As part of our topic work this term the P7s have been looking at some issues linked to sustainable living. We looked at the topic of pollution and climate change.  As part of this we looked at the impact that climate change is having on communities around the world. We discovered that people in Bangladesh have adapted to flooding by creating floating gardens. This week we used some simple materials and had a go at creating our own floating gardens growing cress seeds. We quickly encountered a few design problems that were solved by some quick thinking because our soil was being washed away and our seeds got flooded. We will see over the next week if we can grow and harvest our crops in flood conditions.

These are some of the photos of P7 making the frames for their gardens

We thought about where our food comes from and the advantages and disadvantages of intensive farming v organic farming. With the last two weeks of term we are designing the ultimate sustainable city using all of the knowledge we’ve acquired over the last 8 weeks. Each team will create a 2D plan and present a powerpoint on why their sustainable city should be built.

Well done to Kris and Struan from the Eco Committee. They came up with the great idea of writing to B and Q to ask for replacement bird feeders for our broken ones in the wild life garden. Today we had the generous reply from B and Q. Along with a lovely letter they sent Kris and Struan 2 squirrel proof bird feeders, some bird food and a £30 gift voucher. Kris will now be thinking about how to spend the £30 and looking forward to a visit to B and Q.

Mr Mundie used last weeks assembly as an opportunity to reveal how much the school raised in our Eco bring and buy sale. Altogether the total came to a whopping £470, which will go towards repairing the fence around the wild life garden. Thank you to everyone who contributed.

On Friday, the 1st of February, the Eco Committee and the P7s organised a bring and buy sale to raise money to repair the damaged fencing around the wild life garden. We asked the rest of the school to donate unwanted books, games and toys, so that they could be reused by others who would love using them again. We had a great response and we would like to thank everyone who gave so generously. The primary 7s helped to organise and set up the sale on Thursday afternoon. On Friday all the classes visited the sale and were served by the eco-committee and P7s. As well as our toy and book stalls we had a guess the teddy bears birthday and some cakes for sale as well. The day was a great success and there was very little left at the end of the day. The eco-committee and P7s did an excellent job with serving their customers and we were proud of their outstanding effort. Here are some of the images from the day.

On Thursday we had our first meeting of term 3.   We have a busy term ahead!

Here are the minutes of our meeting:

1. Unfortunately the rain erased some of our banner in the car park so we are going to trial a different varnish before repairing it.
2. We are going to join the Walkers Crisp Recycling Project – more information to follow soon.
3. We checked that the change of the eco job rota is going well.
4. We discussed the Bring and Buy Sale on 1st February.  P7 will create posters and letters written by Abby and Charlotte will go out on Monday.

P4 Reps volunteered to go the Nursery, P1, P2 and P3 to tell them about our meeting.

After painting the banner, it is now on display for all to see on the school fence.

Let’s hope everyone keeps our car park safe –  it is for staff cars, deliveries, taxis and buses only.

Thanks to the Community Team at Tesco, we have acquired a recycled banner to make our sign for a safer school car park.

We chose Phoebe’s (P7) design and some of the Eco Committee have been helping Phoebe to make it.  It should be on display outside very soon.

The Bring & Buy Sale will be on Friday 1st February 2019 to raise money to repair the Wildlife Garden Fence. We would really appreciate donations of toys and books – more information to follow next term.

On Tuesday we had our second eco meeting this term. The eco committee viewed entries for the design a car park safety banner challenge and selected their favourite design. Here are the committee hard at work choosing and our design winner was Phoebe from P7.

Mrs Miller has been exceptionally busy and she is on to her next eco mission; organising a bring and buy sale to raise funds to repair the wild life garden fence. So look out for the letters and bring in your old, good quality books and toys.

Our first meeting of term 2 was very productive.  First of all, we all voted on a design for our “Car park Safety” playground banner and some of us have not started to make the banner.

Secondly the “Eco jobs” rota was distributed and each representative is responsible for making sure the jobs are done by their class.

Lastly, we discussed our “Bring and Buy” sale for raising money to pay for a new fence for the nature garden.

Each class from p4-p7 have voted for their  Eco Committee reps and we have had 2 meetings already!

The Eco jobs rota has been organised and we discussed the issues we would like to improve and work on this session.

We hope to gather more Eco work from every class on a regular basis, we want to finish off our safer car park project, improve outdoor play and help repair the Wildlife Garden fence. Looks like we are going to be very busy!