Thursday 4th and Friday 5th June
We have made a great start to pathway that we are constructing around the edge of the Kinaesthetic Park in the school grounds.
On Thursday we were joined by a digger and the experienced team of Joe and Willy (Phil Drake's team), who scraped the turf and the top layer of soil from the route of the path. They used their vehicles to move the sods to an area nearby where we will spread them to cover a patch of bare soil exposed by the neighbouring building work. The rest of the work on the path will be done my our own fair hands with some welcome help from visiting groups.
We were particularly pleased to welcome a group of ESOL students from Bradford College on Friday. Without them we would have struggled to barrow the 13 tonnes of the hardcore across the field.
Whilst the barrowing and turf moving were under way, a small team was working within the Park to install the timber edging of the path. It is essential care is taken to keep this at ground level so as not to get in the way of the mowers, or create trip hazards. Once the timber was secured in place with site pegs, ground cover fabric was laid and finally hardcore tipped on top to fill the path. The depth as approximately 150mm, proving a sound foundation which will improve the access to the area and increased opportunities for outdoor learning in the future.
We will continue the work on Wednesday 10th (when we are expecting our next delivery of hardcore), leaving Culture Fusion at 8.45am, or meet at school. We will also be there on Thursday and Friday.