We love getting our hands dirty so this autumn we decided to do it together. A group member has already rented an allotment and this is where we will grow produce together. We want the children to learn to love the soil, to see the magic of a plant growing out of a tiny seed, […]
Professor Montgomery with St Mary’s School Ascot Sixth Form Science Scholars and Members of the Eco-committee St Mary’s School Ascot hosted a lecture by Professor Hugh Montgomery about health and climate change, which was attended by 400 students, comprising years 9 – 13 at St Mary’s School Ascot and also students from Charters School […]
Edd Moore represented Damers First School at a special Climate Change Event in London on 20th September organised by Delphis Eco (an ecological cleaning product we have used across the school for the last four years) CEO Mark Jankovich who was launching #Plasticspledge https://www.plasticfreepledge.com/ in Parliament Square with a giant turtle wrapped up in plastic. “There is more micro plastic in the sea than there are stars in […]
Isla in Meadow 4 at Damers First School has been shortlisted for Best Youth Volunteer in this years Dorset Voiunteer Centre Awards which will be held at the Dorford Centre at the end of October. Isla who asked for a litter picker for Christmas goes on beach cleans during her weekends she even asked the […]
Meadow 3 from Damers First School worked with Year 9, 10 and 11 students from The Thomas Hardye School to take part in a green clean organised by Campaign to Protect Rural England and Litter Free Dorset. The green clean runs for a month across the UK promoting awareness for a deposit return system to […]
Damers First School were the winners of Bella Ceramics Summer Giveaway Competition this year with a recorded number of votes. This years theme was plastic pollution. Children at the school were given the chance to make two large wall art installations with Bella Ceramics. The children designed, sketched onto ceramic tiles and then painted with glazes. […]
At St Mary’s School Ascot, pupils and staff appreciate their location away from a city with plenty of green space so that it is relatively easy to run a school garden on the premises. Luckily, among staff members, there are those with enthusiasm and horticultural knowledge to educate and motivate pupils of all age groups. […]
In early September at the beginning of the new school year, I was greeted warmly by a new group of pre-school children wondering why I’d come to visit them. I explained that we’d be having lots of fun drawing together; an idea they seemed to like. These small children are just three year olds and […]
Students in Foundation at East Coast College Lowestoft will be running an enterprise project that benefits people, the environment and animals. A market stall will be set up in the college every Tuesday so that staff and students will be encouraged to buy and eat more fresh fruit and vegetables. The produce will be delivered […]
The Plastic Free Picnic took place in Borough Gardens, Dorchester to celebrate the town achieving SAS Plastic Free Community Status. It has been a campaign lead by Damers First School children with support from Dorchester Town Council, Litter Free Dorset, local businesses and community groups. On the day there were a whole host of stalls […]
