Eden Learning
Sandylands Eden Learning is inspired by the Morecambe Bay Curriculum which was set up in 2020 in collaboration with Eden Project North, Lancaster University and Lancaster and Morecambe college.
The Morecambe Bay Curriculum focuses on the health and wellbeing of the ecosystem, and opportunities for future sustainable living, learning and working. It taps into the learning potential of the landscape and life around Morecambe. It is a unique place-based green curriculum for children and young people to learn how to look after themselves, their area and their planet.
This dovetails perfectly with our Sandylands Golden threads which run through all of our ‘Sandylands way’ curriculum.
Below are some examples of what the children have been up to recently.
Year 1 Biodiversity
Year 1 have been trying to increase the biodiversity of the school. The children have loved seeing different types of birds eating away on their bird feeders. This week, they planted flowers in the hope that more butterflies, bees and other animals will visit,...
The Country Trust Lake District Residential
Green Hub Garden designers of the future
The children were working with Groundwork and other community groups yesterday on the next phase of our outdoor development. They became garden designers for the day and came up with some brilliant ideas for developing the outdoor area behind the Venue and the...
‘Where the Wildings are’ project – Phase 1 The Zen garden
As promised, more photos of the Zen garden which is progressing nicely. Members of the Pupil Parliament were busy planting with Alex from the 'Where the Wildings are' project earlier this week. We had some very special guests from Eden Cornwall, who came to find out...
Where the Wildings are… the Zen garden
We are excited to announce we have secured funding from the 'Where the Wildings are' project and renovations have started on our very own Sandylands Zen garden - a place for the children to reflect and relax. Watch this space for more photos as our designs take shape....
Pupil Parliament – making a difference in our local community
We were blown away with the maturity and enthusiasm of our Pupil Parliament last week. They visited the Lancashire County Council buildings in Preston and were able to pose questions to the Chairman Councillor Yates and Councillor Pattison. There were a great...
Ruskin Art Workshops part of the Eden North project
Year 6 took part in a Ruskin Art workshop on Wednesday where they used the natural environment to create art booklets and clay imprints using leaves and plants found in the school grounds. This workshop was part of the Eden Learning linked to the Eden Project...
Where the Wildlings Are…
This week, we had a special visitor to school to share a new project. Year 2 were a lucky group who got to look at the school grounds, and see how we could improve it from a concrete jungle to a green paradise... as best we can! Alex came to explain to us and take us...