On Wednesday, 4th May, the Mayor of Ashford visited Goat Lees Primary School to see for himself all the good things the children and staff have been doing to make our school the most environmentally friendly school we can. The Eco Group had the opportunity to show him around our school, pointing out all our […]
For our whole school topic this term we are looking at ‘Water’. Each year group is learning about the importance water has for all living things, including our planet, and the impact climate change is having on this precious resource. Year 6 has been looking at how climate change increases the odds of worsening droughts […]
Our School’s Roots & Shoots Eco Group were invited to the ‘Eco School’s Environmental Forum’ which was held at the Mayor of Ashford’s chambers on the afternoon of Tuesday, 29th March. The children were extremely excited to be chosen to attend such an event, and for the opportunity to be meeting Cllr Callum Knowles, the […]
Hi everyone, Since our last post, we have been working in the the court-yard garden. In these photos, we are digging up all the weeds so that we have space for new plants. We also planted flowers, seeds and a tree – that was donated to us a few weeks ago. Additionally, we have added […]
Our peace and quiet was shattered today by the sounds of protest echoing around our school. Year 3 had been learning about how wonderful our planet’s rainforests are. By the end of the lesson they understood that rainforests were not only home to many indigenous people, but contain over 30 million species of plants and […]
On Monday 21st March we started planting the St Luke’s Pond with the help of two of the pond design winners. Messy but fun!
Since starting our Roots & Shoots Eco Group, we have been working hard, looking at ways we can improve on our school’s environmental awareness and impact, especially as we are now working towards our ‘Eco-School Accreditation’. The Eco Group decided to run a ‘How Eco Friendly is Your Class?’ Competition where every day the Eco […]
The children at Mad Hatter’s Nursery School have had an excellent start this year, covering crucial, topical issues in our Conservation Art workshops. The plight of the pangolins, the wonder of otters, along with subjects like coral reef conservation – to name but a few – have been playfully coloured in a calming, fun and […]
So this morning firefighters from Springbourne Fire Station kindly filled up the pond for us with 3500 litres of water! We are grateful for all the support we have received from the local community to make this project happen-from neighbours who provided hose pipes and water to BCP council who made special trips to take […]
The foundation department at ECC have started to meet as a sustainability group and some great ideas in development. After Easter we are organising a beach clean and are contacting local companies to get involved. My group are making plant pots out of large hand sanitiser bottles. We’ll plant strawberries and give these to local […]
