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