The boys and girls got their Eco Warrior hats on today as we conducted a dog fouling survey of our village. The pupils produced tally charts and bar graphs of the volume of dog fouling in our village in four zoned areas. The results were surprising with 13 doggie parcels being found in the grassy path leading up to Military Road alone! Thankfully, the harbour front area was completely clear.
The children have taken action by applying their persuasive writing skills to try to enlist the support of our local Community Council. They used technology to send emails to the Chair with suggestions of possible strategies that might be applied, such as requesting that our local dog wardens carry out more spot inspections in our area. They highlighted the economic impact on tourism if our village is not appealing to visitors as a result of dog mess.
We have also contacted the Community Safety Team and requested they visit us to help us combat this problem.
All the pupils are busy creating dog fouling posters that we hope to display in key locations in the village to encourage responsible dog ownership.
Watch this space!
# Responsible Citizens
Well done Portpartrick! A lovely example of using STEM to support cross curricular learning; and, to highlight a really important issue. Hope all your hard work make dog owners a little more considerate.
Regards
Mrs Carol Moyes
RAiSE Teacher