Activities & Projects
Celebrating our Green Flag Award with our ECO committee
On our last ECO meeting, the ECO committee reviewed what went well this year and how we can improve even further... 🌍 These children have dedicated a lot of time and effort this year to improve our school and environment and we want to say a huge thank you to each and every member of the committee 👏
Andrew brought his lorry in to show P3-P7 the importance of crossing roads at the safe point and where a lorry’s blind spots is 🚛
June and her guide dog Clyde visited P1-P4 to teach us how to stay safe on the roads and that footpaths are for pedestrians
Dave from Sustrans took pedestrian skills workshops with P1-P7 classes!🚦
Wednesday’s walking bus!! What a fantastic turn out for our second walking bus 🤩
Our very first walking bus! This morning we ditched the cars, met in the park and walked to school together 😃
Congratulations to our daily active travel winners 🏆
Thank you Sustrans for providing every child in the school with a high visibility jacket to wear to school on their active journeys
This year we are taking part in the Big Walk and Wheel Challenge in the hopes of becoming more active, reducing congestion around our school and reducing our carbon footprint
P7’s Fast Fashion workshop with Zara
Our energy saving competition certificate! 💡
Well done to everyone in the school for taking part in the energy saving competition last term! Did you know the carbon emission savings weigh the same as a camel (worth 500-600kg worth of co2!) 🤩 Let’s see if we can keep these energy saving projects up and reduce the amount of carbon emissions at home!
P5G's litter pick
The ECO committee host a whole school Fairtrade assembly 🌍 👏
Today our ECO committee hosted a whole school assembly and introduced our newest target ‘Global perspective’. The children explained that the choices we make can negatively impact the rest of the world and encouraged the whole school to make positive changes- starting with buying Fairtrade products next week during Fairtrade Fortnight!
Our new and improved ECO Code
The new 2023-24 ECO councilors decided to improve our previous ECO code by updating it with new phrases linked to all of our ECO targets this year. They created a draft ECO code and then spent time in their classes collecting their peers feedback. They took the feedback on board and have created a whole school ECO code! Well done to the whole school for collaborating on our new ECO code!
Congratulations to our Journey to Santa winners 👏 🏆
Our hedgerow hero champions plant the winning hedges 🏆
P5H had a busy morning planting a 20-metre hedge in the school grounds.
They worked extremely hard and did an amazing job! Thanks to Emma and Zara for all their guidance and of course to Ben, for winning the writing competition and winning all those plants 👏👏👏 Well done everyone!
ECO club get crafty! This week we have been using our recycling to start a junk art project . Watch this space for our final pieces...
ECO club’s natural art lesson 🍂 🍃 🍁
P5H’s litter pick of the school grounds 🌍 🗑️
Save our planet 🌍
Yesterday, ECO club got creative and designed some amazing posters to remind people of the importance of saving our world! 🌍 We are so lucky to have such a talented bunch of ECO warriors! 🌟
🎉 🌟 We are WINNERS! 🌟 🎉
Congratulations to Ben and Lucas from P5 for winning the Hedgerow Heroes competition! Lucas produced an environmental field sketch of our school and Ben wrote a fantastic short story called Hedgehog Heaven! Not only have the boys won workshops for P5 with Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful but they have also won 20 metres of hedgerow that will provide valuable habitats for animals on our school grounds! We are so proud of you boys! 👏 Well done for improving our school grounds not only for the pupils but also the wildlife 🐿️ 🦔
ECO club’s October litter pick 🚮
The ECO committee stuck reminders around the whole school to help us reduce our carbon footprint 💡 🗑️ 🌍
How cool is our ECO clubs rap about global warming? 😎
ECO club makes bird kebabs 🐦
Litter picking!
Each month this year every class from P3-P7 will complete a litter pick on the school grounds. They will then create a class bar chart and compare how much they have found and discuss ways we can reduce the amount of litter on our school grounds. Below is P4M's first litter pick of the year and their results.
P4M’s litter pick of the school grounds 🌍 🗑️
Hedgerow Heroes Competition
The following images below show our entries to the Hedgerow Heroes competition. 6 KS2 children worked together to produce a fieldsketch of our school environment which showcases the wildlife and plants on the school grounds and how we as a school look after them. A selection of the children then wrote short stories to depict how our school grounds is a safe haven for animals and how hedgerow would benefit our wildlife. The pieces of writing and art are outstanding and we are extrmely proud of our entries. Fingers crossed we hear good news very soon.
Ben and Lucas' (P5) entry for the Hedgerow Heroes competition
James and Emma's (P6) entry for the Hedgerow Heroes competition
Esther and Amelie's (P7) entry for the Hedgerow Heroes competition
This week our ECO club designed posters to remind others of key environmental tips to remember
