Educational Establishments Monthly Schedule
January: Leaf clearing, snow clearing, salting, pruning and division, tree pruning and small tree felling, machinery maintenance, yard clearing and shed sort out, turning compost, aeration, over marking, cuttings, moss control, bulb planting, pest control (moles)
February: Rugby uninstall, lacrosse set- up, pre-season rolling, seed sowing, weed spraying, artificial wicket renovation, mulching, cross country set- up, fencing repairs, soil amendments and fertilisers, sweeping
March: Hockey uninstall, lacrosse uninstall, mark out, cricket set-up, cricket square preparation, mowing, hedge rejuvenation (box hedges)
April: Final leaf clearance, tennis set-up, mowing, weeding, cricket, over marking, weed spraying, fertilising, overseeding and pitch renovations
May: Cricket, bedding planting, mowing, strimming, edging, deadheading/pruning/trimming, school tidy-up
June: Cricket, mowing, strimming, weeding sports day set-up, hedgecutting, school tidy-up,
July: Tennis renovations, cricket renovations, cricket square shut down, weed spraying, strimming, summer projects, summer school
August: Initial marking, mowing, strimming, sports pitch preparation, weeding, winter bedding preparation, weed spraying, hedgecutting, school tidy- up
September: Mowing, strimming, hedgecutting, winter bedding planting
October:Weed spraying, weeding and pruning, mowing leaf clearing, overseeding, aeration, fertilising, worm control, bonfire, sports set-up
November: Fireworks, mowing, strimming, leaf clearing, frost, tree and shrub pruning
December: Snow clearing, leaf clearing, machinery servicing, pruning
The Highfield and Brookham grounds team l-r: John Naylor, Paul Williams, Ashley Lloyd, Jason Hunter and Daniel Cornish
better place to work than Charterhouse. I needed a challenge, so moving here has given me the opportunity to enhance my management skills, as well as having an incredible opportunity to improve the grounds and facilities at the two schools.” Highfield and Brookham share a 175 acre
site which includes woodlands for biomass, sports pitches and a 9-hole golf field, but each occupies its own distinct areas. Brookham is a pre-prep and nursery school for 3-7 year olds that provides a 50m running track and pitches for football, hockey, rounders and cricket; the latter being the Kwik variety. Pupils also use areas of the more extensive Highfield sports grounds. Highfield is a prep school for 8-13 year olds. Here, depending on the term, Jason and his team look after eight cricket squares - three built with loam for hard ball cricket and five cut out of the outfield for Kwik cricket - six hockey pitches, seven rugby pitches, nine rounders fields, six lacrosse pitches, nine football pitches and a 400m running track. All are natural grass. Additionally, there is a 9-hole, par 3 golf field alongside Brookham wood. “The greens are simply cut out of the field, so it would be
stretching it to call it a course, but the pupils love it.” Jason has a team of four to assist him.
Groundsmen John Naylor (17 years service), Paul Williams (11 years) and Dan Cornish (7 months), whilst Ashley Lloyd, who had been a contract gardener for the previous eight months, joined as an apprentice in May. “Paul looks after the front of house and main school lawns; John looks after the golf field, and all marking out and sports pitch preparations, and Dan looks after the cricket squares and assists John on the golf field. Ashley looks after all the gardens.” “All staff are First Aid trained and Dan is
trained in using a defibrillator.” “Additional help comes from Mark Atkins
at Evolution Agronomics, Peter Marshall from Complete Weed Control/Japanese Knotweed Control and Lashley Landscapes, who are our groundworks contractors.” “We have a full staff training programme in place for the next two years. So far, we have completed Health and Safety at work, COSHH training, Working at Heights, Safeguarding Children, Fire Training, Telehandler and MEWP (Mobile Elevating Work Platform) training. Next year, we will
Cricket match in front of the main school buildings 46 I PC JUNE/JULY 2016
The recently refurbished Stothert & Pitt roller in action
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