{"id":979,"date":"2025-01-03T16:32:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T16:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biglocalnorthcleethorpes.org.uk\/reflections\/?page_id=979"},"modified":"2025-01-16T14:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T14:04:14","slug":"queen-marys-school-outdoor-classroom-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biglocalnorthcleethorpes.org.uk\/reflections\/queen-marys-school-outdoor-classroom-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Mary Avenue School Outdoor Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Big Local contributed to the redevelopment of the outdoor spaces at this North Cleethorpes school<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-subtle-background-background-color has-background\">When? 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Queen Mary Avenue school serves the most deprived area of North Cleethorpes and they were looking to develop an outdoor classroom to enable the school children to engage with the natural world during their school time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school approached Big Local North Cleethorpes who could immediately see how much a small investment would benefit a large number of children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Big Local North Cleethorpes invested just \u00a35000 for the redevelopment of the outdoor space but this was more than matched by additional external funders and fundraising and donations done by the school and parents too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The outdoor spaces were a great success and led to a further partnership with Big Local when Grimsby Town Football Club was able to invest further in school sports activities over a couple of years. <a href=\"https:\/\/biglocalnorthcleethorpes.org.uk\/reflections\/gtfc-partnership\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"985\">Read about the football project here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2867\" height=\"1505\" src=\"https:\/\/biglocalnorthcleethorpes.org.uk\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/queen-mary.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biglocalnorthcleethorpes.org.uk\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/queen-mary.png 2867w, https:\/\/biglocalnorthcleethorpes.org.uk\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/queen-mary-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/biglocalnorthcleethorpes.org.uk\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/queen-mary-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/biglocalnorthcleethorpes.org.uk\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/queen-mary-1536x806.png 1536w, https:\/\/biglocalnorthcleethorpes.org.uk\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/queen-mary-2048x1075.png 2048w, https:\/\/biglocalnorthcleethorpes.org.uk\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/queen-mary-1200x630.png 1200w, https:\/\/biglocalnorthcleethorpes.org.uk\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/queen-mary-1980x1039.png 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2867px) 100vw, 2867px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Queen Mary Avenue outdoor classroom features in one of the early Big Local North Cleethorpes promotional videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Big Local | Supporting the Community of North Cleethorpes\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tnbgd922ImA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Promotional Big Local video. Watch for features about Queen Mary Avenue School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ADDITIONAL INFORMATION<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  Local Trust \u2013 the national Big Local organisation National Lottery Community Fund \u2013 the funder of the programme Planning for Real \u2013 a tool used to get Big Local started VANEL is the Locally Trusted Organisation (LTO)\">Queen Mary Avenue School website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/biglocalnorthcleethorpes.org.uk\/reflections\/contents\/\">Back to contents index<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/biglocalnorthcleethorpes.org.uk\/reflections\/\">To home page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Local contributed to the redevelopment of the outdoor spaces at this North Cleethorpes school When? 2016 Queen Mary Avenue school serves the most deprived area of North Cleethorpes and they were looking to develop an outdoor classroom to enable the school children to engage with the natural world during their school time. 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