Children plant a tree to mark this year’s jubilee
Children at King Edward’s School Pre-prep and Nursery planted a very special tree on Monday.
The tree was part of the “Queen’s Green Canopy”, a unique initiative which invites people across the United Kingdom to “plant a tree for the Jubilee”.
Headteacher Jayne Gilbert said: “We are delighted to be taking part in this wonderful initiative to commemorate Her Majesty’s long reign.
“Our wonderful outdoor play and learning environment at school serves as a natural extension to our classrooms and allows our children to engage directly with the environment.
“Planting this new tree today is a further way of encouraging our children to get involved in growing and protecting the green spaces around them.”
Everyone from individuals to Scout and Girlguiding groups, villages, cities, counties, schools and corporates have been encouraged to plant trees from October 2021 when the tree planting season begins, through to the end of the Jubilee year in 2022.
Her Majesty’s Lord-lieutenant of Somerset Annie Maw joined the children as their special guest to help plant a flowering cherry tree, which was donated by Bath and North East Somerset Council.
After the planting took place, Mrs Maw said: “These children will be able to return, when they reach my kind of age, to see how much ‘their’ tree has grown and reflect on the remarkable service that Her Majesty has given to us all over these last seven decades.”
The newly planted tree has been uploaded onto an interactive map so that everyone can share and inspire others, as well as creating a green canopy of projects to cover the country. You can view the map online at: https://queensgreencanopy.org/map-education-hub/
Two further trees are due to be planted at the senior and junior schools.