Archive for November, 2008

Trevithick Primary School in Camborne, Cornwall joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

You can see where Trevithick Primary School is on a map and read about their local environment here.

Central Technology College in Grantham, Lincolnshire joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

You can see where Central Technology College is on a map and read about their local environment here.

Burnt Tree Children’s Centre in Tipton, West Midlands joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

You can see where Burnt Tree Children’s Centre is on a map and read about their local environment here.

Meadowbrook Primary School in South Gloucestershire joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

You can see where Meadowbrook Primary School is on a map and read about their local environment here.

The Roots & Shoots Award Ceremony in London was a wonderful way for my students to share their work with others. The girls were especially excited that Dr. Jane Goodall herself was going to be there. I brought along two Upper School students named Madeleine Larsson and Martina Svennson. They had spent eight days with me in Romania in the summer.

The girls and I worked with a charity called Romanian Children’s Relief, where students from our school, TASIS, have been volunteering for years. The difference with this trip is that it was just the two girls and myself. The girls worked with abandoned babies, toddlers with …

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Jubilee Primary School’s Roots & Shoots group was invited to attend the annual award ceremony at the Royal National Theatre in September. We were the only group from London that was attending.

Four members of the group were lucky enough to travel up to town: Harvey Schneider, Amy-Ella Faria, Riccon Narine-Turnbull and Grace Bazunu.

When we got there we put up a display of the work we have done with our group – and we had drinks and biscuits! We also rehearsed what we were going to say in our presentation.

Jane Goodall came to the stand and met us. She told us a bit about her life and we told her what we had done in Roots & Shoots.

Then she spoke to all …

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by Zoe Hodges, age 13.

We all had a great time from start to end. We met up on Shaw Station where we caught a train at half past six in the morning, which was a tiny bit early for me. That then took us to Victoria Station where we caught a taxi to Manchester Piccadilly, then an early train on to London Euston. This took around three hours to get there but we busied our selves talking and discussing the day ahead of us.

When we got there we had to catch the Underground train, which was horrible. The sound, the smell, the noise, it was one of those “never again” experiences. When we got to the other end we then …

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Macclesfield College in Macclesfield, Cheshire joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

You can see where Macclesfield College is on a map and read about their local environment here.

Claremont School in St. Leonards – On – Sea, East Sussex joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

You can see where Claremont School is on a map and read about their local environment here.

Rogerstone Primary School in Rogerstone, Newport joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

You can see where Rogerstone Primary School is on a map and read about their local environment here.