Eco News

Eco Club this week learnt about World Water Day Friday 22nd May 2024. This year’s theme is:

We talked about the importance of reducing our water consumption, keeping our water clean and helping people across the world access the clean water we all have a right to. The children loved learning about how we can help to reduce our water pollution by using more natural and biodegradable alternatives. 

Did you know you can use soap nuts as a natural alternative to washing liquid? 

Here is a lovely piece of work one our conscientious year 6 students created about what she’d learnt. Safiyya was fascinated to learn that only 2.5% of the world’s water is fresh water. The other 97.5% exists in the oceans. 

Eco Club this week we’re learning about World Wildlife Day which falls on Sunday 3rd March. This Years theme is Connecting People and Planet: Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife Conservation. 

We talked about how certain animals endangered and how humans have made adaptations to help in the conservation of them. The children shared their disbelief that anyone would actually want to not look after these beautiful animals. They expressed their wish to help and to understand better. 

To find out more visit: 

http://www.wildlifeday.org/en

Don't forget to tell your family and friends to donate their clothes too, to our school charity clothing bank. 

This week in Eco Club the children learnt about closed cycle recycling and how the government are aiming to introduce a deposit return scheme across the country in 2025. The idea is designed to encourage waste to be recycled correctly at the deposit return sites in return for a cash voucher, thus helping to close the loop on recycling and production of packaging like bottles.

Did you know..?

According to www.recyclenow.com 35.8 MILLION plastics bottles are used EVERY DAY in the UK with only 19.8 million of those getting recycled!

To find out more visit:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/deposit-return-scheme-for-drinks-containers-moves-a-step-closer

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This week in Eco Club we talked about how to have a more sustainable Christmas. One way you can do this is by using and eating up all your leftovers. The children came up with brilliant ideas like leftover pie or sandwiches and even talked about gift

Cut Your Carbon Month How are we getting on trying to cut our carbon? What have you done so far to reduce your carbon footprint? Well done to Lilly from Blue Class who has completed all 9 of her challenges already. Remember to send in you