The teachers worked very hard to create exciting and engaging weekly outdoor lessons utilising the garden area and playgrounds. They developed any relevant resources and the eco committee helped to choose new resources from catalogues.
BIODIVERSITY
Our environmental reviewhad highlighted that we had very few butterflies, birds, bees or wildlife that visit the school. We wanted to encourage more of them to visit. The eco team visited each classroom to ask children if they knew what biodiversity meant – no one did! They then held an assembly to explain to the boys and girls what biodiversity meant and how we could improve it within our school grounds. We planted pollinator plants and made bird feeders to hang in the garden.
WASTE
The eco team sorted the waste from various non-recyclable bins around the school. The weighed the recyclable waste and made new signage for all the school bins to inform children and teachers what could be thrown into each bin. They later sorted and weighed the waste in the same non-recyclable bins and saw a huge decline in the amount of recyclable waste being thrown into the wrong bin and an increase in the amount of recycling waste in the correct bin.
We have a very busy Eco Committee this year of 30 children and 30 adults and Mrs McIlroy, Mrs Braniff and Mr Keenan. They are working very hard in our school grounds.
