Rag Bag textile recycling

Our Rag Bag textile recycling bin has arrived! It is in the teachers's car park close to the main entrance to school. Please donate your old clothes, paired shoes and soft toys for recycling and reuse. The school receives a payment per kg that is collected. Rag Bag bags are available from the school office. Thank you.

 

 

 

Bird of the Day - the Wren and the Goldfinch

Two sessions of birdwatching club today and an excellent amount of birds seen. They were:

1 wood pigeon
1 collared dove
1 robin
1 coal tit
1 starling
1 blue tit
1 robin

and two birds chosen as Bird of the Day were the wren and the goldfinch.



Can you see that Jenny Wren always has her tail sticking up?

I always love to hear about birds you have seen outside school so well done to one pupil in Year 2 who recognised a long-tailed tit and could tell her mum what is was! Her mum was really impressed!

Until next time
Mrs Longmoor

Fairtrade Fortnight (25 Feb - 10 March)

This fortnight is Fairtrade Fortnight when we learn about how we can help the farmers who grow the food we eat by paying a fair price. Have you tried our Fairtrade wordsearch yet?

 

 

How many things can you find with the Fairtrade logo on?

If you find anything please bring it to school
Mrs Longmoor

 

 

National Nestbox Week

To celebrate National Nestbox Week we have installed a new nestbox on one of the tall trees next to the outdoor classroom. Let me know if you spot any blue tits looking like moving in! Can you see who has moved into my little bird box on the eco board?

The Great Litter Count

Today we took part in a campaign called the Great Litter Count. 5 pupils from Year 2 helped me to collect litter from the school grounds and see what we found. 

Here is May doing her bit to keep Parklands tidy!

Here are the results:

5 drinks cans

3 Macdonalds cups

1 subway cup

6 crisps packets

20 sweets wrappers

1 plastic bottle

2 carrier bags

3 cigarette packets

3 juice cartons

4 plastic food wrappers

2 straws

We sorted all this litter into what could be recycled and what had to go into the bin. Well done to those who helped me. I was very upset at how much litter we found around our school and I hope that children from Parklands would never drop any litter - always remember to put it in the bin!

Mrs Longmoor



First Snowdrops in the Wildlife Garden

The first snowdrops have sprung up in the wildlife garden and look lovely. Not much to report from birdwatching today - it was a bit too windy I think. We spotted two blue tits, a wood pigeon and a crow.

Mrs Longmoor

Christmas Card Recycling

Happy February!! A quick update on this years Christmas Card recycling - Parklands children and their families have recycled 792 cards this year. The cards have been sent off to Marks and Spencers to raise money for the Woodland Trust and help improve the environment.

Well Done Everyone.


Mrs Padley