{"id":22227,"date":"2016-11-16T08:34:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T08:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=22227"},"modified":"2016-11-16T08:34:21","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T08:34:21","slug":"minard-ps-win-crns-school-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=22227","title":{"rendered":"Minard PS Win CRNS School Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"minard-crns-4-conference-2016\"<\/a>This month Minard Primary fought off stiff competition from across Scotland to win a national competition for its innovative ways of making waste go for further.
\nInstead of using traditional recycling methods for disposing of waste paper, pupils at Minard Primary School have been turning it into recycled paper briquettes which can then be used in the community as fuel. As a result of this ingenious idea, Minard Primary was crowned the winner of the Community Resources Network Scotland (CRNS) School Challenge Competition.
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Pupils were invited to attend the CRNS Annual Conference in Perth on 3rd November 2016 where they gave a short talk about their project before being presented with \u00a3500 prize money by Fred McAuley.

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\nHead Teacher Robyn McIlroy said \u201cWe are all over the moon – it really is a wonderful achievement. This project was led by Principal Teacher Lesley Goodwin with all the pupils having an important part to play.

Minard Primary School is very much at the heart of the local community and it\u2019s therefore very rewarding to be able to give something back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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