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 projects this year have been keeping our school grounds litter free, planting seeds and gardening. We presented a very informative assembly about Litter and had a Poster Competition to raise the profile of litter in school. See the winning posters below!
RADIO CELEBRITIES!
In June the Year 6 members of the Eco team spoke to Ben Fryer from BBC Essex about picking up litter in Langham. They went on a litter pick to the Community Centre and talked about what they found and what they thought about people who drop litter. Floyd also came and talked about the letter he'd received from Sir David Attenborough. He'd written to him about plastic pollution and possible solutions to lessen it. Well done to everyone for raising the profile of litter and for caring enough to make a difference!
We want to fence off a couple of borders near Class 1s steps and plant them up to encourage insects in the summer. We have bought some low fencing and this will be put in when the ground is softer! We are also hoping to grow sunflowers, lavender and some vegetables.
Mr Macdonald was also busy at our Tesco garden with some of the eco-team. Bulbs were planted in the autumn and these flowered in the spring.
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 projects this year have been keeping our school grounds litter free, planting seeds and gardening. We presented a very informative assembly about Litter and had a Poster Competition to raise the profile of litter in school. See the winning posters below!
RADIO CELEBRITIES!
In June the Year 6 members of the Eco team spoke to Ben Fryer from BBC Essex about picking up litter in Langham. They went on a litter pick to the Community Centre and talked about what they found and what they thought about people who drop litter. Floyd also came and talked about the letter he'd received from Sir David Attenborough. He'd written to him about plastic pollution and possible solutions to lessen it. Well done to everyone for raising the profile of litter and for caring enough to make a difference!
We want to fence off a couple of borders near Class 1s steps and plant them up to encourage insects in the summer. We have bought some low fencing and this will be put in when the ground is softer! We are also hoping to grow sunflowers, lavender and some vegetables.
Mr Macdonald was also busy at our Tesco garden with some of the eco-team. Bulbs were planted in the autumn and these flowered in the spring.
Great British Spring Clean March 2018
On Wednesday 21st March the Eco Team went out on a litter pick in the school grounds and in the village. Class 1, 2 and 3 eco team members did a fantastic job of finding litter within the school grounds. We noticed that nearly all the rubbish we found was plastic wrappers and packets. Class 4 eco team members went along School Road, which at first sight seemed to have little litter. On closer inspection we found that we didn't get very far down the road as there was so much to pick up. Again it was mostly plastic and take away cups and food packaging. Everyone loved using the grabbers and we hope that we can spread the message to the rest of the school that NO ONE should drop litter. We gave an assembly about litter in May. See our Powerpoint below.
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Animal Adoptions
Last year, Mrs Arter asked the Eco Team to raise money to adopt an endangered animal so that the school could look into the threats they face as part of the Geography curriculum.
We adopted a polar bear and we have also adopted a sea turtle. Both animals face very different threats to their survival and we found out about these in assembly and in class.
As we had some money leftover from our fundraising we decided to spend this on improving our local environment. We have bought a low fence to fence off a couple of borders in the hope of growing wild flowers to encourage bugs and wildlife. We have more bark chips to spread on the path in the Wildlife garden too. Each class has a pot of either sunflowers or lavender to grow in the summer term.
Well done Eco Team - you're making a real difference locally and globally!!
We adopted a polar bear and we have also adopted a sea turtle. Both animals face very different threats to their survival and we found out about these in assembly and in class.
As we had some money leftover from our fundraising we decided to spend this on improving our local environment. We have bought a low fence to fence off a couple of borders in the hope of growing wild flowers to encourage bugs and wildlife. We have more bark chips to spread on the path in the Wildlife garden too. Each class has a pot of either sunflowers or lavender to grow in the summer term.
Well done Eco Team - you're making a real difference locally and globally!!
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.
