Our Legacy Project at Mawsley School is a way in which our Year 6 learners acknowledge the end of their Mawsley School learning journey, by creating something to leave behind for other children to enjoy and remember them by, after they have moved on to their new schools. This is a wonderful way for these young people to make a positive contribution to their school community. 

Within groups, children are tasked with researching possible themes for the project, such as sport, nature, wellbeing etc. They need to have a clear purpose for their idea and design this within a given budget. ​

Children then present their Legacy Project ideas to their peers in a 'Dragon's Den' style. The presentations are considered and children vote on the project that they believe will have the best impact and therefore, is best to represent their legacy. The whole year group then cooperatively produce the legacy which is then presented to the rest of the school and can be enjoyed once the Year 6 cohort has moved on to their next stage of learning. 

The 2025 cohort of Year 6 children wanted to leave something for our children to play with. Their game can be enjoyed by children at break and lunchtimes. The children were aware that hedgehogs are not only endangered, but excitingly, a good population of these are often seen throughout the spring and summer in Mawsley.  They decided to leave hedgehog boxes that will hopefully be inhabited by some of the hedgehogs in Mawsley and help to support the local hedgehog population. 

 

Our 2024 Year 6 cohort decided to leave the children of Mawsley School a bug hotel to represent their love of nature and desire to do something to support the ecosystem and a bench for children to sit on at break and lunchtimes. They painted this in our school colours. 

       

                                         

 

Continuing the wildlife theme, in 2023, our Year 6 children wanted to leave something to help the local bird population. The children had seen swifts nesting in the roof of our bike shed and had noticed the red kites that are ever present, circling around Mawsley. This interest in birds inspired them to decorate a series of bird boxes around school, for birds to nest in and raise their young, helping to sustain the local bird population for other children to enjoy.