Archive for February, 2010

After the Roots & Shoots Annual Awards 2009 held in December, here is what our visiting members had to say:

“I would like to thank you for the invitation to the Jane Goodall Institute on Monday. Visiting you was a major and special event as you had recognized the valuable work that our “Afri-Twin” project had and continues to carry out.
Mixing with other groups and seeing how their various projects were run, has given us ideas about some aspects of our project as well as furthering “Environmental Awareness” which we will pass on to our school and our African Twin. We hope in time that overseas projects will have the opportunity to visit London to celebrate their success.”
- Patricia …

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International environmental charity Earthwatch has now partnered with Roots & Shoots.

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St. Michael’s CofE Primary School, Camden Town in London joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

You can see where St. Michael’s CofE Primary School, Camden Town is on a map and read about their local environment here.

On February 1st, 2010, UCL Roots & Shoots Team presented their first workshops to St Michael’s CofE School, Camden. Three volunteers worked with Year One and Year Three.

Year One first learned which animals live in the cold, how animals adapt to cold weather and the ways we can help local wildlife survive the winter. Suddenly a distress call from the future told the children that the world could suffer a devastating Ice Age if we continued to use up so much energy! We imagined how animals in London might cope with the big freeze (growing big, fluffy, snow-camouflaged coats, storing food, hibernating) and we talked about the ways in which we use energy at home and in the classroom. …

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Heritage Community School in Chesterfield, Derbyshire joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

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

We have some wonderful news to share with all our members this month. The Tesco Charitable trust has joined the R&S programme as one of our key sponsors.

The Trust was set up on 1 June 1987 to support national and local community charities and aims to help Tesco support the local communities in the following ways:

On a local level, to support the needs of employees, customers and communities around their stores;
On a national level, to support initiatives that address identified need through existing charities’ activities;
On an international level, to help the business and supply chain make a difference in their …

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Robert Clack School in Dagenham, Essex joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

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

Oxclose Community School in Washington, Tyne and Wear joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

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

We have placed 5 new bird nesting boxes in our school garden. One has a webcam connected to our interactive whiteboard, so if birds use the boxes, as we hope, the whole school will enjoy watching them. We made sure the boxes didn’t face south in case they get too hot for the birds in the summer, but also carefully placed them out of the prevailing wind. We have also put new bird feeders in several places hoping to attract the birds to nest in the bird boxes.

North Liverpool Academy in Liverpool joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

You can see where North Liverpool Academy is on a map and read about their local environment here.