Gardening Committee

I will be adding updates here to keep you informed about the progress of the development of the grounds.​

As you may be aware, we have established a Gardening Committee at Chagford Primary. We have met a few times already and work is underway to develop the wonderful grounds we have at the school.
As a committee, we have identified various key areas of the school on which to focus our attention and have drawn up an action plan to address each area, appropriate to the seasons.

• Beds at the front of the school
• Sensory garden
• Amphitheatre
• Raised beds 
• The back of the school field
• The 'old schoolhouse' area
• The environmental study area

Members of the committee have made a superb start on working on on the front garden beds: the Dartmoor garden and the summer garden. The aim is to complete the weeding and tidying here by the end of this term.

Now that we are implementing our new curriculum, we will be weaving outdoor learning through it to capture appropriate opportunities to enable our children to be learning outside the classroom.

We hope that the new fundraising strategy will soon enhance the outdoor learning offer with some much needed resourcing and structures.

Please check back here to keep updated with our progress!

Best wishes,
Elizabeth Underwood