After the insect hotel, we've branched out now at Armitage into making compost bays from old pallets. To get to this point took just over an hour working with two pupils who had a great time learning to use a saw, hammer, sandpaper as well as discussing what compost is and how we can make it.
We're planning to line it with chicken wire to give it more stability and keep the compost in, then it'll need some kind of front section. We'll start adding material to one bin for the rest of the year and then move to the other side next year. Around March/April, the first lot should be ready to use.
Next step will be to set up a composting group who'll gather fruit, veg, tea bags and so on. If you're going to compost at school make sure you add an equal amount of torn up cardboard, newspaper or shredded paper every time you add to the pile. Simply piling on uneaten fruit will give you a fruit fly infested slime.
We may start to use it in teaching next week with Year 6 doing something on micro-organisms in Science.
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