Year 4
- G13 made an entire stand out of recycled materials
- Recycling composting workshop visit via the GreenRedeem
website - Game of matching up new materials made from waste products
- Creating sea creatures for Ocean World purely from waste materials
- Videos on comparing recycling plants and the impact that an individual can make
- Recycling workshop on what we can and can’t recycle – RBWM
- Recycling Fashion show items made from waste
- Learnt about the Water cycle in Science and the importance of conserving water
- Library books on recycling for silent reading
- Designed posters on why we should recycle
- Raindrops on reasons to reduce waste
- English scheme of work on writing a letter to Mrs Confused about the benefits of recycling
LfS around the school
- Eco-reps feedback on school initiatives
- Y1 presentation on WWF and saving animals
- Ocean World making us think about what goes into the ocean
- Yanamamo taught us to protect the world’s forest
- Cycle to school to reduce pollution
- Green Day to promote being more sustainable
- Learning not to waste food at lunchtimes
- Switch off lights to save energy
- Walk to school
- Y5 stall on how cars pollute the earth
- Assembly on the damage caused by bottled water and taking long showers!
- Food share
What we have learnt this year
- If something crinkles it goes in the landfill bin. If it doesn’t it can be recycled.
- 25 plastic bottles can be made into a fleece
- 1 glass jar can produce enough electricity to power a TV for 15mins
- Teabags can be composted
- Old tyres can be recycled into playground surfaces
- Compost takes 3months-1year to make
- Recycling materials are sorted by clever machines at recycling plants into metal, glass, paper and plastics
- Metal tins are crushed and recycled into new ones
- It doesn’t matter if something breaks when you put it in a recycling bin
- Reduce, reuse, recycle!
- Give old clothes to someone younger than you or to a charity.
- Reuse plastic bags. Take shopping bags with you to the shops.
- Never throw rubbish into the seas or oceans as it can harm sea creatures
- Plastic bottles can be recycled into umbrellas
- There are 3 types of bin – landfill, recycling and compost. Remember to put the correct waste in the correct bin.
- There are also special bins for garden waste and this is turned into compost
- Plastic bottles can be made into garden furniture (like the bench in our playground)
Other LfS learning
- Don’t buy bottles of water because it wastes packaging and causes extra transport and fuel. Drink tap water!
- Use a refillable water bottle