Hi to all the St. Albert’s Community. While we are all at home there are still things we can do to help the environment. Tomorrow night (Sat 28th) from 8.30-9.30 p.m. is EARTH HOUR. The St. Albert’s community takes part in this very worthwhile event every year to play our part in stopping environmental destruction.

More than a symbolic event, Earth Hour is a global environmental movement to stop the destruction of nature. It’s a great way to connect with people around the world and there are so many ways to take part at home.

At 8.30 p.m. on 28 March, take an hour to switch off your lights in solidarity with people worldwide.

Visit:

https://www.wwf.org.uk/things-to-do-home

for lots of great ideas for things to do during EARTH HOUR. Please tweet what you and your family do for Earth Hour or let us know in the comments what you got up to. Thank you.

Miss Brooks

Hi all,

At the end of last week, the boys and girls of Primary 4, Primary 4/5 and Primary 5 undertook a litter survey in our school grounds. There were not many children in and these boys and girls worked very hard to clear our grounds of every bit of rubbish that they could find and with great enthusiasm. We did two separate surveys, one in the Junior/Senior playground and Eco garden and the other in the Infant playground, the Storytelling area and the MUGA.

The results were interesting. This was the first litter survey we have undertaken where we found lots of things we have never found before. We found strange things like hats, a saucepan lid, a metal spoon, bubble wrap and an odd assortment of clothing as well as the usual categories like crisp packets and sweet wrappers.

We will repeat this survey again at at a later date after we have put in place some measures to combat our litter problem. This will help us to measure change. The results of the survey will be posted soon along with some data analysis the children can do at home on the figures.

Our school grounds were looking great at the end of the litter pick. Well done  to all the boys and girls who helped.  Here are the photos of our children hard at work.

Miss Brooks