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Eco Warriors

We are an Eco School!

At St Anne's we are all passionate about our environment.  We recognise that we each have a duty to care for our planet and to manage the world's resources wisely.  We aim to develop good habits and behaviours to reinforce environmental education in everyday life and the wider community.  Our rich curriculum provides opportunities for us to learn the knowledge and skills to know how to be responsible stewards of our planet.

Alongside this, we have a thriving group of Eco Warriors, made up of children from each year group from Year 1 upwards, who meet several times each half term to inspire and challenge us.  They encourage us to consider environmental issues such as recycling and waste, water and energy use, transport to school, our outdoor environment and the importance of healthy eating. In addition, we have our Wow Ambassadors who encourage us to leave our cars at home and travel to school in a more eco friendly way. 

 

Please remember to keep an eye on our Eco Board in school for all information about our up-coming activities. 

 

Our Eco Code

We have created our St Anne's CE Primary School Eco Code which details our pledges for caring for our planet. Take a look to find out more. 

May 2024

Don’t forget that our walking to school month starts this Wednesday. We are starting the month off with a decorate your wheel competition, if you are walking or coming via car you can still enter by designing a sign to hold or put in your car. We can’t wait to see everyone’s inspirational messages for our community. Scroll right to see last years winners

Why do we need No Mow May?

We’ve lost approximately 97% of flower-rich meadows since the 1930’s and with them gone are vital food needed by pollinators, like bees and butterflies.

But your lawn can help! A healthy lawn with some long grass and wildflowers benefits wildlife, tackles pollution and can even lock away carbon below ground. With over 20 million gardens in the UK, even the smallest grassy patches add up to a significant proportion of our land which, if managed properly, can deliver enormous gains for nature, communities and the climate.

This is why Plantlife calls for people to get involved with #NoMowMay every year, and let wild plants get a head start on the summer.

Best of all, to reap these benefits all you have to do is not mow your lawn in May and beyond!

For more information please visit the weblink below.

https://www.plantlife.org.uk/campaigns/nomowmay/

If you decide to take part, we would love to see some before and after photos at the end of the month :)

April 2024

Our Eco Warriors in Y3-Y5 went to the Green Leaders event today. We’ve come away with lots of ideas to improve the sustainability within our school which we can’t wait to discuss at our next Eco meeting. A big thank you to Elijah’s mum who accompanied us today.

March 2024

KS1 have been sowing seeds in other previously muddy boarders. Fingers crossed we we some lovely meadow grass and wildflowers growing soon ☺️

February 2024

We’ve been been scattering some wildflower seeds together which was kindly donated by Mrs Yates from FOSA. We’re looking forward to seeing them grow and observing all of the wild life that benefits from the wildflowers.

Simon from the Cheshire Diocese came to interview some of our Eco Warriors today. They spoke very passionately about our sustainability goals and we couldn’t be prouder of them!

January 2024

A big thank you to everyone who submitted their battery container photos, the Eco Warriors had a tricky time choosing! I’ve attached a photo of the winning entries.

Now the real work starts, let’s try and collect as many batteries as we can! If any pupils feel they have gone above and beyond, please share their stories with me and I will enter them into the monthly pioneer on the month on your behalf (with parent permission). One pupil is chosen each month to receive an iPad, so it’s well worth doing

We are incredibly lucky to have more than 100 types of songbirds in the Uk, but sadly their numbers are declining. Our Eco Warriors have been completing the Ruby Robin award to raise awareness of what we can do to support the UK's songbirds.  

December 2023 

Reception took part in a litter pick. We collected litter that we found on Trinity Road, around St Anne’s Church and around the church hall. 

Our Eco Warriors have been been making bird feeders as part of their Ruby Robin Award.

Our Nursery and Reception pupils have been making bird feeders and have decorated the trees in their outdoor learning area and in our spiritual garden.

November 2023

Our Eco Warriors have been busy making litter picking journal for their class. Each class now has their own set of litter pickers that can be loaned weekly from your class teacher. 

October 2023

The Eco Warriors have been busy completing our environmental check which will inform our action plan. 

September 2023

We’re really excited to be taking part in the WOW Living Streets walking challenge. 

Our KS1 Eco Warriors and our nursery pupils have been busy plant daffodil bulbs for the bees so they have a source of food in February and March.

OUR ACTION PLAN

After we carried out our Environmental Review, we have identified 3 Areas to work on during 2022-2023 We are building on some of the work we started in 2021-2022 and we have added some new areas based on our current need for the school. Please do let us know if there is anything you can do to support our work towards our Action Plan. 

July 2023

June 2023

We have been working hard to fill up our pen bin, we are looking forward to taking it to Rymans in Sale. If you have any writing instruments at home you can also take them to Rymans or bring them to school and pop them in our recycling bin.

May 2023

Our Eco warriors have been busy repotting their class tomato plants. We’re very exciting to find out which class manages to produce the most fruit from their tomato plant.

April 2023

Reception have been busy planting and sowing seeds this month. We are looking for to harvesting the fruits (and vegetables) of our labour.

The Eco Warriors have been making some new posters to remind pupils and staff to use our recycling bins correctly and to turn off our taps completely.

March 2023

A massive thank you to everyone who supported St Anne’s Water Walk. We managed to raise £140 for WaterAid which will have a huge impact towards improving many people’s lives.

February 2023

January 2023

Our Reception pupils have been enjoying taking responsibility for the Early Years recycling duties.

November 2022

The Eco Warriors have been hard at work ensuring that we reduce our energy consumption during Switch Off Fortnight. They have been leaving friendly reminders for our members of staff who are forgetting to switch off their computer monitors at interactive white boards when they are not in use.

October 2022

September 2022

During our first Eco meeting, Rudi was very concerned about the amount of writing instruments that weren’t currently being recycled. We can happily say that our school is now recycling our pens and felt tips. Thank you for bringing this to our attention Rudi

Previous editions of Eco News are listed below: 

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 Eco News Spring 2.pdfDownload
 Eco News Summer 2.pdfDownload
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OUTDOOR CLASSROOM DAY 2021

We joined Schools, Nurseries and Families across the globe for a whole day of outdoor learning to highlight the benefits of learning outdoors. Take a look at what happened in Year 4. 

HOME LEARNING ECO ACTIVITIES

 

Even whilst not in school, we can still be earth superheroes! Follow some of our Eco Warriors' top tips for re-using plastic bottle tops and getting your gardens ready for spring. 

LOCAL AREA LITTER PICKING

We are proud of our school grounds and local area and want to take care of these special places.  During November, a litter pick was arranged by some of our Year 5 Pupils. Please take a look at the report written by our dedicated Eco Warriors to find out more about what we have done to improve areas of our local environment. 

 

GROWING OUR OWN FOOD

 

We decided to grow some food we could eat and share with our friends. Our potatoes had just started to chit when Lockdown started but even strict Covid restrictions couldn't stop nature do what it needed to do! Take a look at our presentation to see what happened next...