Primary 1 – Primary 7 Eco Committee members spent the afternoon weeding and cutting back the class planters in the nature garden. The children took great pride in their work and left the planters ready for the Spring season. They were very excited to harvest a patch of carrots which they will use to make a soup dish this Friday. ‘Farm to Fork’ in action! Happy Together. Learning Together. Succeeding Together.
Wallace Cooking Classroom saw the addition of a fridge and sink. These will support the implementation of cooking activities. Thank you very much to the Parent Council for their fund raising efforts as money donated to the school was used to supplement the purchase of these items. Succeeding Together.
Some Primary 7 pupils have been inspired by their teaching and learning and wanted to share this with the whole school. The children shared what they had learned about Greenpeace, palm oil, deforestation and animal extinction. Well done to these children for leading by example. #ambition #Learning Together #Succeeding Together
The P1 and P7 Eco Reps had a busy morning distributing Rag Bags to each class. Rag bags are used to recycle any old and unwanted clothes/shoes. The school will receive money based on the weight of the Rag Bags collected so it would be greatly appreciated if we could have as many returns as possible! The bags will be collected on Monday 20th November. Thank you for your help!
Six representatives from our Eco Committee spent the morning at Renfrewshire House learning about the new Team Up to Clean Up campaign. The pupils learned about the campaign aims and some of the activities which will be taking place during it. We were asked to answer some questions about litter in our local area and were given the chance to feedback our answers to the rest of the group. All of our pupils had great ideas and were so confident speaking to other primary school children, high school pupils and adults! The session gave us lots to think about and we’re looking forward to discussing our plans in more detail after the October break.
I was so impressed with the children’s enthusiasm, behaviour and manners at the event! Well done everyone!
Each Friday we would like every child to try to bring a piece of fruit for their snack. The class with the most children eating fruit for their snack will get an extra 10 minutes of playtime one day the next week! Come on Wallace – let’s get healthy!
Here are some cool Eco websites for kids
** Always ask an adult for permission before you visit these sites! **
Kids Planet
http://www.kidsplanet.org/
The Green Squad
http://www.nrdc.org/greensquad/
Recycle City
http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/mainmap.htm
Treetures
http://www.treetures.com/Meet2.htm
Fish Kids
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/kids/ Eco Schools Scotland Website http://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/sustainable-development-education/eco-schools
Eco schools is a programme for promoting environmental awareness. It is linked to most subjects in the curriculum, and will involve all children in cross curricular areas such as Citizenship, Health Education, and Social Justice
Eco Schools offers Wallace:
1. The opportunity to make environmental issues an intrinsic part of the life of the school.
2. The opportunity to develop young people’s decision making skills.
3. Materials and ideas for projects and events.
4. Access to a network of support agencies across Scotland.
5. Potential for financial savings, and opportunities to secure additional funding for the project. Action Plan.
We have completed our annual Environmental Review and have decided that the topics we will develop in session 2014-2016 are:
This looks at 10 main areas:
1.Litter
2.Transport
3. Health/ Well Being
The Eco Schools Committee would welcome any suggestions and ideas that would help with environmental improvements in our school.
Wallace Primary School has a very successful Eco Committee that leads Eco Activities in our school. We are now working towards our fourth Green Flag Award!
The committee includes pupils from Primary 1 to Primary 7. The Eco Schools committee is committed to encouraging whole school action to improve the environment of our school.
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