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An Introduction

Welcome to Carr Head Primary School, the greenest school for miles around! We would like you to read our entry for the How Green Is Your School? competition. We hope you like it. Thank you, from year six at Carr Head Primary School.

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ContentsContents

• Page 1 – Eco Council and Gardening ClubPage 1 – Eco Council and Gardening Club• Page 2 – PaperPage 2 – Paper• Page 3 – CompostingPage 3 – Composting• Page 4 – Growing Vegetables and PlantsPage 4 – Growing Vegetables and Plants• Page 5 – AwardsPage 5 – Awards• Page 6 – FundraisingPage 6 – Fundraising• Page 7 – Helping The WildlifePage 7 – Helping The Wildlife• Page 8 – Education for a Greener FuturePage 8 – Education for a Greener Future• Page 9 – A Thank You from Carr Head Page 9 – A Thank You from Carr Head

Primary SchoolPrimary School

Eco Council and Gardening ClubEco Council and Gardening Club Our Eco-Council meet every Our Eco-Council meet every

half term to discuss green half term to discuss green issues around the school and issues around the school and put forward ideas to help the put forward ideas to help the environment.environment.

They work in partnership with They work in partnership with the gardening club who help the gardening club who help make the school grounds a make the school grounds a better place by picking up litter better place by picking up litter and planting trees and shrubs and planting trees and shrubs around the grounds. around the grounds.

Click on the picture of the Click on the picture of the garden to start the movie. You garden to start the movie. You can also click the megaphone can also click the megaphone to hear a sound bite from our to hear a sound bite from our Eco Representatives.Eco Representatives.

PaperPaper

We try our best to recycle as much paper as We try our best to recycle as much paper as possible. We use both sides of a piece of possible. We use both sides of a piece of paper before throwing it in the BLUE bin. paper before throwing it in the BLUE bin. We take off the sticky part of an envelope We take off the sticky part of an envelope before putting it in the recycling.before putting it in the recycling.

CompostingComposting We have three compost We have three compost

bins in our school grounds. bins in our school grounds. We put fruit and vegetable We put fruit and vegetable peelings in them and peelings in them and empty the fruit caddy empty the fruit caddy regularly. We then use the regularly. We then use the compost to help grow our compost to help grow our plants and flowers in. plants and flowers in.

Click on the picture to start Click on the picture to start the Composting Movie.the Composting Movie.

Growing Vegetables and Plants Growing Vegetables and Plants

Every junior class has Every junior class has a flowerbed full of a flowerbed full of vegetables like vegetables like beetroot, carrot, green beetroot, carrot, green beans and cucumber. beans and cucumber. We water them We water them regularly. regularly.

Click on the picture to Click on the picture to begin the Watering begin the Watering Movie. Movie.

AwardsAwards

Carr Head Primary School have earned Carr Head Primary School have earned several Eco Awards including the Bronze several Eco Awards including the Bronze

and Silver and we are aiming for the Green and Silver and we are aiming for the Green Flag Award which will mark us as a top eco-Flag Award which will mark us as a top eco-

friendly school.friendly school.

FundraisingFundraising

We do a lot of fundraising for plants and We do a lot of fundraising for plants and environmentally helpful things in our environmentally helpful things in our grounds. One fundraiser we had was where grounds. One fundraiser we had was where everybody could come dressed as a fairy, elf everybody could come dressed as a fairy, elf or mortal wearing green and had to pay £1. or mortal wearing green and had to pay £1. We raised £180! We raised £180!

FundraisingFundraising

We have received several grants from We have received several grants from wildlife companies such as The Green wildlife companies such as The Green Partnerships Award. We got £500 to help us Partnerships Award. We got £500 to help us towards wildlife friendly items. We have towards wildlife friendly items. We have events at fair's and disco’s to raise money. events at fair's and disco’s to raise money. Games such as: How Many Pine Cones In Games such as: How Many Pine Cones In The Tub.The Tub.

Helping The WildlifeHelping The Wildlife

In our school we have several bird boxes In our school we have several bird boxes and feeders because we believe that and feeders because we believe that animals are just as important as people and animals are just as important as people and that we should help them. We also have a that we should help them. We also have a wildlife garden as we mentioned earlier on in wildlife garden as we mentioned earlier on in the presentation. If you would like to watch the presentation. If you would like to watch the Wildlife Garden film again go back to the the Wildlife Garden film again go back to the contents and select Growing Vegetables contents and select Growing Vegetables and Plants.and Plants.

Education for a Greener FutureEducation for a Greener Future

Year 5 did a Waste Audit in October 2007. The Year 5 did a Waste Audit in October 2007. The amount of waste the school carried was amount of waste the school carried was unbelievably high. In October this year the unbelievably high. In October this year the soon to be Year Sixes will carry out a Waste soon to be Year Sixes will carry out a Waste Audit again to discover the change in waste Audit again to discover the change in waste amount. Every Wednesday we carry out Waste amount. Every Wednesday we carry out Waste Watchers Wednesday, which involves weighing Watchers Wednesday, which involves weighing our waste packaging at lunchtime and trying to our waste packaging at lunchtime and trying to decrease the amount of waste each week.decrease the amount of waste each week.

Wildlife TrustWildlife Trust

In the Autumn Term somebody from The In the Autumn Term somebody from The Wildlife Trust came on a visit to the school Wildlife Trust came on a visit to the school and gave us a fun lesson on recycling. We and gave us a fun lesson on recycling. We learnt about all the rubbish dumps around learnt about all the rubbish dumps around the country and why people living nearby the country and why people living nearby them will be internally affected by the them will be internally affected by the decomposition of the waste.decomposition of the waste.

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