Article 24 – every child has the right to a clean and safe environment, nutritious food  

 

To welcome in the first official day of spring, the  primary 7 children were clearing out the garden of the school and getting the planters ready for a big gardening competition throughout the school

 

 

 

 

they did a great job!

 

Today the Eco committee met to discuss the entries for the Fairtrade Mascot competition.

 

They chose one winner from each house and then an overall winner was chosen

The runners up

The winner!

Well done to everyone who took part and thanks for all your support during Fairtrade Fortnight.

Today at the Pancake breakfast we had a great time!

The children did an amazing job singing to entertain all the adults and the Primary 7s and Eco committee did a great job welcoming, serving and clearing tables.

Thanks to all the staff who worked tirelessly to make sure that the day ran smoothly.

 

As part of Fairtrade Fortnight, Primary 5 have been making Fairtrade hot chocolate!

It was delicious!

 

On Monday the eco committee and primary 3 launched Fairtrade fortnight with an assembly.

There was a quiz, songs and videos.

The tuckshop is also doing great business. It will be available everyday until next Friday.

Fairtrade fortnight starts next week and runs from 26th February – 9th March.

There will be lots of learning throughout the fortnight linked to Fairtrade and the impact of Fairtrade across the world.

There will be a daily Fairtrade tuckshop

Here is the price list and video about how it works

 

 

 

Last week the Eco committee finalised our plans to run an energy saving campaign through out the school. We have created a checklist for each class to follow at playtime, lunchtime and at the end of school everyday.

This includes, turning off lights, ipads, projectors and computers when they are not in use. We also identified that using excess water wastes electricity because the water has to be pumped around the school.

Article 24 – we have the right to a clean and safe environment.

The eco committee representatives are going to be the Energy monitors for each class to help reduce the amount of energy we use and help save the environment.

 

The winner of the “energy saving mascot” campaign will be announced next week at assembly, so check back to see who it was!

Today was the Eco active day and despite the Scottish weather we had an amazing time!

 

We have been learning about lots of different UNCRC articles as well as learning about the environment

Article 17- children have the right to get and share information which is important to their health. 

Article 24 – children have the right to good quality healthcare, nutritious food and a clean and safe environment.

Article 28 – children have the right to an education.

Article 29 – children have the right that develops their talents and abilities.

Article 31 – children have the right to relax and play.

 

Activities included

Gardening

Learning about animals

Learning about how to filter water

Learning about the greenhouse effect

Learning about renewable energy.

Healthy eating and diet

Recycling

Making bird feeders

On Friday as part of our Eco active day, we will be running a design an energy saving superhero competition.

Article 24 – children have the right to a clean and safe environment. 

The eco committee is going to be building an energy saving campaign around the school and the winning superhero will be the mascot for our campaign.

Children will be designing this on Friday during school so get thinking about your ideas!

Today was our first eco meeting of the year.

We introduced ourselves,, planned a Whole school eco day and planned our first eco focus for the school. We are going to focus on conservation of energy and reducing how much energy we waste within the school.

 

We also surveyed the school to plan which areas need tidied up, got an update on the progress of the trees and measured the greenhouse so that we could get a quote for plastic.

All classes in the school are now going to perform an energy survey and we are going to plan how to reduce energy waste within the school!