In October 2021, staff and students of Felpham Community College in West Sussex planted more than 4,000 crocuses provided by the Rotary Club of Bognor Regis as part of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland’s annual Purple4Polio campaign.
In February, as the flowers began to bloom, the college convened students from the ecology club and other school groups for a tea party. “This was a chance to have a hot drink and some homemade sweet treats, celebrate the crocuses coming into bloom, and thank our students for the hard work they put in above and beyond their day-to-day learning,” says Michelle Kelly, a deputy head teacher.
The Bognor Regis club and the school have partnered on the project for more than 10 years.