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Here is a picture of the new eco-committee for
2009-2010.
The Eco Committee is made up of children from
each year group and they meet regularly to talk about fundraising
ideas and how to make the school a greener place.
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Recently, four members of the Eco Committee
were invited to an Energy Awareness Conference in County Hall. To
begin, Rob Farr gave an interesting and funny talk about energy sources, climate
issues and science. We learned that we need to be looking for alternative
sources of energy to replace oil and coal that will run out in the next few
decades. We all liked the idea of using cow poo to run our cars!!
During the first workshop, Mr Farr explained
how oil is formed and how it is used in loads of things we use every day.
He then showed us how to make silly putty using glue, borax and food colouring.
In the second workshop we played a game
that showed us how the poorest people in the world are affected by what WE in
rich countries do.
The third workshop involved discussion
about food miles - how far our food travels to get to us. We learnt that
the rainforest in the Amazon is being destroyed so soya can be grown to feed the
animals we eat. We can help the environment by eating less meat and buying
locally grown and seasonal foods.
We liked the idea that we can change the
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Eco awards
Over the past few years the committee
received the bronze and silver awards for being an eco-school. We also achieved
GREEN FLAG status, the top award for eco-schools!! So now we are allowed
to fly the Green Flag in our school grounds. Well done to everyone for
their efforts and commitment to make our school a better place to be!
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RAISING THE ECO FLAG! |
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Having been awarded Green Flag Status in recognition of
our environmental work at Coryton Primary School, we had a flag-raising
ceremony to celebrate!
We were honoured to have Derek Brockway (the BBC
Wales weather reporter) to raise the flag on behalf of our school.
Members of last year's Eco-committee arrived from High School
to take part and photographers from the Echo and Capital Times also visited to
capture the moment!
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To watch a video of the event, click here
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The whole school came outside to enjoy the
celebrations and Derek congratulated the school community on their
achievement.
To find out more about Derek Brockway, click here
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Top Tips:
To reduce paper waste you can use both sides
of the paper.
A compost heap is a great way of re-using your
kitchen waste to help your garden.
Try to buy things that don't have too much
packaging.
Try to re-use your plastic bags and bottles to
reduce waste.
Walk when you can - it's good for you!!
Don't waste energy or water - CONSERVE them! |
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Great Links:
http://www.eco-schools.org.uk
http://www.globalgang.org.uk
http://recycle-more.co.uk
www.epa.gov/recyclecity/mainmap.htm
http://freecycle.org
www.thehungersite.com
The Hunger Site
was founded to focus the power of the Internet on a specific humanitarian need:
the eradication of world hunger.
Click daily to
donate food, books, medical care, etc.
www.freerice.com
(Older children
and adults)
Test your
knowledge of English words and donate rice as you play.
We have signed up
to..
www.generationgreen.co.uk
Bringing together
pupils, parents, teachers and schools to help make the world a greener place
http://www.biggenerationgreenquiz.co.uk/
Try the quiz and
earn leaves for our school.
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