‘We were making Earth Day pictures for Earth Day’ Zoe.
‘We learned to look after the planet’ Michelle.
‘We learned to pick up litter so sea animals don’t die- they might become extinct. We should not be cutting down so many trees.’ William.
‘We have to learn to look after plants’ McKenna.
‘We made little Earth door hangers’ Mia.
‘We were learning the ay sound’ Emily.
‘We were learning to share in maths. We were learning halves’ Zoe.
‘Were learning quarters in maths’ Abbie.
Donate your old Devices!
Got any old smartphones, tablets, routers, gaming consoles, cameras or laptops and cables that you no longer need?
Don’t know what to do with them and don’t want them going to landfill?
This could be the answer!
As part of our Eco learning on sustainability, East Calder Primary is joining with the Edinburgh Remakery- a registered charity and environmental social enterprise with a mission to reduce e-waste by repairing and refurbishing old tech. Your donations can be given the gift of life, reused, resold or donated to people suffering from digital poverty.
A Tech Donation Box will be arriving in school on January 29th for approximately 4 weeks. This box is designed to help pupils, their families and staff dispose of their old personal tech in an environmentally friendly way. The Edinburgh Remakery will ensure any tech is data wiped.
So if you would like to reduce e-waste and its impact on the environment, while supporting local people and our planet, this could be for you!
We were lucky enough to have a visit from The West Lothian Ranger Service this week. This was an environmental workshop which engaged the class by running a range of nature inspired games to help them understand the community and environment around them. We started with a mapping activity where we saw an aerial shot of East Calder taken by a satellite. It was interesting to discuss what our access rights were to the land that surrounds us and how by following a few simple rules it will allow us all to assist in managing our natural heritage whilst also enhancing biodiversity.
Thank you to everyone who managed to add some items to our recycling unit for the Rag Bag Collection last week. Your help is much appreciated 🙂
Our next ‘RAG BAG COLLECTION‘ is on Wednesday 19th June.
Through Rag Bag your are able to help recycle textiles and clothing that may have ended up going to landfill. It is estimated that approximately 1.75 million tonnes of clothing waste is produced in the UK every year.
Please support the school by adding any old items of clothing etc to our collection point. Our Rag Bag Collection Unit can be found on the grass pitch towards the school gates near leading to Main Street.
We can accept the following items:
We cannot accept the following items:
Thank you for your support – it is much appreciated 🙂
