hard work transforming the space we will share it with the other classes in the school and develop it for use as an outdoor classroom.
Primary 1 have had been out and loved building and playing with natural materials.
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