Queens Canopy for the Platinum Jubilee planning

A huge thank you to the Friends of the Polygon for their generous donation, so that we as a school can celebrate this wonderful event for Her Majesty The Queen. 

In January, the whole school took part in a questionnaire to have their say in what tree they would like to see on the school grounds. 

Miss Burton put together questions in regards to what type of tree, where the tree would be planted, and what sort of plague to celebrate the Queens Jubilee.

The first question was the tree, Miss Burton researched different types of trees that were traditional English trees. After meetings with The Friends of the Polygon it was recommended that we wanted to make sure we chose a selection that would have a life span as longer than 200 years, meaning it would benefit the the environment but also mark the jubilee for centuries to come.  

It was discussed the thought of having a flowering tree to add in to the school environment but flowering trees only tend to survive no more than 70 years and require certain soils and environment to bloom.

The options were as follows below.

Question 2 was to asked about what type of plaque would suit the tree chosen. The Majority vote was Gold. 

Example of one class votes.

Votes tally for whole school. 

The final votes were that the tree was to be planted in the front of the school, with a gold Plaque. The tree chosen was a Red Horn Beam. The majority vote was that because we couldn't have a flowering tree due to the short life span, and we would ideally like generations to look upon this tree and remember, We went for the next tree that would give a vibrant color.