"Focus on the solution, not the problem"

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“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall”

As we arrived at the School on Wednesday morning, there was a sense of excitement. We were all very proud and shocked about how much work we had completed yesterday and were ready to work just as hard today. However, it turned out that we would face a lot more problems today than anticipated and would work harder than ever thought to overcome these. During the day, it came to our attention that the school’s Health and Safety advisors had not been made aware of our project and needed to know more before we were able to carry on. Due to never completing a project like this before we were unsure on how to approach this problem. Therefore, we decided to draw upon the advice of more knowledgeable others which included Bob (the school’s caretaker) and Duncan (our University Lecturer) to support us in moving on and finding a solution. After this advice we were able to arrange for Sam to come down and look at the project, show her ideas and hope that it could still go ahead.

Once finally finished, we took a step back to admire what we had completed. We were so happy to have been able to bark the allotment area and dig the entire outdoor classroom area all within the day. We were able to then tidy up and make what we had done perfect ready for Sam to come and visit.

The next day, we were extremely happy to find out that Sam agreed for the project to go ahead and was excited about our ideas for the outdoor area. With this information, we decided to make good use of the lovely weather and carried on. Our first job included another trip to Bunnings, which was now our second home, to purchase some masks. These were needed so we could safely spray paint the tyres. We then headed back to Steve’s house where we spent the morning spray painting tyres so they could be recycled and used as planters. The tyres looked great and we all enjoyed using the spray paint to give the tyres a new lease of life. We now plan to take these over to the school next week, once the tepee has been made, to create the tyre wall and plant the flowers.

We then headed back to Bunnings to get some bark to cover the outdoor classroom area that had been dug out yesterday. We took this over to the school and then spent the afternoon laying the bark, ensuring there was an even coverage and the ground was level.

After this we had an exciting delivery … the planters had arrived (A big thank you to Josie’s step dad who built these for us out of recycled wood)! We put them into place and they looked fantastic! We then covered the base in plastic to protect the wood from rotting.

Our next step is to fill the planters with soil and then plant the seeds ready for the children. We also need to build the benches when they arrive to complete the outdoor classroom. We are also looking forward to the arrival of the tepee next week and are very thankful to Josie’s dad who has volunteered to help us make this.

We are looking forward to next week and can’t wait to complete all the finishing touches to make the outdoor area look great before the children come back to school after the Easter break.