Page 11 - Eco-Schools Newsletter - Spring One 2024 - English

Transforming Ysgol Llanfyllin’s schoolgrounds

The Eco-Committee at Ysgol Llanfyllin recognised that the school garden

needed some care and attention. They worked hard to remove rubbish
and create a space for wildlife, whilst also recognising that participating in

activities like gardening is good for your physical and mental well-being.
Read what Jon and Roisin have to say:

“We love our school garden and every “As part of health and wellbeing and

week we make it look better than we linking to the Healthy, Confident
found it. We have built a compost Individual core purpose, we have

bin, a hedgehog house, planted cress, decided to take all pupils off of regular
onions, daffodils, spring onions and timetable on a Monday afternoon.

more. Instead, they complete different

We collected about eight buckets activities like cooking, sewing and

of plastic rubbish from the old gardening on a half-term rotation.
compost heap. Gardening has helped Sowing quick growing crops was a

with mental health and to calm hit. After five weeks, they were able

people down and has improved the to taste the rocket, cress and spring
environment for wild animals.” onions.”

- Roisin, aged 9, Ysgol Llanfyllin, - Jon Doolan, Eco-Coordinator at
Powys. Ysgol Llanfyllin, Powys.