Coleshill Church of England Infant School

As part of our eco-campaign we organised a collection of Christmas cards and recycled them at school.

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.

This term the year 2 pupils undertook a project on polar bears, linking with the international conference on climate change. The children studied the bears’ habitat, finding out where they live, what they eat and how they are now endangered because of global warming. We made a display of the children’s work to show the rest of the school in order to highlight the plight of the polar bears.

This term all the children took part in a water project, learning how precious water is and how important it is not to waste it.

We are developing our school eco garden. First we had 3 new raised beds installed, then all the children planted herbs and vegetables. We had the most amazing pumpkins and marrows.  Some unusual purple sprouts are growing now.  Also the children grew their own potatoes and took them home to share with their families.

Everyone at the school is involved in our eco garden. In the summer every child got involved making a scarecrow to celebrate Henry VIII’s 500th centenary. The scarecrow was exhibited at Hampton Court Flower show. It was entitled ‘Henry and his Birds’.  Now we have a new greenhouse and hope to plant seeds in the …

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Coleshill Church of England Infant School in Amersham, Buckinghamshire joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

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