ECO Zone
We have completed our entry for the Swarkestone nursey Easter trail
We joined in with the 'Great British Bird Watch', we made bird feeders and binoculars one week, the next week we went out to make our observations.
We saw the fox yesterday. He was resting in our wild area when we went out to put up bird feeders! He shouldn't really be out in the day, we just left him quietly - he may not be well.
We made a Christmas wreath using some evergreens from our school grounds. We also used old mince pie cases turned into sparkly flowers. It is hung on the gate near the big hall!
We harvested some potatoes that were planted before the summer holidays.
See who are new Eco reps for the school year 2024-2025
The Eco team have helped to build a scarecrow for the Pumpkin walk at Swarkestone Nursery. It needed to be a TV or film character. We had some lovely bark we needed to use, so we made 'Groot' from 'Guardians of the Galaxy'! Thanks to Geoff and Tracy for their help too. You can visit Swarkestone nursery between 5th and 30th October and vote for our 'Groot'! We might win a prize...
Caretaker Geoff has helped to put up two bird boxes in the wild area at the front of school. Keep a look out for birds using that area!
We completed some litter picking as part of a spring clean!
We have done some planting in Zach's memory garden. We will keep checking on this space to ensure it is kept nicely.
We completed the RSPB bird count
We made and hung some bird feeders ready to do the RSPB bird count next week.
We have worked with our caretaker to build some compost areas near the playground.
In Autumn 2023 we have worked on making the area by the school drive our new wild area.
These are our new reps for this year.
We have written to the local MP Heather Wheeler, about climate change concerns. We hope to get a response...
During the year, we gathered any dried out pens to be recycled. Well done, by July we had over 200!
We have begun creating a small wildlife pond in the courtyard. We added some frogspawn and some rocks so that baby frogs will be able to climb out. We will add more to make a real pond as time goes on.
Thanks to the Representatives from each class on the Eco Team for the year 2020-2021. You each did some valuable work in your own class or year group area. Its a shame we couldn't meet as a team.
Well done to the children traveling to school on bikes or scooters! We want to try not to use cars so much if we possibly can.
We made our school a 'Hedgehog friendly' environment as we realised there were hedgehogs already here!
Our main area is the sensory garden. We are always working to keep it tidy, safe, inviting and ensure it is eco -friendly. These are some of the jobs we have done in there:
* Seating area for whole class outdoor learning
* Planting areas for vegetables and herbs
* Wild areas to encourage wildlife, more wild flower seeds sown
*Tunnels for hedgehogs to roam between different garden
* Hedgehog house
* Log piles for mini beasts
* New grass seed planted on a bare area
*Two compost bins (one close to the playground to be used for fruit)
* Some decorative stones positioned.
*** A new water butt is ready to go...we just need some help from a grown-up maintenance person!
