ECO SCHOOLS
Second Green Flag Award!
The school was awarded its second Green Flag after an inspection on Wednesday 29th April. Congratulations to the Eco Committee.
Energy Use
The school is trying to reduce the amount of electricity we use. This chart shows the number of units used during the last financial year.
BIRDWATCH
Primary 5 have been watching the birds at the feeding station this month.
The graph below shows the total number of birds seen at any one time during the survey period. The birdwatch was done on 10 February when it was -15C. This graph was produced by Ellie, Catherine and Anna in P5. Other birds spotted recently have been long-tailed tits, greenfinches, wood pigeons, collared doves and sparrows.
If you spot anything interesting in the school grounds please remember to make a note of it in the school’s nature log in the entrance hall.
Members of the Eco Committee carried out a litter pickup this week and collected 200g of rubbish, mostly crisp packets. The amount of litter is slowly decreasing. In August 440g was collected and in November 300g. We can still do better so please put your litter in the bin.
ECO SCHOOL ACTION WEEK 2008
Primary 1 and 2 make art from nature with Saranne.
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Primary 5-7 pupils at Forest Lodge on their sponsored cycle.
Juliet Robinson from Highland Red Squirrel tells nursery all about squirrels.
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Flying the flag. Official flag raising ceremony December 2007
GREEN FLAG STATUS!
The school was awarded its first green flag at the end of April 2007.
On Thursday 26th April the school had its Green flag Status inspection. Two assessors from Eco Schools Scotland visited the school to find out about all the work we have been doing. Some of the children gave a presentation on the school’s action plan, Eco School Action Week, class work and the school grounds. The assessors were very impressed with what they saw and commented on how well the children had done during the afternoon. They were particularly impressed with our Eco School committee members: Aaron, Conan, Megan, Rebecca, Finlay and Ellie. Congratulations to them and thanks to all members of the Eco committee for their help. Some of our initiatives; Trashless Tuesday, Explore Abernethy leaflets and Topic Programmes are to feature in case studies for the Eco School website.
Garden and Pond Open Day
To celebrate our green flag and to officially open the garden and new pond a day of activities was held on Friday 1st of June.
The classes took part in wide range of environmental acvtivities with RSPB, Highland Council and Forest Enterprise field teachers. An assembly was held outdoors, tours of the garden and refreshments were served.
Primary 6 and 7 at the open day assembly June 1st 2007