Eco News June 2008
Fair Trade Sweatshirts and Polo Shirts
The children have been very busy promoting the new Fairtrade - Organic School Sweatshirts and Polo Shirts. If you would like to place an order please do so by 13th June 2008.
Junkyard Angel
The big project that all of the children have been involved in this term is our Junkyard Angel Fashion Show. This will take place on Monday 23rd June at 1.30pm. All classes have been very busy creating their own outfits or accessories made from recycled items. We have had a lot of fun and the children have had some wonderful ideas.
Gardening Club
The Primary 5 Gardening Club have been very busy looking after the front garden at the main school entrance. The pots are now looking colourful with bright flowers and we have planted herbs, onions, potatoes and strawberries.
Wildlife Garden
We have a huge thank you to say to Mr Manning who has very kindly made us a beautiful wooden sign to put in the Wildlife Garden. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Wormery Compost.
Mr Sam Jess came in to help us with the compost that the litter worms in our Wormery have produced. Mr Jess says that it is top quality compost! We have sent a sample away to a Composting Competition run by Changeworks in Edinburgh.
Posted: June 10th, 2008 under Eco Schools.
Comments: 1
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Comment from Elise Dixon
Time: August 28, 2008, 9:38 pm
Hello Ormi Eco Group,
Just to say how impressed I am by all your ideas and initiatives- Have you achieved your silver award yet , or are you still working towards it? You’ll have your Green Flag very soon, I’m sure!
The things you do in school are so important for the environment, AND for teaching all the other children in school about environmental issues- I bet even the teachers have learned some stuff from you about composting and wormeries!
I am a teacher in a primary school in Edinburgh, and I want you to know that I so enjoyed hearing Orla talk about all the eco activities you were doing at your school that I was inspired to start up an eco group at my school, so now St. John Vianney Primary in Edinburgh are part of Eco Schools too!
Thanks and well done everyone!
from Elise Dixon ( Orla and Angus’ mum)
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