Mad Hatter’s Nursery, a brilliant preschool in Hampshire, has been given a Bronze Award from Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots for efforts in Conservation – Spring Term 2022. Congratulations Mad Hatters! The owner of the nursery – Mrs Chiverton – and her lovely team, and children at the preschool have been overjoyed with this Award. […]
Stemming from my After School Club – Teaching Children Conservation Through Art – and combined with the school’s excellent green and environmental efforts, I’m thrilled to share that Liphook Infant School has been given a Bronze Award for Spring 2022 from Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots. The Bronze has been awarded in recognition of contributions […]
We recently entered an exciting ‘Mealbarrow’ competition that was set up by Sustainable Schools Leicester. The competition involved planning a three-course meal, and growing at least five of the ingredients in a wheelbarrow. The Eco Team designed a tasty menu, and they planted up a wheelbarrow with baby corn, strawberries, spinach, carrots and peppers. They […]
As you may have guessed from all our posts, everyone at Goat Lees works very hard at making our school as eco-friendly as possible. The importance of not only making sure our school grounds embrace nature, making it a wonderful place for all living things to inhabit (the biodiversity of our school is something we […]
So this morning we went to the St Luke’s school pond to test the water quality, cut back the brambles that had grown around the pond and plant some new plants. We found some happy newts, a frog, pond skaters, and some backswimmers. The water quality is quite good and we may be able to […]
We were lucky enough to be able to visit Farmer Chris’ Park Farm near Swindon. The family run the farm with a real emphasis on regenerative farming and environmentally-friendly practice and Farmer Chris was really happy for us to come and spend the morning building his bugs a 5* hotel right next to his wildflower […]
Re-Educating Earthlings What a thought-provoking day! Climbing Everest by stairs fundraising for Flora and Fauna International, finding out about the SDG’S, thinking about what our ‘just one thing’ action might be, and hearing about the Wild Life of the awesome Dr George McGavin with bonobos and volcanoes were just some of the highlights from our […]
Damers First School brings plastic waste fight to the heart of power on trip to Parliament. Pupils from Damers First School brought the fight against plastic waste to the heart of power Last Week as they lobbied MP Selaine Saxby, North Devon (Chris Loader MP, West Dorset was unable to attend) to take action against […]
We were super lucky to receive another Hanson Box this year; another jam-packed box of amazing resources. When we opened the box this year, we were not disappointed. Not only was it full of fantastic quality books, there were some fabulous posters on ‘Water Cycle’. We are covering ‘Why We Should Respect Water?’ under our […]
Recently, our Roots & Shoots Eco Group set up a fabulous partnership with a local recycling company, EMR Global UK. As one of the world’s leading metal recyclers, EMR plays a pivotal role in the provision of sustainable materials across the globe. With a history spanning over 70 years, they have grown from a single […]
