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!
New Discovery Apple Tree 2020!!
Mrs Harrow has planted a Discovery apple tree in the Orchard area of the school field to replace the one that was cut back in the Class 1 outdoor area). Fingers crossed that it can grow well over the next few years so that we can enjoy eating some apples!!
Big Battery Hunt * WE ARE STILL COLLECTING USED BATTERIES!!*
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.
| birdwatch_results_2020.csv |
| graph_comparing_2017_and_2019.pdf |
Great Big School Clean
Last March 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 were due to take part again this year but the event has been postponed. 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 have achieved our Bronze and Silver Awards.
