Our active Eco Alert group strongly believe that every voice and every action can make a difference. Here are some of the initiatives the children have promoted in the Spring term 2019:
 The Big Battery Hunt: recycling batteries. Each year, as a country we throw away about 600 million batteries. Over 20,000 tonnes of batteries end up in landfill sites – that’s as heavy as 4000 elephants. So far, we have had to arrange one collection due to the amount of batteries collected. We are still collecting and the more we get, the better for the environment, the less we are polluting the soil and water, the more materials can be reused (zinc, steel and manganese) and the more chance we have of winning prizes for the school!
 Matilda’s sunflower competition: Matilda in Y2 has planned and organised a project where children brought in a recycled plastic pot, paid 50p for soil and a seed and are involved in growing their own sunflower seed. Stage 1 of the competition will be measuring the tallest sunflower after a couple of months and Stage 2 will be once they have been planted out at school and they are at the flowering stage. Matilda planned the competition and then has promoted and implemented it making a total of £60.50 for the school.
 Protect our Planet (POP): the Eco Alert group have carried out a day dedicated to learning about ‘Plastics’. The normal curriculum was collapsed for the day and children across the school were involved in activities to promote their understanding about Plastics. This was supported by Delmeza and the team at Education Team from Recycle Devon.
 Bottle tops: promotion of domestic collecting of plastic bottle tops through LUSH – these can be sent off for recycling.
 Harry’s inhaler collection point: Harry in Y6 has organised the collection point for inhaler and spacers. Families can deposit their old inhalers and spacers in the monster bin in our school entrance and these will be recycled.