Throughout the month of April we had a focus on ‘Earth Day’ linking with the UNCRC Articles 6 ‘The right to life, survival and development’ and 24 ‘The right to food, water, health and environment’.
Some experiences we carried out to support this were:
- Paperless Play – Using the iPads to create digital artwork, drawing on recycled materials such as a cardboard box or old artwork. We also used the paper bags our lunch came in, to design our own bags to use at home. Using cut outs from magazines instead of printing out pictures.
- Community Posters – To raise awareness of Earth Day, some children created posters to display around the town using recycled materials. * Thanks to the following businesses and shops for letting us display these posters – Costa Largs, Haylie Stores, Samantha Kennedy Florist, David Gavins and All Hands On Earth.
- Captured Creatures – To gain perspective of the impact litter has to life under the sea, we created a station filled with rubbish with sea creatures trapped inside. The children were then tasked to free the creatures and discuss why it’s important to put rubbish in the bin.
- Litter Pick – The children went on a litter pick adventure around the garden and campus to clean these areas free of rubbish.
