Year 2 got out in the community when they met Pat from Friends of Moortown Park.
Moortown Park is a lovely and peaceful small park in the middle of Moortown, giving everyone who lives there somewhere nice to go to relax, play, or walk their dogs.
Friends of Moortown Park organises local people as volunteers to help look after the park, including collecting litter, planting trees, and keeping paths clear. We made the little library for everyone to share books, and the herb garden so people can cut some herbs to cook with. We raised money to buy the lovely metal benches for everyone to sit on. We organised the trees for our community orchard, and we have put up lots of bird boxes and some bug hotels for our little friends.
All of these things make the park a much nicer place for everyone in the local community to come to, and they also help all the birds, bees, butterflies and other wildlife that live here. If we all respect the park by behaving nicely, not dropping rubbish, and looking after dogs, then it will remain a lovely place for everyone.
After visiting the park, we thought about what people can do to make sure they respect and look after the park for others to enjoy.
Help at home: take a visit to the park. Ask your child to show you some of the things Friends of Moortown Park have done to improve the park for its users.
