Half Term

During the Tuesday of half term, we decided to go into school and continue to work on the meadow. We needed to get some measurements of the trees, ready for Carl (the carpenter) to begin assembling the frame of the tree seat later in the week. We also used our time to dig out any remaining weeds and grass from the sunny area of the field. Once this was complete, we started digging out a pathway for the entrance to the meadow area. It needed to be a bit deeper than ground level so that we could later put some weed membrane down on the floor, before covering the surface with bark chippings. We also planned out where the reflection area was going to be and marked out where the meandering pathway towards the tree seat was going to be.

On the Friday of half term, Georgia went to collect timber from a parent and teacher of Southbourne Infant School as, very kindly, she offered it to us as a donation to help us with the creation of our reflection bench. Georgia didn't quite realise how long the individual bits of timber were going to be, as she rocked up in her little Ford KA! After a few minutes of debating whether to take a few trips back and forth, it was decided that Carl, the trusty carpenter, would come and help cut the timber later on in the day in order for it to fit in the car. Once we had cut the amount we needed, we took it to the school and put it with all our other donations of pallets and wood. We are so grateful for the amount people have donated to us... we now have LOADS!

While at the school, Carl decided to have a look at what we had already achieved in the making of the meadow. He took accurate measurements of the tree in which he is creating the circular bench for, and explained how he was going to do it... sounds all a bit too complicated for us!! Luckily, he is going to make it in two parts which will then fix together at a later date when it is ready to go around the tree. This way he won't be getting in the way of what we are doing elsewhere in the meadow! He also talked through how to go about making our reflection bench. Georgia wrote down step-by-step instructions on how to go about doing this and, believe it or not,  we think it will be very achievable!