September 2011

We have a few new members who have joined the group this month,  some of our new members were eco helpers in their last school and are keen to continue, and some students have heard about the group in school and come along to get involved.

We have also started a project with the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust,  they are working with the school on a topic about "Waste".  We have had a tour of our local landfill site, we have seen what materials can be recycled and we have been looking at "packaging" and how our choices can have an effect on our environment. 

32,000 ALLUMINIUM CANS

1,500 PLASTIC BOTTLES

STEEL CANS

TEXTILES

CARDBOARD

This term we have the following events:

14th November - School litter pick THE BIG TIDY UP, where we have invited students to volunteer to help litter pick, we will investigate the sort of litter we have around school and whether we could be recycling more of it, and if so how. The students will then feed back to the whole school about their findings and how we could reduce and recycle their "Rubbish".

19th November - Get Your Grown ups Growing,  we will be getting our grown ups to help us with some gardening, planting some bulbs and providing opportunities for them to plant some seeds to take home with them. 

21st November - 4th December: Switch off Fortnight Event: this will be our second "Switch off Fortnight event, so watch this BLOG!