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Laurence Sutton , nine , in Year 4 from Cleator , said : “ We have a Nature Club now at school and we came bug hunting . There were a lot hidden under things !
“ It ’ s a great improvement from what it was before connecting children and adults to nature . It ’ s helping us learn about the environment around us . Using the learning centre more next year is going to be awesome .”
Sam Pagett from Arborspace chats to one of the Engineers from the Sellafield Engineering Centre of Excellence in front of the new birdhouses at the Nature School in Cleator Moor , Cumbria .
Sam Pagett said : “ We were delighted to have the opportunity to work with Sellafield and St Patrick ’ s School to deliver the Nature School project . We have focused on maximising site benefits throughout , combining natural spaces , edible planting features , and purpose-built educational centres within one accessible site .
“ It has only been made possible to achieve the outcome through the vision of Sellafield , who immediately identified the project as being one of value to the people of Cleator Moor .
“ While the staff and children at St Patrick ’ s have already been spending time in the Nature School , we can ’ t wait to get groups from other schools and the wider community in and using the facilities on site , eating from the orchard , caring for the garden and generally spending time in nature .”
Lois Hodgson , 11 , a Year 6 leaver from Wath Brow said : “ I ’ m gutted to be leaving school now ! There were just loads of weeds and nettles here before . It looks amazing now . “ I really like the Nature School because it helps teach the younger children about nature and discover new things . We did an art lesson out here where we traced different parts of the Nature School , coloured it in and put it in our art books .
“ I hope I get to come back here . Because it is for the whole community I think I will !”
“ Working with St Patrick ’ s has facilitated the development of a site specifically tailored towards educational requirements , and it will hopefully serve as a model for similar future projects . We look forward to seeing the planting established , and the site evolve as the community uses the space . A big thanks from all of us at Arborscape Environmental Services to everyone who helped bring the nature school to life !”
Kevin Rishworth , Engineering Lead at the Sellafield Engineering Centre of Excellence , said : “ It ’ s great to see the children from St Patrick ’ s enjoy such an inspiring space . We are looking forward to our Sprint teams ’ using the space to inspire creative thinking and produce world-class engineering solutions that develop from having the opportunity to work in a space like the Nature School .”
The Nature School is available to book through St Patrick ’ s Primary
School , community groups can contact the school at natureschool @ st-patrickcleatormoor . cumbria . sch . uk , during school term times .
The space can also be booked by calling 01946 810513 .
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