<div>You can make a difference by donating today to LORD DERAMORE'S SCHOOL FUND.
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<div>Outdoor education is highly valued at Lord Deramore’s School and all classes have regular Forest School and outdoor sessions.
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<div>We have already worked hard to develop our grounds and provision for children having done as much as we can with a limited budget and using donations of materials and labour.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WHAT HAVE WE DONE ALREADY?</span></strong><br />* Constructed a 40 metre dead hedge to create a hedgehog sanctuary with log piles, feeding stations and hibernaculums<br />* Built bird boxes<br />* Made two huge bug hotels<br />* Installed seven vegetable beds in the allotment area<br />* Planted a snowdrop rockery<br />* Sowed a wildflower area<br />* Added large logs into the forest<br />* Removed old, rotten vegetable beds to the front of school and replaced them with a lawned area, rockery. plants in the borders and climbers up the fence<br />* Installed a 12ft X 20ft greenhouse with <span style="font-size:1.0625rem;">staging and </span><span style="font-size:1.0625rem;">water butts </span>
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<div>* Added four large boulders<br />* Created a seating area on the field<br />* Bought very large plant pots and planted over 1,200 bulbs and shrubs<br />* Created a hexagonal rockery  <br />* Planted a lavender bed<br />* Built three leaf composters<br />* Provided each class with a  welly rack<br />* Installed a shed for the gardening equipment
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<div>* Purchased benches to the front of school<br />* Placed memorial plaques in the Reflection Garden for seven members of the Lord Deramore’s family <br />* Planted new trees ready for the forest expansion<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO?</strong></span>
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<div>* <span style="font-size:1.0625rem;">Double the size of the Forest School area, remove the old fence and replace with a new one</span><span style="font-size:1.0625rem;"><br />* Buy an ongoing supply of seeds</span>
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<div>* Develop the grounds outside the school reception area <br />* Resource the forest area with more equipment for den building, making fires and forest play<br />* Develop the sensory garden<br />* Purchase a class set of binoculars<br />* Buy wildlife cameras<br />* Plant more shrubs<br />* Investigate heating the greenhouse<br /><br />
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<div>This Gofundme will help us continue our work to enhance our outdoor provision which will benefit the mental and physical health of local children and residents.
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