Mayor Opens Burradon Primary School Nature Garden

North Tyneside Council’s elected Mayor John Harrison conducted the official opening of Burradon Primary School’s new nature garden.

The specially designed area is located in a woodland within the school grounds and includes Bat and badger boxes, rock and wood piles, bird nesting boxes and a pond. An area is to remain uncultivated to encourage insects and butterflies to colonise the nature garden.

The nature garden will be an outdoor classroom and provide the children with an opportunity to observe and investigate nature and they will be able to write and sketch the landscape.

Alistair Gilfillan, Headmaster said, “The outdoor area gives the school a tremendous opportunity to explore nature and wildlife in a completely natural setting. We all share a great belief in the value and importance of conservation and caring about the environment. Children are the adults of the future and hopefully will learn valuable lessons from their studies.

Elected Mayor John Harrison added, “ We want every child in North Tyneside to enjoy learning and this unique setting will allow the pupils to do that”.

A plaque in memory to the late Brian Kindred was also unveiled. Robert Kindred (Brian’s son) attended the ceremony and said, “children were extremely important to my father and he would have been proud to be associated with the school nature garden”.

The woodland area was funded with contributions from The Mayor’s Wellbeing Fund, Places for People and the Burradon & Camperdown Forum