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Carlton Hill Primary School ....Brighton

Carlton Hill

Today was spent at Carlton Hill Primary in Brighton.  The school has made excellent use of some fairly limited space.  Willow features in this school as an inexpensive way of getting some interesting play areas for students.  There was lots of activity in the school yard, studying plants and how they adapt.  There was also extensive use of vegetable gardens in some garden beds that were previously unused.  Specific students had the task of collecting compost from different areas of the school including the staff room.  Known as Compost Doctors they collected, watered and distributed the finished product on the vegetable gardens. 

A multinational is building on a site adjacent to the school and are injecting significant funds into a school grounds renewal project.  Involvement across the school in the grounds development including students, parents, staff and community is a feature.  Throughout the school student work displayed differing elements of learning that had occurred as pert of the outdoor learning.   

South Downs

Yesterdays afternoon walk in the South Downs near Brighton.