G R U B S

Welcome to  GRUBS!

GRUBS is the environmental group at The Manor.

For all of you who don’t know, GRUBS stands for

Grubs are green

Respect nature and animals

RedUce, re-use and recycle

Before it is too late!

Save energy by turning lights off.

WE HAVE TRIED TO MAKE PEOPLE THINK OF LITTLE THINGS WHICH MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

We try to get our school to think about saving the environment. We also do lots of projects around the school.

By Alexander S

Grubs Goals

Chloe H 4J

We are very much hoping that many creatures will visit our pond in the spring, especially birds, toads, frogs, all sorts of bugs and maybe, if we are lucky, even a newt!

In the meadow, we are looking forward to seeing all sorts of insects such as ladybirds and grasshoppers together with a variety of birds.

In the butterfly garden, we are expecting to see nectar-loving insects such as bees and butterflies, for example Painted Ladies, Red Admirals and Peacocks.

In the willow tunnel we are going to make a den and it will be interesting to watch the willows grow.

I can’t wait to see how many types of birds visit our feeders and roost or nest in our boxes.  We are using different sorts of boxes to attract allsorts of birds.

It is going to be an exciting spring!

 GRUBS Report

Willow Tunnel

We were each given a short piece of string that we had to attach to a willow cutting to make it arch.  We planted the willow cuttings diagonally and pressed them down with our feet.  It had to be watered regularly until it starts growing in the spring.

                                 Butterfly Garden

We marked out the area for the Butterfly Garden with tape.  We planted lots of lavender, so it would attract lots of butterflies.

Please follow this link to read the GRUBS code.

Please follow this link to find out about the Birdbox Project.

Please follow this link to see the map of our Nature Reserve.