Tag Archives: Article 29: We are encouraged to respect the environment.

Tinto

Tinto have been very busy since August.  We have been joining with some of our friends from Duntarvie to go to the driving range where we have been developing our golf skills and independence with the routines involved at the driving range.  We have been very lucky to still be able to go along to Musically Active Dudes where we meet up with some of our friends who used to attend Beatlie and some new friends we have met there.  We continue to attend the social group, again with some familiar faces who used to attend Beatlie.  One of our pupils has been working through their Duke of Edinburgh award and as part of this have been volunteering at a cafe.

Our pupils have been impressing us with their love of the new sensology groups that Ilse has set up for us and have been very brave with their tasters during this group – apple with chocolate sauce was a favourite but the surprise was pumpkin with cinnamon sugar which also went down well!

We spent some time thinking about Fairtrade during Fairtrade fortnight and thinking about how we can reduce, reuse and recycle during recycling week.

Recycle Week 2026

Beatlie Celebrates Recycle Week ♻️

During Recycle Week, each class at Beatlie School took part in a range of activities tailored to the needs and interests of their pupils. Our learners explored recycling through hands-on, sensory, and creative experiences, helping them develop an understanding of how we can care for our environment.

♻️ Recycled Materials Scavenger Hunt

Pupils enjoyed searching for recycled materials hidden around the garden and outdoor learning areas. Each class participated at their own pace, collecting a variety of items and exploring different textures, shapes, and materials as they searched.

🗂️ Recycling Sorting Activities

Using labelled tubs for paper, plastic, and metal, pupils sorted the items they had found during their scavenger hunt. This activity encouraged learners to identify different materials and develop their sorting and decision-making skills through practical, hands-on learning.

🎨 Creative Upcycling

Classes then used recycled materials to create their own upcycled projects. Pupils transformed everyday items into decorations, artwork, and useful objects, demonstrating creativity while learning how materials can be reused instead of thrown away.

🌍 Learning Together for a Greener Future

Recycle Week provided a wonderful opportunity for our pupils to explore sustainability in meaningful and accessible ways. Through sensory exploration, recycling tasks, and creative activities, pupils learned that everyone can play a part in looking after our planet.

Global Goals Week @ Beatlie

 

Last week we held our Global Goals Week highlighting the 3 Goals we will be working toward over the year.

This year we will be highlighting the following Global Goals:

GG3: Good Health & Wellbeing

Some of us made smoothies and/ or fruit salads, we all participated in physical activities and daily story massage.

GG12: Responsible Consumption

Beatlie display great responsibility with their consumption and we daily participate in recycling daily recyclables and through our art and craft activities we enjoy upcycling something from school to make something new. Some of us had fun taking part in these activities over the week.

GG15: Life on Land

We enjoyed fun participating in a Biodiversity Hunt in the garden finding bug hotels, hedgehog house etc. We also got messy making Bird Feeders and doing some gardening as well as making the most of the weather and observing nature all around us while going on community walks.

Lammermuir

Hopetoun

Lomond

Pentland

Glendevon

Ochiltree

Duntarvie

Summer Term in Hopetoun, Our Local Community Topic

Walking Month Week 4

A little bit of rain hasn’t stopped us from getting out there on our walks this week!  For our final week of walking week, each class went on a walk and collected some natural materials in the environment, experiencing all of the sights, smells and feelings of all of our findings.  When we got back to school we put our materials to good use and made a lovely display board at the front of the school with our wonderful creations!  What do you think?  We think it looks great!

Well done everyone on another successful walking month of May!

Walking Month Week 2

Another busy week for all the children in Beatlie getting out and about this walking month.  This week we went on a sound walk – we found all the pictures of the rainforest animals and used our talking buttons to play the sound that they make.  This was lots of fun and some of the animals sounds made us laugh! Lots of nice sunny weather for us this week too – hopefully it keeps up for us into next week!

Walking Month Week 1

Happy International Walking Month!!  The theme for this years walking month is the rainforest and how reducing our carbon footprint will help the rainforest and the animals that live there.  This week each class has gone on a local walk and have been on the hunt for some rainforest animals on their way.

See how many you can spot in our photographs….

Spring Clean Week 2025

This week Beatlie got to experience and participate in Spring Clean Week. A chance to tidy up the garden areas and local community before we break for the holidays!

 

The weather was perfect for us all to get out and about in the gardens and local community for all to litter pick.

This all helps our environment too!