Eco-School
Term 6 2023/24
This year we have participated in Just One Tree and helped to combat climate change and biodiversity loss by raising money to plant trees around the world. We raised £126 which meant that 126 trees were planted in countries like Brazil, Nepal and Kenya. We have participated in the RSPB’S Big Schools’ Birdwatch to track the birds in our school grounds. Some children continued with this at home and engaged with the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch. Our Sensory Garden has been given another overhaul by Miss G and her lunch time helpers and we are now harvesting food that has been used for our school dinners. Please do take the time to have a peek over the fence and see for yourselves how hard they have been working to create an inviting and nurturing space. We have also participated in Duracell’s Big Battery Hunt and have saved over 7,000 batteries from ending up in landfill. This is a tremendous achievement, especially considering that we are a smaller school compared to others. It has been wonderful to see such a huge amount of effort at home and in school towards our shared goal of protecting the planet. We are now in the process of updating our Eco Schools application and we will know whether we have been successful when we return in September.
Term 3 2023/24
Term 1 2023/24
This term we have been very excited to welcome 8 new children to their roles on our Eco committee.
The new eco committee kicked off their role by helping to organise our fundraiser day for Just One Tree. We raised around £125 and for every £1 raised, the charity promised to plant a tree somewhere around the world. Trees help to reduce carbon emissions whilst also providing food and shelter for people and animals alike. Across the school, each class participated in activities to learn about trees and to appreciate the wonderful and important part they play in our eco system.
A message from Just One Tree:
Thank you so much for supporting JUST ONE TREE so that together we can combat climate change and biodiversity loss. Your school’s ‘forest’ now stands at 126 trees and will continue to grow each time you join us. Every £1 really does make a difference, so thank you, we really do appreciate it. Your tree purchase will be supporting a reforestation project in one of the following countries: Brazil, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nepal, Haiti, Indonesia, Kenya or Zambia. Because of your school, 126 seeds will be chosen and planted by our partners in one of their nurseries. Once the next rainy season is upon us, your seedlings will be transported to their carefully selected new homes, where they will be planted and nurtured over the coming years. Your school’s forest of 126 trees will remove approximately 38.81 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere over the next 25 years.
