We have an opportunity for a small group of Yeaer 8 students to work with our partners at the Comfrey Project in Bensham tomorrow, volunteering in their garden.
“The Comfrey Project provides a safe, welcoming place for people who have fled conflict and persecution to improve their physical and mental wellbeing, develop new skills and put down roots in their new community.
Their approach is based on the use of horticulture-based activities including gardening, bee-keeping, cooking, crafts and construction, to improve people’s lives.”
Tomorrow students would work in the garden and meet some of the users of the service. This will meet two important aims: to continue to build our relationship with the team at The Comfrey Project, and since some of the users of the project will be visiting our celebration of learning next week – it will give them a chance to meet some friendly spaces from our students body.
We will be travelling to the Comfrey Project by Metro and then on foot, during the regular school day.
For students to attend they will need;
- A packed lunch
- Clothes and footwear that can get dirty
- A waterproof coat (showers are forecast for the earlier part of the morning)
The students attending from G29 are:
Imogen B, Connor H, Kenzie O’N, Georgia P, Eleanor P, Winnie R, Scarlett S, Grace W
These students have been selected based on our gardening club, work on our outdoor spaces and skills shown in the recent Crew Day. Some of the students that we would have hoped to have been given this opportunity are already involved in the festival of arts in Doncaster tomorrow.