This year we have a brand new club STEM Citizen Science at Ringwood School and together we explore the online platform of Zooniverse that hosts a variety of international projects that any member of the public can help in. The club kicked off with a fantastic first project – Chimp and See – and together […]
FAIRTRADE CAKE BAKE AND SALE A Fairtrade bake sale is a customary part of the Fairtrade group’s early Christmas celebrations. Thanks to to Mrs Waine and to students of all ages, several students were able to stay after school for a bake-off in food technology. The event was sponsored by Sainsbury of Ringwood and […]
RSPB BIG SCHOOLS BIRDWATCH Thirty Year 7 and 8 students participated in this year’s RSPB Birdwatch which took place on 30th January. Led by students Sam Kimberley and James Shelton, students were split into groups, each located in different areas around the school site. They were tasked with counting the maximum number of individuals of […]
There have been many whole-school ‘people’ projects, such as support for a school in the Gambia, and there is huge overlap with projects described earlier, but here some more specific Roots & Shoots initiatives of the summer term are described. A COMMUNITY EVENT – OUR DIAMOND JUBILEE LUNCH Our Jubilee Lunch, served to staff and […]
Nothing is environment alone, as is evidenced by the story of our bee campaign and mini wildflower meadow, but this section describes other environmental projects of our summer term. DOWN TO THE WOODS! When our students worked with teachers from nearby village schools in October, they met James White of Bushcraft. Do you know 8 […]
WHAT’S GOING ON IN RINGWOOD SCHOOL’S BACKYARD? Food chains underpin all life whether in Ringwood or Africa, and we cannot neglect wildife in our own backyard. We invited Jason Bridges of Liberty’s Reptiles and Raptors into school. He brought in three birds of prey for the second time this year and by examining the contents […]
INTRODUCTION TO SUMMER TERM 2012 YOU’RE NEVER TOO SMALL TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. This account, written by Agent H and a number of Chrono-bots illustrates some of the small measures we have taken during the summer term to increase students’ understanding of animals, people and the environment. We know we only have one planet and […]
This account, written by Agent H and a number of Chrono-bots illustrates some of the small measures we have taken during the spring term to increase students’ understanding of animals, people and the environment. We know we only have one planet and we know that most of us live as if we had at least […]
Some projects cannot be confined to one school term. Furthermore, several straddle the people, animals and environment divide! PEP TALK, our campaign for the eradication of non-recyclable yogurt pots is an example of both. Running throughout the year, the campaign was inspired by graphic images of marine animals destroyed by plastic in the Pacific. We […]
Many of our projects are not confined to one school term. And several straddle the people, animals and environment divide! PEP TALK, our campaign for the eradication of non-recyclable yogurt pots is an example of both. Running and building throughout the year, it was inspired by graphic images of marine life wrecked by plastic in […]