Have you ever noticed the little triangles on the bottom of plastics for recycling? The Pre-5 children and P1/2 have been investigating a recycling bag to see which numbers were in the greatest number. Here are their results.
Eco minutes 9.10.14
This was our first eco meeting with the new committee.
1. Welcome
2. We met everyone and found out about our roles.
3. Action Plan – We went over the action plan. For the next meeting we have to decide what we want to start with. We will start with 3 action points.
4. Green Flag – Our assessment is on 24.11.14. We will decide what we need to do at the next meeting.
5. Getting the whole school involved – we talked about ways to get everyone involved. New noticeboard. Eco-assembly. New eco-code in all classes.
6. Action to be taken
Eco-committee to decide action points.
Anwen to come up with fundraising ideas.
Mrs Harrison to arrange date of eco assembly.
Media group to make eco code posters.
Secretary to arrange photos of everyone for the wall.
7. Next meeting 23.10.14
Eco update
On the 5TH of November Mrs Harrison received a big box. When she opened it, it turned out to be the grabbers and gloves that we ordered.
That afternoon when we were having a meeting, the new paper bins arrived!
We are all very happy with the things that we got.
Eco minutes 23.10.14
1. Oliver opened the meeting.
2.All there except Jasmine.
3. Progress – Mirren is making posters for the class with the ECO code on it, we got reports from the classes
4. Action Plan –
Litter – We will be getting new litter police from each class and they will only be it for the week then it will change.
We will be getting a new sign at the pitch about eco matters- Rebecca and Ciara
We might be starting a fair trade tuck – Anwen and Eva will look at it.
5. we made a list of Jobs for assessment.
Pond plan for future
Planting
Croft
6. Who needs to do things
Mrs Harrison – order recycling bins
Organise litter police
Anwen – prices
Prepare for eco assembly
7. Next Meeting – 6.11.14
By Annie
Recyled paper Mark II
Our second attempt at making recycled paper, at the Pre 5 and P1/2 joint session, produced a much nicer looking paper! And the wee ones loved sloshing about in the paper pulp!
Learning about recycling
At the Pre-5 and P1/2 joint session the children were learning about recycling. They sorted materials and decided which could be recycled. They looked for the triangular recycling marks on the plastics and discovered lots of different numbers – because there are lots of different types of plastics. These can all go in our pink recycling bags at home!
Eco Assembly
The new eco committee held their first eco assembly. Eco monitors from each class reported to the school what had been happening in their classes – even our Pre-5 eco monitor who closes the door, switches off the light and helps take the fruit peelings to the worms! The committee shared their ideas for the coming year with the school.
Sunflowers battered by the wind
Our fantastic sunflowers, planted by P3/4 last session have finally collapsed in the wind…..but the Pre-5 unit have saved the heads and the birds are now enjoying sunflower seeds for lunch!
Paper making in P1/2
P1/2 have been learning that paper comes from trees. They found out all about the process that turns trees into paper and thought about what this meant for the planet. They think that we should not waste paper, that we should recycle more paper and reuse our scrap paper, and that people should plant a tree for every tree that is cut down. Here we are turning old newspaper into paper pulp – we enjoyed using the zapper! Our first recycled paper turned out a bit grey but we are going to try and refine our technique.
Bookswap
P1/2 held their first book swap of the year. One of their customers was so keen to get some new reading material that she brought 5 books to swap! Swapping books is great fun. It lets you get new books, which don’t cost anything and you can get rid of books that are too young for you. It is also good for the environment – reducing paper being used, and reusing books. The book swap will run every two weeks but remember to fill in a swapping form first!
