This afternoon the P3/4 Eco Reps visited all of the classes & the nursery to collect the pen recycling boxes. As a school, we no longer throw our old pens in the bin , we keep them to recycle.

We now have enough pens (15kg) to ask UPS to come & collect them. Every pen is worth 2p – I wonder how much money we will raise with this box?

The Eco Committee are running a competition to design a bin for the school playground. The design should be bright & colourful with a litter slogan or message. Entry forms are available from Mrs Thomson & the winning design will be chosen by the Eco Committee & made into a bin for the playground. The closing date for the competition is 29.01.16 – Good Luck!

This afternoon the Eco Committee met to have their monthly meeting. Today we discussed:

1. The Outdoor classroom has been repaired so hopefully in the next few days we will be able to attach the plastic sides to allow classes to use the outdoor classroom during the winter months.

2. The Committee successfully took part in the Wrigley Litter Less Campaign & have now received the last instalment of £300. Mrs Thomson asked what they would like to put the money towards – a new character bin or organise a ‘design your own bin’ competition.  The committee voted to hold a competition for children to design a bin to be created for the playground. Watch this space!

3. As one of the new topics is ‘Water’ the children we looking for ways of saving water in school. One possible way is by installing Hippo Bags in the cisterns of the toilets. After some investigation it appears the bags are not too expensive. The Committee agreed they would like to trial Hippo Bags in some of the toilet cisterns. http://www.hippo-the-watersaver.co.uk/index.html

4. While thinking about our Action Plan for 2015-16, some committee members expressed they would like to be able to be more active during wet playtimes. Mrs Thomson showed the committee Indoor Recess on a website called GoNoodle. The children agreed this is something they would like to be able to do. Mrs Thomson agreed to speak to teachers about using the programme during wet playtimes.