Litter picking

The Keystage one Eco Warriors have been hard at work picking up litter from the Mansion road entrance into our school. They found lots of small pieces of plastic such as sweet packets and wrappers. Litter not only looks unsightly but often ends up being blown or washed into waterways clogging up ponds and ditches or being washed out to sea. Plastic does not decompose, instead it just breaks down into a smaller pieces of plastic. Microplastics are often eaten by wildlife which can be very harmful. 

Travel Inspectors

The children met with SCC Sustainable Travel Officer Rachel Oliver to complete an audit of our school and the surrounding area. The children looked at things which help to encourage active travel such as bike and scooter parking and zebra crossings. They also considered issues such as vehicle speed near our school and obstacles that can block the pavement and whether these might deter active travel. The children felt that covered bike/scooter storage and more undercover shelters would be helpful.

Turning 'Grey Spaces' into 'Green Spaces'!

The Eco Warriors have been hard at work investigating the school grounds; identifying areas that have little or no signs of nature. They made designs of how they would like to improve some of the grey spaces and invite nature into our school. We have been awarded a grant from National Education Nature Grant to make these designs a reality!

Our Topics for this academic year are...

Marine

Energy

Biodiversity

Environmental Review

Our new 2025-2026 Eco Warriors have been hard at work completing our annual Environmental Review! This looks at what we are doing well as a school and areas where we could be more environmentally friendly.

Anti Idling

The Eco Warriors have been passionate about spreading the message that 'engines need to be turned off'. They have made their own leaflet which they will be handing out in the playground after school. 

Travel Surveys

Well done to the year 6s who came into school extra early to help with our travel surveys. The children kept a tally of the different ways families walked to school, traffic driving past and cars that were idling (keeping the engine running while the car is stationary).

Tanners Brook River visit

The Blue Influencers visited the Tanners Brook river after school. They enjoyed wadding in the water, taking photos and videos for their up-coming mini films, as well as some river dipping to find out what lives in the river. 

Blue Influencers

The children in Blue influencers after-school club have certainly been busy! They have been learning all about rivers; the creatures that live in them, the names for different parts and  how we can help to protect them. One way we can help is to think about our water use at home. The children played water use game- using a bottle of water and spoon, they answered different questions about their own water use, emptying different spoons of water depending on their answer. For example, if they turned off the tap when they cleaned their teeth they emptied one spoon of water but if they left the tap running, they emptied 6 spoons of water. The children then compared how much water they had left in their bottle at the end. It really made them think about saving water.

Here are some of the ways we talked about helping to save water at home:

• re-using dishwasher to water plants

• having a short shower rather than a bath

• washing fruit/veg in a bowl of water rather than running it under the tap

• washing the car with a bucket of water rather than using a hose

• only using the washing machine for a full load

RSPB School's Birdwatch

The children really enjoyed taking part the RSPB School Birdwatch. They were lucky enough to see lots of bird this year. We spotted starlings, gulls, a magpie and a crow!

Look at our fantastic new banners!

The banner on Waterloo road shows clean air routes for families to cycle, scoot, walk or park & stride to school.

The banner next to the Mansion road internal gate reminds families not to idle when dropping off or picking up from school to reduce air pollution. Well done to Aimee and Neha who had their designs chosen for this banner!