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UNITED FRONT

December 2009

Pupils at Sibford School near Banbury showed a united front when they joined together to plant a new hedge in the school grounds.

Since 1984, it has been custom for Year 7 pupils at the school to each plant a tree.

But this year, with more than 1,600 trees now growing in the school grounds, it was decided to break with tradition … and plant a Saxon Hedge instead.

The new hedge features a mixture of species including Blackthorn, Buckthorn, Hawthorn, Viburnum and Hornbeam.

Explained Sibford school business manager, and keen horticulturist, Peter Robinson: “Hedgerows provide a rich habitat for wildlife; some 50% of British butterflies are associated with hedges, and a quarter of the bird species, considered as important under the UK’s Biodiversity Action Plan, are closely associated with hedgerows for nesting and feeding.

“However, there is increasing concern about the disappearance of hedgerows from our countryside and so this year, rather than planting individual trees, we decided to join together and plant a new hedge instead.

“The Year 7 pupils, many of whom have come up through our junior school and know about the tradition of tree planting, were more than happy to do something a bit different and, the fact that the hedge features mixed species, really does underline our school motto … ‘each talented, each different, all valued’.”

Pictured: United … Year 7 pupils at Sibford School with the embryo hedge.

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