Daniel Rigley was described as a 'missed pupil' of St Thomas' Catholic Academy
Children and staff at a Derbyshire primary school have created an eco-garden in memory of their friend who died. Daniel Rigley was eight-years-old when he died in 2021, after a battle with leukaemia.
Originally Daniel’s parents had approached the school to ask if a bench could be installed in his memory. But staff wanted to do more and asked pupils to come up with designs for a garden in the school grounds.Pupils and staff raised over £6,000 to create the memorial eco-garden at the school in Church View. Funding from East Midlands Airport to create an eco-garden at St Thomas’ has also been used.
Andy Gotheridge, assistant head teacher at St Thomas, said: “Everyone has been amazing, the support has been incredible. We’ve also had parents offering to help and one of our teaching assistants has approached a couple of garden centres. We had a design a garden lesson with Year 5 pupils in Daniel’s class and we looked at the basic elements that could be included.
Michael Sellors, head teacher at St Thomas’, said: “We are looking to completing the garden which has transformed a disused piece of land into a beautiful and peaceful reflective space for children and staff to go to remember Daniel, a much loved and missed pupil.”
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