Eco Team
Easter Egg Packaging Upcycling Competition
Trout in the Classroom Project
Year 3 worked with the Ribble River trust to grow and nurture 100 trout eggs in their classroom over the spring term. The River Ribble Trust first delivered a very informative workshop session about the life cycle of trout, the conditions they need to survive and then left them with the trout eggs in a tank. Year 3 watched the eggs hatch and turn into alevin and then into fry. Just before Easter, they released them into the River Douglas. They also had the opportunity to make observations of invertebrates collected from the river on the release day. Year 3 have enriched their learning of biodiversity and life cycles.
BOOK SWAP on World Book Day - Sustainable Deeds
The Eco Team are keen to make our reading habits better for the environment! Therefore, as it was World Book Day on Thursday 7th March, they organised a book swap in school. Children brought their preloved books to swap for another!
Our book swap event was a great way to share our love of reading and discover exciting new books in a sustainable way.
Tree Planting
The Eco Team have been busy, planting trees in one of our outdoor areas! Despite the rain, cold and slippery mud, we had lots of fun! We are very grateful to the team from LCC who have provided us with a variety of trees to enhance our green space. Thanks too, to the wonderful Geraldine, who came to help us!
RSPB Big Schools' Birdwatch
The Eco Team took part in the RSPB Big Schools' Birdwatch again this year. This is a simple bird survey which is about counting the number of birds in our school grounds. We made bird feeders the week before we undertook our survey, to attract our feathered friends to our Forest Schools area. We spotted a few different birds - it was very exciting!! We submitted out results to the RSPB online to let them know what we'd seen!
Sustainable Stationery
We met with Phil from Nexus who introduced us to his sustainable range of stationery. Y3 and Y6 have been trialling reusable glue sticks this term - when the glue runs out, you replace the glue in the original container. All glue refill containers are sent back to Nexus where they are reused and refilled!! Genius!!! We roll these out to all classes after Christmas!
Christmas Fayre
We raised lots of money for future eco projects in school - through the sale of kindly donated preloved Christmas jumpers and other items. We love that these items are reused and not ending up in landfill!!
Toilet Twinning Project - November 2023
With the money raised from the Eco Team's cake sale last week, we have been able to twin one of our toilets with one in Nigeria. Thank you for your support, this will make an incredible difference to so many people!
The Eco Team ran a cake sale today (21.11.23) to raise money for a Toilet Twinning Project as part of our Global Citizenship work. We raised an AMAZING £88!!!
Thank you to everyone who supported us and for the very kind and generous donations.
Meet our 2023 - 2024 Eco Team...
Y6 Chair: Alice Rhodes Y6 Vice Chairs: Ollie Forder & Freya Marshall Y6 Secretary: Isla Cookson
Y5: Rowan Hull, Julio Gomes
Y4: Evie Cook, Sophie Newton, Joseph Whiteside
Y3: Eli Bonfiglio, Pippa Alvey, Libby Hull, Matilda Gallimore, Esme Smethurst
GREEN FLAG ACCREDITATION 2023!!
TCP has once again been awarded a coveted Eco-Schools Green Flag. The Eco-Schools Green Flag is an international accreditation that recognises efforts to raise environmental awareness amongst young people, whilst taking action to make their school more sustainable. We have now retained our status as an accredited Eco-School. The Eco Team here at TCP, with the rest of our school community, have worked hard on a number of projects over the last academic year, some of these include:
- the development of the Forest Schools area to promote biodiversity
- recycling initiatives such as 'The Big Battery Hunt' and Christmas jumpers
- litter picking and writing to our local MP to support a ban on the use of disposable vapes, after finding so much waste linked to these, on the track next to our school
- raising awareness of the effect of plastic waste on marine environments
- raising money to donate to the DEC Turkey-Syria Earthquake appeal.
We are very passionate about doing all we can to protect our planet and look forward to making further impact this academic year.
Summer Term 2023
Year 3 - Wildflower seed planting
Year 3 decided to undertake an eco project after reading 'Omar and the Bees' story. They were inspired to plant a wildflower corridor in our school garden to encourage pollinators to visit.
Litter Pick
We undertook a litter pick on the track alongside our school grounds. We were horrified to find so much of the waste we collected was linked to disposable vapes. In support of environmental charities who are campaigning for a ban of these items, we wrote to our local MP expressing our concerns. See the letter below.
Trout in the Classroom Project
Year 3 worked with the Ribble River trust to grow and nurture 100 trout eggs in their classroom over the spring term. The River Ribble Trust first delivered a very informative workshop session about the life cycle of trout, the conditions they need to survive and then left them with the trout eggs in a tank. Year 3 watched the eggs hatch and turn into alevin and then into fry. Just before Easter, they released them into the River Douglas. They also had the opportunity to make observations of invertebrates collected from the river on the release day. Year 3 have enriched their learning of biodiversity and life cycles.
BOOK SWAP on World Book Day - Sustainable Deeds
The Eco Team are keen to make our reading habits better for the environment! Therefore, as it was World Book Day on Thursday 7th March, they organised a book swap in school. Children brought their preloved books to swap for another!
Our book swap event was a great way to share our love of reading and discover exciting new books in a sustainable way.
Tree Planting
The Eco Team have been busy, planting trees in one of our outdoor areas! Despite the rain, cold and slippery mud, we had lots of fun! We are very grateful to the team from LCC who have provided us with a variety of trees to enhance our green space. Thanks too, to the wonderful Geraldine, who came to help us!
RSPB Big Schools' Birdwatch
The Eco Team took part in the RSPB Big Schools' Birdwatch again this year. This is a simple bird survey which is about counting the number of birds in our school grounds. We made bird feeders the week before we undertook our survey, to attract our feathered friends to our Forest Schools area. We spotted a few different birds - it was very exciting!! We submitted out results to the RSPB online to let them know what we'd seen!
Sustainable Stationery
We met with Phil from Nexus who introduced us to his sustainable range of stationery. Y3 and Y6 have been trialling reusable glue sticks this term - when the glue runs out, you replace the glue in the original container. All glue refill containers are sent back to Nexus where they are reused and refilled!! Genius!!! We roll these out to all classes after Christmas!
Christmas Fayre
We raised lots of money for future eco projects in school - through the sale of kindly donated preloved Christmas jumpers and other items. We love that these items are reused and not ending up in landfill!!
Toilet Twinning Project - November 2023
With the money raised from the Eco Team's cake sale last week, we have been able to twin one of our toilets with one in Nigeria. Thank you for your support, this will make an incredible difference to so many people!
The Eco Team ran a cake sale today (21.11.23) to raise money for a Toilet Twinning Project as part of our Global Citizenship work. We raised an AMAZING £88!!!
Thank you to everyone who supported us and for the very kind and generous donations.
Meet our 2023 - 2024 Eco Team...
Y6 Chair: Alice Rhodes Y6 Vice Chairs: Ollie Forder & Freya Marshall Y6 Secretary: Isla Cookson
Y5: Rowan Hull, Julio Gomes, Joseph Whiteside, Alfred Rothwell
Y4: Evie Cook, Freya Riley
Y3: Eli Bonfiglio, Pippa Alvey, Libby Hull, Matilda Gallimore, Esme Smethurst
GREEN FLAG ACCREDITATION 2023!!
TCP has once again been awarded a coveted Eco-Schools Green Flag. The Eco-Schools Green Flag is an international accreditation that recognises efforts to raise environmental awareness amongst young people, whilst taking action to make their school more sustainable. We have now retained our status as an accredited Eco-School. The Eco Team here at TCP, with the rest of our school community, have worked hard on a number of projects over the last academic year, some of these include:
- the development of the Forest Schools area to promote biodiversity
- recycling initiatives such as 'The Big Battery Hunt' and Christmas jumpers
- litter picking and writing to our local MP to support a ban on the use of disposable vapes, after finding so much waste linked to these, on the track next to our school
- raising awareness of the effect of plastic waste on marine environments
- raising money to donate to the DEC Turkey-Syria Earthquake appeal.
We are very passionate about doing all we can to protect our planet and look forward to making further impact this academic year.
Summer Term 2023
Year 3 - Wildflower seed planting
Year 3 decided to undertake an eco project after reading 'Omar and the Bees' story. They were inspired to plant a wildflower corridor in our school garden to encourage pollinators to visit.
Litter Pick
We undertook a litter pick on the track alongside our school grounds. We were horrified to find so much of the waste we collected was linked to disposable vapes. In support of environmental charities who are campaigning for a ban of these items, we wrote to our local MP expressing our concerns. See the letter below.
Sea Life Sea Savers Competition
As part of the Sea Life Centre's national competition, we collected throw away plastics and used them to create a marine themed piece of art work. This was part of our work to raise awareness, in school, of the need to recycle plastics in order to ensure they don't end up in landfill. This picture below, on display in one of main corridors, is our entry.
The Big Battery Hunt
Duracell's 'The Big Battery Hunt' is a nationwide programme to help educate and inspire young people to recycle more used batteries. We have used their resources to help teach the importance of recycling and to take part in the challenge. With the help of our local community, we collected almost 500 batteries, which have been taken for safe recycling instead of ending up in landfill!
Spring Term 2023
*UPDATE: Our very own Isla Cookson, in year 5, is one of the two runners up in the competition and will receive a prize. Well done Isla!!!
Fundraiser in aid of earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria - 15.3.23
The Eco Team organised a non-uniform fundraiser and cake sale in aid of the Turkish and Syrian earthquake victims. Together, our community raised an incredible £219.59 which has been transferred to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). Fabulous effort!
RSPB Big Schools' Birdwatch
The Eco Team took part in the RSPB Big Schools' Birdwatch again this year. This is a simple bird survey which is about counting the number of birds in our school grounds. We made bird feeders the week before we undertook our survey, to attract our feathered friends to our garden. We spotted a few different birds - it was very exciting!! We submitted out results to the RSPB online to let them know what we'd seen!
Autumn Term 2022
Christmas 2022
At the Christmas Fayre, the Eco Team sold the unwanted Christmas jumpers that had been donated to us from our school community. Here at TCP, we are passionate about reducing, reusing and recycling, where we are able to. Indeed the environment is one of our six main school curriculum drivers.
Christmas jumpers trigger huge levels of waste. Most Christmas jumpers are made wholly or partly of plastic materials which is hugely damaging to the environment.
We also created a 'Poke the Christmas Tree' game with a prize every time to generate some funds for future Eco projects in school.
We tidied up our Jubilee garden and planted some daffodil bulbs ready for the Spring. We decorated the tree with red, white and blue unwanted Christmas decorations - we're all about reusing unwanted items when we can. These brought some lovely colour to our garden in December!
Harvesting our delicious apples!
We've grown some lovely apples in the garden so we picked them and shared them out between the classes!
Summer Term 2022
The Big Plastic Count - Greenpeace National Initiative
The Eco Team have recently been very concerned about the effects of plastic on the environment. Therefore, they took part in in ‘The Big Plastic Count’ organised by Greenpeace. This is the UK’s biggest ever investigation into household plastic waste. By counting their household plastic waste packaging for a week and submitting their results online, they have helped tackle plastic pollution. We applied to accompany Greenpeace to Westminster to have our say on plastic pollution but unfortunately, we were not selected. However, we have been asked to send our plastic footprint collages with a postcard outlining our opinions to Greenpeace so they can deliver our message to our MP when they go.
Only 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled but we know that recycling alone cannot solve the plastic crisis. There needs to be less plastic in the first place. That’s why Greenpeace’s mission is for the government to set a target to reduce single-use plastic by 50% by 2025 and to ban waste exports to other countries. We are proud to have supported them in their quest.
Growing Flowers and Vegetables
We received the equipment we'd ordered with our Morrisons' Good to Grow tokens and swiftly got on to planting a range of seeds and plants. We're hoping for beautiful flowers and delicious fruit and vegetables!!
Sowing the seeds for a wildflower garden
The Eco Team wanted to support the birds and bees! Native wildflowers are not only beautiful but also attract pollinators and nurture the landscape for birds. Without native plants and the insects that co-evolve with them, local birds and wildlife couldn’t survive. Therefore we transformed one of our raised beds into what will hopefully be a haven for these creatures.
Spring Term 2022
A special tree to commemorate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee
The Great British Spring Clean
The Eco Team took part in Keep Britain Tidy’s ‘Great British Spring Clean’ (March). We collected lots of litter in the local area!
A gift from Japan - Planting a Cherry Blossom Tree
The Eco Team have planted a Cherry Blossom tree at the bottom of our school field. The tree is a gift (one of over 6,000) from the Japanese people to the people of the UK. It symbolises the ongoing friendship between Japan and the UK. The project was launched in the joint communique issued by the then Prime Ministers Shinzo Abe and Theresa May when the two met in Japan in Autumn 2017. The tree is a strong symbol of hope and friendship. The lasting legacy of the tree shows that even in the darkest days, we are planning and planting for the future and that as these trees grow and flourish, they will enrich our lives and future generations.
Bird Feeders
The Eco Team have purchased some bird feeders and have also made some of their own, using pine cones, to replace the damaged ones in our garden. We hope to attract many more birds and help them during the winter months.