Composting (Yr4)

Compost Champions - Year 4 Our environmental project for Year 4 is looking at composting. This includes why composting is important and how we do it. So far, we have tidied the composting area and set up a rota for collecting tea bags, fruit/vegetable peelings, grass cuttings and also shredded paper. Take a look at some of the pages from our floor book.

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Pygmy Class (Yr6)

Waste Crusaders - Year 6 Our environmental project for Year 6 is looking at how we can reduce waste. This includes food waste and everyday household objects. So far, we have collected vegetables from home which people are not going to use and made some delicious soup. We also run a 'Waste not, want not' stall occassionally on Friday afternoons, where we ask our community to bring in unwanted items from home. Children and adults can then take these pre-loved items home with them. Take a look at some of the pages from our floor book.   ...

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (Yr5)

Recycling Renegades - Year 5 Our environmental project for Year 5 is exploring how to 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle' and how we can action this at school. So far, we have worked on reducing the number of photocopies we make: not ony reducing energy costs but also the amount of paper we are using. We made some 'Think before you print' signs for everyone's computers. Each term, we let the classes know how they are doing. In the first term, we reduced it by  5,738 copies! We have also made signs for the bins around school to ensure the right things can be recycled. We have also made some signs to...

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