Hi there,
thought I should put in an update, I was going to have lots of lovely photos...but I must apologise as they seem to have wandered off into the digital abyss.
Last Term
Parklands had a very busy time eco-wise last term. The Tulips bloomed in Mid April, they looked beautiful, bright red. Most excitingly we had real live chicks living in the family room for a week, the children were able to watch them develop from eggs, hatch and grow as the week went on. This was a big hit with the children, who behaved really well, and stayed quiet so as not to frighten the chicks.
We submitted our application for the eco-schools green flag, it has definitely been received, and we are now waiting for Eco-Schools to contact us about a date for our assessment visit. this is likely to be during the Autumn Term.
Summer Term
Now we're almost half way through the summer term, last weekend we had the annual tidy up the wildlife garden community event run by Mrs Jones. After a bit of a slow start 5 families came to tidy up, and made a great impact on the garden which is looking even more beautiful now, and can be used by the children as a quiet place during playtimes, and also for lessons. We planted some Mint, a few cucumbers, some tomatoes and some flowers to encourage insects.
Next week is Green week at Parklands, we have special green assemblies, planned about recycling and waste. On Tuesday all the children will take part in Scooter Smart Day, when they will be trained to ride their scooters safely and confidently, we hope this will keep our Parklanders fit and healthy as well as encouraging them to scoot to school, rather than come in the car.
Thursday is GREEN DAY, a non-uniform day with lots of fun activities to get us all thinking about reducing, re-using and recycling. Mrs Webster has organised a collection of old clothes to raise funds for the school and re use clothes that we don't need anymore. All the year groups will be involved in creating a bottle top tree sculpture, using bottle tops which can't be recycled locally. A full report in a few weeks time.
See you all soon
Mrs Padley
