Daylight pavings time
6 GoodGymers made their way to help the Chelwood Nursery School in Lewisham.
- Tuesday, 1st of September 2020
- Led by Adele Prince
It was a lovely balmy evening on 1st September as six of us returned to Chelwood Primary school. The last time we were here, in January, was to line some planters and plant some herbs as part of the sensory garden, so it was great to see straight away how these herbs and tactile plants had grown. And with them, even a few surprise self-propagating begonias, and some rather sizeable lockdown weeds (which were later whisked away).
After a warm welcome from the headteacher, we set to work on the, as ever, beautifully organised list of tasks, including:
• Raking the sandpits • Weeding the planters • Removing dead plants • Edging the pathways, to uncover the 'hungry caterpillar' • Tidying the woodchip pathways • Weeding the log patch • Sweeping the playground
Thanks to the lighter evening, this time we were also able to admire the updates to the playground of a new treehouse platform and even some tellytubby style mounds that have popped up in the last few weeks! A few of us remarked how it would be quite nice to be five years old again, if just to play here...
Following a spot by Sam and Jacqui of some protruding nails in the paving, once they had been highlighted in chalk for the handyman, a photo opportunity could not be missed - you nailed it Sam!
After tidying up the tools, we realised there was nothing more on the list, except to perhaps enjoy one of the kindly provided biscuits & a quick cup of something warm.
Looking forward to seeing the updates from Chelwood as they go back to school on Monday!
Report written by Felicity J
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Led by Adele Prince
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Those Teletubbies mounds, so cool! Great work team 😊
Thanks for doing the report Felicity! Also, glad the headteacher (forgot her name!) could pass over those photos she took :)
Yes - some great pics from the headteacher (I also did not catch her name!) Although I am embarrassed that mine comes up first for some reason. Not sure how you reorder them, but the "Nail" shot definitely deserves pole position!
(Her name is Nikki 😊).
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