Mrs Harrow runs a very busy Eco Team. Find out what they've been up to!
Eco Team Information
We have an Eco Team that is made up of children from Years 1-6, who have volunteered, and a staff member (Mrs Harrow). The children are really keen! Mrs Cowie is also helping us this year which is fantastic!
This year we will be working towards our Green Flag by following the 7 steps of the Eco Schools Programme. We will do an environmental review of our school and then come up with actions that we want to do. We will continue to do lots of different things to improve our school environment and to improve sustainability.
The Eco Team are also responsible for making sure that everyone is following our Eco Code and that everyone in school knows what we're doing and joins in too!
New Trees planted 2021!!
Mrs Harrow planted some small trees in the Forest area during lockdown in March and with the help of some children in Class 3 and a child in Class 2 she also planted 5 fruit trees. (See the photos at the top of this page.) These were part of the 'Orchards for Schools' project run by the Tree Council. Four are on the school field, near the existing orchard area. They are apple, pear and plum trees and there is a cherry tree in the Wildlife Garden. The children have been watering them regularly to make sure they grow well and Mrs Harrow made sure that the groundspeople who cut the grass didn't go near them by roping off behind them for a meadow area. This grew really well in the summer and has now been cut ready for next year. We hope to encourage more wildlife by leaving this area to grow wild again next year.
Big Battery Hunt * WE ARE STILL COLLECTING USED BATTERIES!!*
A while ago we took part in a campaign called the Big Battery Hunt.
In school the Eco Team did an assembly to show how important it is to recycle batteries and what happens when people do not.
Everyone was challenged to find and collect as many USED batteries as possible!
Each family had a collection box to fill with as many used AAA, A, C and D batteries as they could find and we entered the competition. We didn't win but we did stop around 4000 batteries from going in to landfill, so well done everyone!
We are still collecting batteries to recycle so please keep bringing them in and putting them in the large container in the entrance hall.
Things to do at Home.
If you would like to try some non-screen activities at home here are 25 to try. The activities will help you reflect on how we can make the Earth a better place :-)
| non_screen_activities_-_earth.pdf |
BIg Schools' Bird Watch 2020
In February the Eco Team took part in the Big Schools' Birdwatch. We identified birds that visited our school grounds and counted how many we could see.
See the graph to find out what we saw this year. You can also see the results that we got in 2019 and 2017.
Unfortunately, in 2021 we were unable to take part due to the national lockdown because of Covid.
| birdwatch_results_2020.csv |
| graph_comparing_2017_and_2019.pdf |
Great Big School Clean
In March 2019 the Eco Team took part in Keep Britain Tidy's Great Big School Clean. This was part of the Great British Spring Clean 2019. We look forward to being litter heroes again soon! In the meantime, make sure you take your rubbish home with you and remind others to do this too !
We went out on a litter pick in the school grounds and in the village. Five members of the eco team did a fantastic job of finding litter within the school grounds. We even tidied up the car park and put the leaves out in the garden waste bag which the binmen collected for recycling! We noticed that nearly all the rubbish we found was plastic wrappers and packets.
Three eco team members went along School Road to the community center, picking up lots of litter. Again it was mostly plastic, as well as take away cups, food packaging, cans and glass. Most of us loved using the grabbers and we were all fantastic Litter heroes!!
Last year's eco team did an assembly about Litter. See their Powerpoint below the slideshow.
We are proud to be Litter Heroes and make our school and community environments better places for us and wildlife. Please see the photos of our litter pick below.
We went out on a litter pick in the school grounds and in the village. Five members of the eco team did a fantastic job of finding litter within the school grounds. We even tidied up the car park and put the leaves out in the garden waste bag which the binmen collected for recycling! We noticed that nearly all the rubbish we found was plastic wrappers and packets.
Three eco team members went along School Road to the community center, picking up lots of litter. Again it was mostly plastic, as well as take away cups, food packaging, cans and glass. Most of us loved using the grabbers and we were all fantastic Litter heroes!!
Last year's eco team did an assembly about Litter. See their Powerpoint below the slideshow.
We are proud to be Litter Heroes and make our school and community environments better places for us and wildlife. Please see the photos of our litter pick below.
| eco_team_litter_assembly_2018_1.pptx |
Stag Beetle Log Pile
The Eco Team built a stag beetle log pile in the Wildlife Garden. The logs came from Hobday Woods and Mr Hobday came in to tell us how to make it (and help with the digging!). We had to dig a hole, arrange the logs in an upright group and then partially bury the bases of the logs. Stag Beetles are Britain’s largest beetles but are endangered. They spend most of their life as a larva underground feeding on dead, rotting wood. It takes a larva up to 6 years to reach its full size, next it turns into a pupa and, after a few months, it changes into an adult stag beetle. The adults only live for a few weeks. We can all help stag beetles by leaving any rotting wood or tree stumps in our gardens or by making a log pile and letting it rot. We hope that the log pile in our Wildlife Garden will provide the perfect habitat for stag beetles and lots of other creatures!
Our Stag Beetle Log Pile
We joined the Eco Schools programme in 2011. This is a global programme that encourages pupils and staff to come up with fun, eco-friendly projects to help make our school a more pleasant place to be and reduce our impact on the environment. We have an Eco Team of pupils and staff members who meet regularly to discuss and agree on environmental projects.
We have achieved our Bronze and Silver Awards.
We are hoping to apply for our Green Flag next year.
Here is the website address if you want to take a look! www.eco-schools.org.uk
We have achieved our Bronze and Silver Awards.
We are hoping to apply for our Green Flag next year.
Here is the website address if you want to take a look! www.eco-schools.org.uk
