Learning for Sustainability Week at Balornock will begin on Monday 30th April. This will be an all encompassing themed week for our pupils addressing learning within Eco Schools, RRS and HWB. Pupils will be undertaking various activities including nature walks, yoga, designing a school mascot, etc. This is sure to be an exciting week for everyone with lots of fantastic learning experiences for our pupils. Remember to follow us on Glow
Primary 1a were inspired by the WWF Earth Hour 2018 video and decided to write their own ‘Promises to the Planet’. Have a look at some of the promises that we have made to help look after our lovely planet: We have learned that making very simple, small changes can have a positive impact on the planet now and in the future. How are you going to show your support?… #thinkglobally #actlocally #itsourhome
Earth Hour in Balornock Primary will take place on Friday 23rd March between 1-2pm. During this hour, all lights and electrical appliances will be switched off. We are taking part to raise awareness of climate change and to stand together as a school to show our support by taking positive steps to help protect our planet! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZYiJLH2toY We would also like to encourage everyone to take part in the official Earth Hour on Saturday 24th
A huge THANK YOU to all of the classes at Balornock that have taken part in Glasgow’s Earth Hour poster competition, I’m sure the judges will be very impressed! Good luck!
You may have noticed that some ‘new’ bins have recently appeared in our lunch hall?…. The Eco Heroes have decided to take steps towards helping minimise the amount of food being wasted in our school by encouraging everyone at Balornock to put on their Eco thinking caps when clearing up after they have eaten! We now have three separate bins in our lunch hall and would encourage everyone to use accordingly.
The Balornock Eco Committee had a fantastic meeting last week to continue our discussions on how we minimise food waste, ably facilitated by Tom Armstrong. The group discussed ways of monitoring the school’s food waste. Among the suggestions were pre-ordering the food the day before so as the pupils know what is coming up; and measuring the amount of actual food waste to see if we can reduce that amount
This week, the boys and girls took part in an Eco competition. We had to design stickers for ‘Clean Up Scotland’ to help them say thank you to all the volunteers who are helping to keep Scotland beautiful. The winning design will be made into stickers which will be included in the ‘Clean Up’ kits that are used. Thank you to all the classes that took part this week and good luck to everyone!
The Eco Heroes had a meeting with Tom Armstrong to discuss the topic of reducing food waste in our school. We recognise that there is a problem as a lot of food is being put in the bin instead of being eaten. The Eco Heroes worked together to think of possible solutions to this problem. Here are some of the ideas that they came up with: Every class to have access
Over the last few weeks Primary 3 have been leaning about The Green Cross Code and how to keep themselves safe when out and about. They have taken part in presentations, workshops and various lessons, helping to support their understanding of how to keep safe and the importance of using the Green Cross Code. Our lessons have also helped to support our Class Charter as Primary 3 picked Article 19
The Eco Heroes had a great meeting this afternoon to discuss the on-going plans for the school! There were lots of great ideas from the team including having ‘Litter Ninjas’ in the upper school playground to ensure that no litter is left after play time and lunch time. We are also going to get the Eco Display in the main entrance decorated very soon! Watch this space for some excellent
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