Can you believe Alvaston school has boat stolen from its garden?

STUDENTS and staff at a Derby school are upset and angry after an ornamental wooden boat was stolen from the school's sensory garden.
Faithful is one of two wooden rowing dinghies – the other one is Brave – made by pupils in the after-school boat club at Merrill College.
They had been donated to the gardening club to use as a feature earlier this summer.
The boats, both painted in gold and black, were placed on opposite sides of a rockery which was created by 12 students and four members of staff during activities week in July.
But thieves have stolen one of the boats, along with plants inside and around it.
Teacher Adey Greaves said: "There is no sign of the soil being tipped out, so it would have needed a van or trailer to take it away.
"Both staff and students in the school are angry and frustrated by the theft, which included some plants being taken as well."
The boat, which it is estimated could have taken up to four people to carry away, is likely to have been stolen on Monday evening, when the college gates were open later for evening activities. Mr Greaves said he was annoyed that the boat had been taken.
"Students and staff had worked hard for three days on a variety of tasks," he said.
"It annoys me that somebody could be so heartless as to destroy something that took so much time and effort and that was created by our students."
Pupil Mitchell King, 15, who was one of the students who helped on the project, said: "I am very unhappy and annoyed that one of our two flower boats has been stolen.
"It took a long time to get all of the flowering arrangements right and a lot of hard work and planning."
The theft has been reported to Derbyshire Police.
Anyone with any information should contact 0345 123 3333 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

(Reproduced from the Derby Telegraph, Nov 12th 2009)

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