Courageous Advocates for the Planet
Over the last month, the whole school has been involved in exploring the significant impact human behaviours have on destroying our planet. This learning kicked off on Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday on Friday 8th May. Since then, every class in school has take on a different theme – they have conducted surveys, research, observations, experiments and explored a range of aspects on natural habitats, pollution, waste and our carbon footprint.
Read on to find out more about the learning each class has undertaken and how they are inspiring their peers, their families and the staff to make a change for the good of planet earth; starting now:
Class Three- Composting
Class Three investigated what happens to our food waste in school and at home. We discovered that food waste goes to landfill and then produces methane gas and this contributes to global warming. We decided to set up a composting scheme for the fruit and vegetable waste in school. We write letters to Mrs. Sharples to ask if we could empty our bins into the composting area of the community garden. We set up bins to collect the waste and made posters. We then investigated what happens to household food waste and discovered that other councils are using this for anaerobic digestion and created electricity and fertiliser. We then found out that Westmorland and Furness Council are not doing this and are not planning to until 2034, we feel this is not soon enough, so decided to try to persuade the council to act sooner. We write persuasive letters and sent these to the council.
Class One – brilliant bees!
Children in nursery and reception have been exploring the importance of bees and what can be done to promote more bee-friendly environments. They explored wild flowers, learning that they provide a crucial food source for bees and worked together to make and plant wild flower seed bombs in the outdoor area of our classroom.
Class 2 – Plastic Pollution!
We have been learning about plastic pollution and how it affects habitats and animals, and what we can do to help prevent it. We created posters and persuasive letters encouraging people to stop using single-use plastics and to make more environmentally friendly choices
Class 4 – Courageous Advocacy
We started our journey with a fact finding mission. Fully gloved up, we explored what ends up in the school bins and made charts and graphs of our results. Based on what we found, we made suggestions and set challenges for the whole school to widen our impact.
