Here at Goat Lees, we have been working really hard to make our school grounds a friendlier place for all living things. We want it to be a safe, calm and enjoyable place for pupils, and a safe, habitable place for all wildlife. Over the past year, our Year 6 pupils have been working hard […]
Some children from Damers First School were on BBC Teach Live on Monday 7th December talking about some of our eco work related to wildlife. The BBC Teach Live programme was thinking about why animals are different colours. It was presented by CBBC presenter Naomi Wilkinson who officially opened our nature area with a pond […]
The winners of the Education Business Awards have been announced, with schools across the UK recognised for the dedication and hard work of teaching and support staff who have been put under particular pressure by the COVID 19 pandemic. The Education Business Awards, sponsored by LocknCharge, have been recognising and celebrating school success stories since […]
The Edenderry Student School Council recently received over 200 saplings from the Woodland Trust as part of an ongoing project to enhance their school grounds as well as build upon the schools success in an International eTwinning project with partner schools in Europe. Mr David Smith who spearheads eTwinning at the school has had students […]
We had a busy end of 2020 here at JAGS. Here’s what we were up to: We had Wear Green Day on Friday 27th November, raising money for the Woodland Trust. 2. Hosted a webinar with Patrick Holden from the Sustainable Food Trust on 25th November – the link is here: https://vimeo.com/48444988 3. We have […]
Damers First School has won third place in the National Cultivation Street School Garden Competition for our Nature Area with Pond. The school has won £500 and a Miracle-Gro Hamper.
Damers Fiurst School pupil Chloe represented the school and Jane Goodall Roots & Shoots UK at a Jane Goodall Roots & Shoots European meeting that was attended by representatives from Spain, Holland, Austria, Turkey, Germany and Switzerland. She made a powerpoint and talked about the work she and the school are doing to help animals, people, the environment and […]
Damers First School from Dorset took part in the National Youth Climate Summit that was put together by Transform Our World, Global Action Plan. Each day had a different enviornemtnal theme tht included, Nature Oceans Water, Travel, Pollution and Waste, Food Farming, Forests, Fashion and Consumption, A Sustainable Future. Damers FirstSchool Hostsed the Day on […]
Over the summer there were upsetting scenes at Durdle Door with the amounts of litter left on the beach. Some children from Damers Eco Crew with their siblings were asked by Lulworth Rangers to audit the litter and drinking containers found on the beach. There were 70 bags of litter from just one weekend. The children found: 172 plastic bottles, 72 glass bottles […]
We were lucky to be given a fabulous grant from Roots & Shoots to enhance our entrance area. Given the fact that we have a green flag and an RHS award level five, our entrance was definitely letting us down! I planned to have raised beds all the way around, so the children will be […]
