We are honoured and delighted to have been nominated for the Special Recognition category of the Pride of Abu Dhabi Awards! The only real people’s choice award, The Pride of Abu Dhabi Awards is the community awards that celebrates the people and companies that make the city great. Created by the people behind Abu Dhabi World magazine, the capital’s favourite […]
Gilbrook School has a garden space which accommodates poultry and goats, and the children are encouraged to enjoy outdoor education to support mental health.
Meet Kilgarth School beautiful therapy dog called Osis!
September the 17th saw the launch of our Never AgainProject in the fight against hate crime. The inspiration behind the project stemmed from the experiences of Steven Baker, Principal of the Aspire Schools Federation*. Steven witnessed first-hand the worst humanity has to offer when he worked for the UN as a Forensic Anthropologist before he […]
Each Class at Damers First School makes a pledge very term to help the environment, people or animals. Grayling 2 have pledged to help the community feed the birds during the winter. The children have designed posters which have gone up in businesses around Poundbury. The children are also going to make eco friendly bird […]
Mad Hatters Nursery School is fortunate enough to have a wonderful outdoor space filled with two beautiful, white rabbits called Marshmallow and Sweetie, as well as lots of children’s toys, swings and Wendy-houses. Looking after the rabbits and any other insects found in the play area is encouraged, within reason of course. Throughout the year […]
Roots & Shoots Wildlife Club members have been learning about two important areas on our planet. The Arctic and Antarctic are both important to the balance of life on our planet. Both of these areas are feeling the effects of climate change. The Arctic is showing big areas of melting ice, which is causing habitat loss […]
The children were rewarded back in the Summer by the Sealife Centre in Weymouth for their plastic campaign with their own personal tour. Jo Mullen, Aquarist, fairy penguin keeper and the Conservation Coordinator at Sea Life Weymouth came to speak to the children in more detail about the fairy penguins that have joined the centre […]
In February 2019, our friends at The Explorer’s Passage and 2041 ClimateForce are holding a special expedition to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s Highest Peak! Their mission is to help with the environmental degradation in the area around Mount Kilimanjaro. A portion of the proceeds from this Expedition will go towards a large tree planting project near the mountain in […]
Two children represented Damers Eco Crew at the Ideas2Action Recycling Awards at Poole Civic Centre on Friday 28th September. The children spoke in front of over 100 people about the recycling work the school has achieved in the past year. This included setting up Refill Poundbury, recycling printing cartridges, writing instruments, biscuit/cracker wrappers and their […]