Since the Fearnhill pond was completed, there has been a lot of activity at Fearnhill.  Shortly after the Easter holidays a group of Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils took part in a Woodland Trust Tree for All campaign which saw them in the middle of a field in their wellies helping to plant trees to create Hartswood forest, an area that is going to develop to be the largest native woodland in England.  Three lucky pupils were also selected to take part in a memorial tree planting as part of the redevelopment of the town that the school is in.

At the end of the Summer term, the whole of Year 8 took …

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This year Webster’s High Junior Science group has been working on a Red Squirrel Project. The pupils learnt about red squirrels, where they live, what they like to eat, where they would be able to see red squirrels in our local area, and invited in the local wildlife ranger to give a talk about squirrels.  Pupils prepared and manned a stall in the school at lunchtime and interval during National Squirrel Week to raise awareness of the plight of red squirrels. 

Activites that have been undertaken include raising money for the Squirrel Trust by selling squirrel biscuits and bags that pupils have made during Home Economics lessons. A map of Kirriemuir for pupils to mark on where they had spotted red squirrels in the community was issued along with information cards about red squirrels …

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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.

My fellow agents are a small but resourceful group of disabled and able-bodied students who have a curtailed access to mainstream schooling as a result of numerous health related issues.

However, just because we don’t always fit the expected mould, it does not mean that we are any less responsible than the next agent, for helping to keep our planet green. The fact that we live in a truly beautiful part of Scotland with a wealth of resources on our doorstep means that we are perhaps slightly more aware of the impact on the natural environment of changes to the world’s eco system.
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