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 […]
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 […]
It was announced on the Cultivation Street Website this morning and in the Sunday Mirror that we have come 2nd in the School Garden of the Year Competition!!!! We have won £1500 and 100 Calliope geraniums. A fantastic achievement by the whole school and the wider community! https://cultivationstreet.com/school-winners-2018/ Mirror Article attached. The Judging Panel included celebrity gardener David Domoney, […]
Meadow 3 took part in a Green Clean with Campaign to Protect Rural England and Litter Free Dorset. CPRE brought their Reverse Vending Machine with them. They challenged the children to find as many plastic bottles and cans that they could in 1 hour. For everyone they found they raised 10p for the schools campaign […]
Damers Eco Enforcers sold their Double Award Winning Young Enterprise Product Waxtastic No Plastic (an alternative to cling film) at the Dorset Food and Arts Festival and the Dorset County Show over two days during the summer holidays. They also sold their product at a Town Council Plastic Free Lunch Box Event. The children raised […]
The whole school took part in a Water Week to raise awareness of how important water is and how some countries are not so fortunate as us. Water Aid came into school to work with Year 3 and 4. The children took part in workshops that educated the children about all the fantastic work Water […]
All the children in Year 4 made a Roots and Shoots Pledge to encourage more minibeasts into our school grounds by designing and making bug hotels. They researched online and made a list of the materials that were needed as well as the cost. Each class made a display of their minibeast work that went […]
Damers Eco Enforcers have won the National Young Enterprise Fiver Challenge Competition for their Waxtastic No Plastic product (an alternative to cling film). They won Best Group as well as Most Profitable Product. This is the second year in a row that the children have won both awards and the third year they have won […]
An Auction of Promises at Damers First School was held in May to raise money for a Ridan Food Waste Composter which managed to raise the full amount needed. The Ridan is a fantastic way of educating children in composting and recycling. Any food waste can be placed in the Ridan which is a big […]
Damers First School is part of the Terracycle Recycling scheme and collects: *All pens (incl highlighters and correction fluid pots) *Ella baby food pouches and wrappers + all brands of baby food pouches *Biscuit and crackers wrappers *Pumps and caps from home cleaning bottles and beauty products *Wipe packaging (eg anti-bac wipes, cleansing wipes) *Plastic […]