Over the past year our Roots & Shoots group has flourished.

Our nationally recognized Pledge 4 Veg campaign was an amazing success. For those of you who haven’t heard of Pledge 4 Veg it was an initiative thought up by some of our year 8 pupils who decided that they wanted to make a huge change in our community, so we started asking people in the local area to sign a promise that they would grow veg over the next year the following film explains all…

The final stage of Pledge 4 Veg was to give everyone who came to our annual Summer …

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Our Eco group have had a hit squad working on our school’s carbon foot print.

We started our Eco group in September 2008 and have been busy workers from mucky gardeners to being Eco-fairies.

Just a little taste of what we have been doing…

First of all we did a litter pick on our school field…mainly rubbish from people who use it in the evening! We recycled what we could in our new recycling bins.
We have also started a vegetable garden in our Year 7 yard – we have grown, onions, brussel sprouts, radish, tomatoes, potatoes and lot more yummy food!  !
We have planted some plants and trees in our huge field.
We have also created several Eco-fairies. We go around all the classrooms in …

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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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