Month: January 2022

Dandelion Project

All Falkirk secondary schools, and their associated primaries,  have been invited to take part in this exciting, fully funded, food growing initiative.  The Dandelion Schools’ Growing Initiative (DSGI) will take place between April and September 2022 across Scotland and will involve 500 invited schools.

There are free resources, including a specially designed vertical growing cube, tattie growing packs, training materials and support packs.  More information can be found in the  Dandelion Schools Brochure. 

 

Falkirk schools have until the 10th February to register. 

This would be a great transition project and could be led by a secondary faculty, LfS lead, ECO or similar pupil led group, or maybe a team of secondary staff whose subject areas link with the project aims.

If anyone would like to discuss this further contact jane.jackson@falkirk.gov.uk  or  yvonne.mcblain@falkirk.gov.uk

Introducing our Litter and Waste Education Enforcement Officer

Ella Gorman is our Falkirk Council Waste Services and Litter Education Enforcement Officer. She can support learning about litter and its impact on our communities for Primary and Secondary schools. This includes lessons on litter, recycling and overall waste reduction (virtually or in person when possible). Ella has currently worked with 10 primary schools and 2 high schools to create their Litter Prevention Action Plan and to support local litter picks. Ella has compiled the following information about how she can help and she can be reached via this link.

 

Say no to litter!
Litter is dangerous, disgusting and damages our Falkirk communities. The environment is something we need to take care of and keeping Falkirk clean and tidy has never been more of a priority.

Falkirk Council has a 5 year Litter Strategy and Litter Prevention Action Plan to support recycling, litter and waste reduction (click here to view). It outlines the steps we want to take to encourage a joint responsibility over Falkirk’s streets, towns and green spaces so that everyone can enjoy their local environment. Litter ruins the environment and our local communities, and we want to work with schools, businesses, community groups, landowners and individuals to take pride in their communities and keep Falkirk litter free.

Waste Services are currently working with schools to spread the slogans ‘bin it’ and ‘take litter home’. By supporting the creation of artwork, giving litter presentations and helping to organise litter picks we encourage pupils across Falkirk to respect and value the environment and their local community.

 

How can we support you? We can: 

  1. Deliver lessons about litter and waste
  2. Support litter picks
  3. Loan litter pick equipment
  4. Get involved with waste and recycling projects
  5. Help create your school Litter Prevention Action Plan
  6. Help define your Litter Prevention Action Plan actions

Use the contact link here to see how we can help support your school in the fight against litter.