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1 Farmers & Stewards of Creation Development Plan -2017

2 FARMERS & STEWARDS OF CREATION DEVELOPMENT PLAN: Our Farmers & Stewards of Creation are: KS2 pupils led by: Miss Harrop. RAG 02/17 ACTION Applications received with references & interviews. Children selected for role. Wristbands given to pupils. Train pupils in different areas of role & link to CST - Care for God s creation - & parts of Laudato Si. Children to write to Pope Francis Set up rota. Display on R2G board in garden corridor. To pray together: Learn & pray the Farmer & Steward of Creation prayer daily when starting tasks: LEAD PERSON RESOURCES START DATE COMPLETION SUCCESS CRITERIA Time September Miss Harrop Mr Johnson Mrs Gibson Mr Johnson All team Time - lunchtimes Printing Laminating Time Laminated cards October April 2017 October October September Ongoing updates & reminders April 2017 Ongoing review Ongoing review New team in place. Children understand their role as part of Catholic Social Teaching and in the context of Pope Francis encyclical, and are able to verbalise this. Children know when they are on duty. Jobs are completed. Children root their work in prayer.

3 RAG 02/17 ACTION LEAD PERSON RESOURCES START DATE COMPLETION SUCCESS CRITERIA Visitors from and visits to other farms & learn from them. Photography of tasks being completed to help spread news on care for creation. To visit other school farms / arrange visits to Sacred Heart. Time. Camera SD Card Charger Laptop April 2017 July 2017 Children learn from visiting others and are able to share their message with other school farms. September Ongoing. Others know via social media and newsletters etc. what we do and why. Area 1: Care for furry animals Cleaning out. Brushing. Cleaning bowls & tools. Ordering food/bedding. Calling vet when needed. Area 2: Care for birds Cleaning out. Cleaning buckets /replacing water. Grace Edward Training time. Food. Bedding. Bin bags. Cleaning & disinfecting materials. Vet Pike Moor Vets. Training time. Cleaning tools & materials. October October Ongoing Ongoing Animals are looked after well. Birds are looked after well. Their eggs are used in

4 RAG 02/17 ACTION Collection of eggs. Replenishing of wood-chip. Avian Flu precautions. Area 3: Care for sheep & goats Cleaning out. Brushing & washing down the concrete pad. Filling of hay bags. Filling drinking water buckets. Calling out vet when needed. Treatments given e.g. vaccinations. Shearing arranged via Mrs Johnson. Use of wool project developed. Area 4: Care for fish Cleaning of tank in reading corridor. Feeding etc. Area 5: Care for allotment beds Crop rotation planning. Paper pot making, sowing & planting. Greenhouse care. Grow your own potatoes Harvesting & use of crops. Supply Caritas Ambassadors with LEAD PERSON Miss Harrop Mr Johnson Thomas Mr Johnson RESOURCES START DATE COMPLETION SUCCESS CRITERIA Egg boxes dated. Woodchip. Signage & precaution resources e.g. disinfectant / disposable overalls. Training. Cleaning materials. Feed etc. Vet Andrew Melling vets. Cleaning materials. Feed. Newspaper. Compost. Seeds. Tools & tool talks. GYOP ordered from website. Seed trays etc. October October Ongoing Ongoing school activities / sold via honesty box. Sheep/goats are looked after well. Fish are looked after well. March 2017 Ongoing Crops are growing in allotment beds, and are used to change the world

5 RAG 02/17 ACTION crops for their project. Area 6: Care for sensory garden Replenishing of woodchip. Weeding & planning planting. Taking cuttings. Greenhouse sowing & planting. Creating solitary bee-hives. Area 7: Care for wildflower zones Litter picking. Cutting/weeding & planting. Bird boxes & feeders are maintained / added to. Area 8: Reduction in waste Waste watchers to visit classrooms turning off lights etc. Recycling of paper reduction of waste to create briquettes with waste paper. Following up items left at photocopier. Area 9: Litter picking duty Rota of children to collect litter & dispose of appropriately using the litter pickers. Area 10: Use of R2G Farmyard Piano tinkering & dancing around the piano & pavilion. LEAD PERSON Miss Harrop Miss Harrop RESOURCES START DATE COMPLETION SUCCESS CRITERIA Woodchip from Council. Tools & tool talks. Plants / seeds etc. Tools. Litter pickers. Tools & tool talks. Plants / bulbs & resources necessary. Liaison with grounds maintenance team. Briquette makers. Water Tarpaulin Buckets Litter pickers. Brushes. Tool talks. Bin bags. R2G outdoor piano. Prayer books & February 2017 October February 2017 January 2017 February 2017 Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing. Ongoing. Ongoing Sensory garden is able to be safely used by rest of school. Solitary bees use our hives. The wildflower hedgerow is able to be used safely by rest of school. Habitats are created and enhanced. Briquettes are made from waste paper alerting others to the amount of paper we waste, and creating a briquette wall. The site is maintained well and litter free. Children think twice before littering. Children become more confident in leading others to

6 RAG 02/17 ACTION Prayer groups in peace plot & sensory garden. Taking small groups on tours. Leaf identification. Story telling & drama. Music making group in outdoor classroom. Pond dipping workshops in ole caged pond. Pooters for insect identification. LEAD PERSON RESOURCES START DATE COMPLETION SUCCESS CRITERIA resources e.g. Rosary beads. Leaf/insect identification keys. Musical instruments. Nets, petri dishes etc. Pooters. respect and know about and care for their surroundings and enjoy the environment surrounding them. Area 11: Composting Collecting compostable materials tea bags from staffroom, fruit waste, mucking out from animals. Care for compost heaps. Collecting leaves etc. for & caring for leaf mould piles. Area 12: Develop new habitat area & pond. Lining pond. Filling pond. Bug hotels created. Pond dipping. Area 13: Planting in school grounds: Willow planting & maintenance. Peace Pole sculpture. Bulb planting Autumn Wheelbarrows Tools & tool talks. Leaf Mould bags. Hire digger team. Pond liner. Logs. Wooden pallets. Filling resources. Nets / petridishes / pooters. Order or harvest willow. Time. Order bulbs. Planting day. Autumn Ongoing Compost is created and used to enhance the soil in allotment beds, planters etc. Spring 2017 June 2017 New habitat area is set up and in use by Summer 2 term. October Ongoing Site is improved through ongoing planting and maintenance.

7 RAG 02/17 ACTION Tree Nursery planting day March Woodland trust trees hedgerow plant, maintain and care. Pots for front of school and in R2G. LEAD PERSON RESOURCES START DATE COMPLETION SUCCESS CRITERIA Order tree nursery. Planting day. Tools. Tool talks. Plants.

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