Where do I get a rock greater than 10cm diameter?

MaizeAmaze · 2022-01-28T09:51:15+00:00

School have requested a rock be brought in next week, at least 10cm in diameter. How do I set about obtaining such an item, given we don't have anything like that in the garden!

thisplaceisweird · 28/01/2022 09:52

B&Q, garden centres, go for a walk and steal one?

Seeline · 28/01/2022 09:52

Trip to the beach?

MountainAshley · 28/01/2022 09:53

Walk near a river or stream if there are any local to you. Should find plenty there.

Needcoffeecoffeecoffee · 28/01/2022 09:53

Gather some other parents in the class and club together for a bag if rocks from b and q.

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MaizeAmaze · 28/01/2022 09:58

I'm not stealing one, the beach is sand, the river is mud with vertical sides.
Buy one? Can I seriously walk into a shop and buy a singular rock? Not a bag of gravel, but a single rock?? I am

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ErrolTheDragon · 28/01/2022 10:07

What on Earth do they want them for?

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 28/01/2022 10:10

Go for a walk in some countryside you will find some also garden centres sell all sizes of rock pretty cheap.

MadeForThis · 28/01/2022 10:13

Quarry? Rock garden? Neighbours?

Bitofachinwag · 28/01/2022 10:13

That's a stone!!

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MaizeAmaze · 28/01/2022 10:16

I honestly don't know where you all walk, but 10cm is the size of a small saucer. Do you really see them when you are out and about? And if they do exist, should the whole school really be going to pick them up?

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rumred · 28/01/2022 10:18

Ask neighbours? I have a few big rocks, the garden generally is stoney. If you're near Bradford you're welcome to pop in 😁

QuestionsorComments · 28/01/2022 10:20

The responses here will be bonkers. If you live somewhere where the bedrock is slate or granite or sandstone or limestone, you go for a short walk and pick some up. If you live on London Clay such things don't exist.

I'd bet this is an activity teacher has picked up on line and hasn't thought about how you're supposed to find rocks. I'm afraid this is one occasion when I'd be "that" parent and ask where we're supposed to get them. I'm horrified at the idea that 30 parents should be going out to buy a rock

StrawberryPot · 28/01/2022 10:23

10cm / 4 inches really isn't that big! Not as big as a saucer.

Are they going to paint and display them?

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MaizeAmaze · 28/01/2022 10:24

It's not 30 @QuestionsorComments it's 700..... the whole school........

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MaizeAmaze · 28/01/2022 10:25

And I've no idea what they are going to do with them.

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StrawberryPot · 28/01/2022 10:27

Maybe ask other parents? They'll have a better idea of where best to pick one up in your locality.

QuestionsorComments · 28/01/2022 10:27

When we did painted pebbles, I sent the site manager to buy a sack full from the garden centre. I can't remember exactly but about £20. Schools do have some money.

I think you need to ask how and why.

QueenPeony · 28/01/2022 10:29

Yes garden centre. You might have to buy a bag with a few in it, but sometimes you can get single ones.

Or ask around if anyone you know has one in their garden.

I hate it when school pull this kind of shit. Oh yes I've got nothing better to do than spend all day looking for a bloody rock

steppemum · 28/01/2022 10:32

I think I would go bakc to the school and ask why.

Because if they are for painting, then a limescale stone is crap, you can't paint it.
And if you live in an area with no rocks and stones, then they are going to get a crap response.

So, yes, ask why!

ANameChangeAgain · 28/01/2022 10:33

And if they do exist, should the whole school really be going to pick them up? no they really shouldn't, especially on a river bank. The school should to a topic on damaging habitats and waterway environments instead.

trumpisagit · 28/01/2022 10:33

Do you know anyone having an extension built? They will have loads of rocks dug up.

QuestionsorComments · 28/01/2022 10:35

Yes, sending 700 children out to pick up a rock in the locality is awful, even if there was an abundance of rocks

BarbaraofSeville · 28/01/2022 10:37

@QuestionsorComments

The responses here will be bonkers. If you live somewhere where the bedrock is slate or granite or sandstone or limestone, you go for a short walk and pick some up. If you live on London Clay such things don't exist.

I'd bet this is an activity teacher has picked up on line and hasn't thought about how you're supposed to find rocks. I'm afraid this is one occasion when I'd be "that" parent and ask where we're supposed to get them. I'm horrified at the idea that 30 parents should be going out to buy a rock

Ah, that explains things. I was wondering if the OP never left her house if she didn't routinely come across small rocks as there's thousands of them in all the woods, parks etc round here, it would be no challenge at all.

However, I do wonder if it's a good idea to ask everyone to go out to 'pick a rock' if you're in an area where they're not easily found.

Can't the school send someone to buy a few bags of rocks from B&Q and ask everyone to contribute a few pence towards the cost if school funds are so tight that they can't afford to cover the cost themselves.

I'm assuming it's some sort of rock painting activity going on. That seems to be quite popular these days.

BlackeyedSusan · 28/01/2022 11:24

dig. they are usually a few centimetres down.

We have no garden here so would be fucked. Probably the best place to get rocks round here is from the floor inside the old pub.

we have always had a don't pick anything up policy for the children: giiven people use the communal areas as a toilet, and there has been needles or used condoms left in the road or communal areas.