Archive for September, 2009

Skinners’ School in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, is already renowned for being at the front of the fight against saving energy, with solar panels supplying all of our science and catering facilities and filtering left over energy into the national grid. These were in place before I (Miss Montoya) started and organised by a teacher called Mark Moody. He and his Sustainability Group consisting of mainly students from across the years were also able to recently complete the building of a sensory garden at a local school called Oakley with the help of the High Weald of Kent project. With his knowledge, experience and guidance I was then able to put my plans into action.

In September of 2008 I started as …

Read all of HEAL @ Skinners’ School 2008-2009

We have students involved from our 4th and 5th grades (which is Year 5 and Year 6 in the British system). Students will be following both a curriculum and taking part in school environmental projects. We will be linking our projects to Dr. Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots organization. The curriculum we will cover comes from the educational curriculum set by Robert Swan’s 2041 organization. This deals with the issues of preserving the last natural environmental area on earth – Antarctica.

The students will explore issues such as the impact of travel and transport, the physical environment of Antarctica and what is taking place with shrinking ice due to warming temperatures, respect for our earth, sustainable energy, the animals of …

Read all of TASIS begins a new Environmental Club!!!

Our sense of ‘community’ transcends national boundaries. We have taken a conventional school twinning project and transformed it into a international project for the whole community. The result is a complex and innovative scheme that is having a massive impact on students and adults on two continents.

Warrington hit the national headlines for the wrong reasons in 2007 when Gary Newlove was killed by a teenage gang outside his home. Through this project our students play a positive role in their community and we achieve greater levels of community cohesion. Warrington is also one of the least ethnically diverse parts of the UK. Its population is 97.9% white (1). By working with the population of the Mdantsane township, we …

Read all of Lymm High School: Spreading the “Sense of Community” across Continents

The Skinners’ School in Tunbridge Wells, Kent joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

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

Lymm High Voluntary Controlled School in Lymm, Cheshire joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

You can see where Lymm High Voluntary Controlled School is on a map and read about their local environment here.

Hall School in Norwich, Norfolk joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

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

The Milton Keynes Academy in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

You can see where The Milton Keynes Academy is on a map and read about their local environment here.

Northgate High School in Ipswich, Suffolk joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

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

Bucklers Mead Community School in Yeovil, Somerset joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

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

Papplewick School in Ascot, Berkshire joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

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