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On Friday the 16th November there was a Civvies Day to raise money for Children in Need. One popular event was a breaktime cake sale in the Senior Dining Hall. All cakes were 50p and all cakes,many decorated with Pudsey Bear, were made by M rs Sims and some pupils the afternoon before at Let's Get Cooking club. They made so many they had to sell the rest at lunch!<br />
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Also two pupils from Media club took pictures of the students standing in front of a green screen for 20p.This was very popular because afterwards they adapted the photos to add PUDSEY BEAR! We raised a fantastic £11.00<br />
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So BBEC has raised a lot of money in total but we don't know the exact amount yet<br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498506304933222292.post-22935830106639871722012-11-08T20:39:00.000+00:002012-11-08T20:39:01.314+00:00Apple DayApple day last Friday hope you all got involved with the great activities.<br />
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Miss Sims organised the brilliant day. Miss Sims really appreciated all the help from the pupils who took part in the day. <br />
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Many of the students and teachers enjoyed Friday as everyone got involved. Teachers helped with the activities along with many students to provided a great apple day for all to enjoy.<br />
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The greenhouse was booming as many pupils helped Miss Sims to take a look at the grafted trees from last year.<br />
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Miss Sims would really like to thank all pupils and staff involved with the day, which is everyone as all took part in some aspect of apple day. The day went great as it brought all the school pupils together to celebrate the greenhouse and apple day.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In 2009 several trees
had to be cut down for safety reasons. To mountain a balanced environment BBEC
thought it was right to replace the old trees in different locations around the
school. After plenty of discussion Mrs Simms wan everyone other with her idea
of planting Fruit Tree, because it would provide Blossom for the insects in
spring and healthy fruits for us in autumn. BBEC’s idea came into life in
January 2010 when we heard of the fruit-full school project we soon applied and
after an interview BBEC became part of 1 of 50 schools to be accepted.
Fruit-full schools agreed to plant an orchard at BBEC for the local community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This Orchard had to
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Just a few trees planted here are the Gold Medal which originated in 1832 in
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trees in the orchard, some planted in groups at the edges of the playing fields
with names that suited the planters of the tree. I.e. Plum Pocket, Cooks
Corner, the Fruit Bent. So far 34 trees have been planted altogether in the
area, with the help of Mr Steve Edwards (Environment Picture LCC) who has
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THE FUTURE: So what's the future for BBEC orchard? Well there are visitors from Canada coming to school, to plant trees. More on that in future posts. Keep checking regularly!<br />
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‘Blossom Time’ is an exciting photography competition for people of all abilities. Whether you are a budding photographer or have never picked up a camera, this is your chance to shine – you could even use your mobile phone! The competition aims to highlight the orchard here at Broughton and to raise awareness of our contribution to the natural environment. As part of an exhibition, all entries will be displayed at school for Gold Medal Day at the end of June. There are different categories as well as different age groups. You can be creative, crazy or traditional; it is up to you, as long as the photo is a maximum size of 7x5” and fits into one of the categories. Anyone can enter and the good news is that the closing date has been extended until 31st May. This is due to the recent bad weather delaying the blossom on the fruit trees. Entries from Broughton students and their families can be handed in at the i Centre. For more details, please see the poster below.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">CELEBRATE A NEW COMMUNITY ORCHARD PRIZES </span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">will be awarded in each age group in each class for the best photos.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Class 1 An Orchard</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Class 2 Fruit tree in blossom</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Class 3 Blossom – A close up</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Class 4 First Fruits</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Class 5 Pollination</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">un-mounted, maximum size 7x5.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">All entries must be submitted</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">in a sealed envelope and be labelled</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">with the class, your name and age</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">group.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">The photos will form part of an</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">exhibition to be held at the school</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">at the end of June 2012</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Group A 16 & Over (on 1st April 2012)</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Group B Secondary Pupils</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Group C Primary Pupils</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">CLOSING DATE: 18th May 2012</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Please enclose an SAE for the return of photographs, alternatively please collect them from the</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">& Enterprise College, Woodlplumpton Lane, Broughton, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 5JJ.</span><br />
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Ms Cox has been giving a helping hand, too, by clearing out the greenhouse to make space for the many new spring projects. <br />
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After months of planning, preparations for the planting of the BBEC Orchard are in place.<br />
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Just before half term an arch arrived in kit form and a group of pupils got it ready to be put into position. We also moved two clumps of Iris into temporary positions for safekeeping.
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The plan is that over half term Barton Grange Landscapes will commence landscaping the area of the orchard known as the CORE. (This area is small but when fully planted will host,30 – 40 apple and pear trees - most of which will be trained as cordons or espaliers.<br />
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Working to a design submitted as part of a Fruit-full Schools competition and redrawn by a landscape architect working on the Guild Wheel, the Barton Grange staff will create five shaped beds (to represent the centre of an apple sliced horizontally), position a pergola and put in supports for the cordon and espalier trees.<br />
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We are very grateful for the help given by Barton Grange as part of their donation towards the Guild Wheel and look forward to working with them.<br />
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Once the groundwork is complete pupils will be able to plant trees when ground conditions permit and then the process of looking after them will commence.<br />
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We hope that each tutor group will adopt and become responsible for a small group of trees to ensure they thrive and become productive for years to come.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As You can See in The report BBEC report It is time To start growing In the Greenhouse!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mmmm - I can't wait for those lettuces!!</div>THE GREEN TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04848447072741114922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498506304933222292.post-55866093983003890602011-02-18T14:07:00.001+00:002011-03-04T16:08:07.081+00:00BIG Litter Survey<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9_tEUOZ8j4o/TV581q8JIMI/AAAAAAAADXg/ISR8yJCm9-A/s1600/DSCF7871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9_tEUOZ8j4o/TV581q8JIMI/AAAAAAAADXg/ISR8yJCm9-A/s320/DSCF7871.JPG" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US">Thank you to those pupils who gave up their lunchtimes to take part in this national survey aimed at finding out where the litter <span style="color: red;">near</span> the school comes from. Instead of litter picking <span style="color: red;">within</span> in the school grounds a total of 4 litter picks took place outside but adjacent to the school with notice taken of the <span style="color: red;">types</span> of litter found and where it comes from. The results of this survey have been sent to the Keep Britain Tidy group.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">As a result of our Big Tidy Up and survey it was nice to find that although not litter free there were no real hotspots to cause concern. The main types of litter were discarded drinks bottles and cans with Lucozade and Coke the most frequent, an assortment of crisp packets were found to be the main offenders in the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>food wrapper section. Our Big Tidy Up resulted in just 4 sacks of litter being added to the national total recorded so far of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>934, 835 and a better looking Broughton thanks to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tom Down, Umar Sakha<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>James Rosendale, Andrew Connell,</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ben Horton,</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jake Livsey-Gosling, Andrew Kennedy, and Cameron Noble. Is it a coincidence that these are all in Year 8?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4cbLurjJD-o/TV58_ih5EhI/AAAAAAAADXk/Lr2N9tmOa2E/s1600/DSCF7877.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4cbLurjJD-o/TV58_ih5EhI/AAAAAAAADXk/Lr2N9tmOa2E/s320/DSCF7877.JPG" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US">If you would like to help with an occasional litter pick either at school or in your local area please let us know. Future events will include “Green Day” on May 18<sup>th</sup> and the “Love the Area You Live In” campaign in September, although we do not need to wait for a special event to be able to pick up litter.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BE A STAR.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US">DON’T DROP IT - BIN IT!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498506304933222292.post-90436027025598116852011-02-18T09:21:00.002+00:002011-02-18T09:38:23.036+00:00Greenhouse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggj7Y9hkGTbIaq80N7UZPrzSW5wUQXPy_72SkOcZ_KHXENiuqzUJwXpvJD-u9RL4OX2myd91eOBp_j-CW1QJShGyNS-EFHPDKCnSeR7VCx5nkZHVKm2XitHkQGnyVqxXWsPq5-Mq6NtdU/s1600/DSCF7865.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggj7Y9hkGTbIaq80N7UZPrzSW5wUQXPy_72SkOcZ_KHXENiuqzUJwXpvJD-u9RL4OX2myd91eOBp_j-CW1QJShGyNS-EFHPDKCnSeR7VCx5nkZHVKm2XitHkQGnyVqxXWsPq5-Mq6NtdU/s200/DSCF7865.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">It’s not perfect but the weather is definitely improving and the greenhouse is undergoing a spring clean. Once minor repairs have been made we hope to start planting – probably <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>after half term when we can keep an eye on the developing seedlings. Meanwhile, the equipment ordered as a result of the Morrison vouchers collection has arrived. This year we will be benefiting from two wooden cold frames together with a series of smaller cloches to help get our outdoor plantings off to a better start. Fruit trees were also on offer this year and we gained an apple tree (variety – Elstar) for our orchard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A massive THANK YOU to all who brought in Morrisons vouchers; we look forward to your help again next year!</span></div>THE GREEN TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04848447072741114922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498506304933222292.post-68136703823061860352011-01-31T19:16:00.007+00:002011-02-18T13:58:09.058+00:00A glimpse of the future at BBEC?<span style="font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 12pt;"></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;">If we receive the Eco schools award then BBEC will be the proud owners of solar panels! Someone will be coming in on Monday to see if we could have solar panels and some pupils are going to interview them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><br />
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Keep your fingers crossed that free solar panels will be ours in the very near future - thereby enabling us to become a beacon for sustainability in our community.THE GREEN TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04848447072741114922noreply@blogger.com0