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. The children are really keen! We are hoping to encourage a Governor and/or a parent to help too. We will be looking at our Action Plan and doing 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!
Our major project has been the development and maintainance of the Wildlife Area. We have made it accessible to the whole school, at all times and are encouraging different plants to establish and animals to visit it. Rosie's mum's memorial bench was re-varnished by her brother Philip, we built a stag beetle log pile and a bug hotel too.
This year's Eco Team have taken part in the Big Schools' Birdwatch and are encouraging the school to continue to use the compost bin for fruit waste at break time. They are also thinking about the maintenance and use of the Wildlife Garden. We are hoping to have a litter pick too!
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!
Our major project has been the development and maintainance of the Wildlife Area. We have made it accessible to the whole school, at all times and are encouraging different plants to establish and animals to visit it. Rosie's mum's memorial bench was re-varnished by her brother Philip, we built a stag beetle log pile and a bug hotel too.
This year's Eco Team have taken part in the Big Schools' Birdwatch and are encouraging the school to continue to use the compost bin for fruit waste at break time. They are also thinking about the maintenance and use of the Wildlife Garden. We are hoping to have a litter pick too!
Big Schools' Birdwatch 2017
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Animal Adoptions |
In February the Eco Team took part in the RSPB Big Schools Bird Watch. We have been taking part in this since 2013 (although we didn't do it last year). We have to count how many birds are seen at one time over an hour. We had bird identification posters and counting sheets too. We took the binoculars and went out into the school grounds to look. All of the children were fantastic at being quiet and spotting the birds. We all really enjoyed being outside and seeing which birds visit our school. Take a look at the results below. 
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Mrs Arter asked the Eco Team to raise money to adopt an endangered animal so that the school can look into the threats they face as part of the Geography curriculum.
We have adopted a polar bear and we have also adopted a sea turtle. Both animals face very different threats to their survival and we have been finding out about these in assembly and in class. As we had some money leftover from our fundraising we have decided to spend this on improving our local environment. We will make suggestions about what we would like to spend it on. Well done Eco Team - you're making a real difference locally and globally!! 
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WILDLIFE GARDEN
The Eco Team are thinking about how to manage and improve the Wildlife Garden this year. They will be making a plan and informing the school of their ideas....Watch this space!!!
The Eco Team are thinking about how to manage and improve the Wildlife Garden this year. They will be making a plan and informing the school of their ideas....Watch this space!!!
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 have achieved our Bronze and Silver Awards.
