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We are St Mary's R.C. School Eco Club!
This page is full of updates from the School Eco Club.
St Mary's Eco Club is made up of volunteers from KS2. We meet once a week on a Tuesday in Miss Strathdee's classroom.
This Year we are working towards achieving the Eco Schools Green Flag. Take a look at what we've been up to.
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This is the action plan the Eco Club have been working on this year. We have been concentrating on 3 areas - Marine, Biodiversity and Global Citizenship. Action_Plan_in_progress_.docx
Eco Club went to the bank to deposit the money they raised from the Fair-trade tuck shop. Along the way they stopped off at the chippy.
Biodiversity is one are we have focused on this year.
As part of our biodiversity work Eco Club have built a bug hotel to provide a safe habitat for bugs and other wildlife. Thank you to everyone who brought in materials and to Beth at Manx Wildlife Trust.
Our Eco Schools Green Flag has arrived! Last Year Eco Club worked hard to earn an Eco Schools Green Flag. Well done to all the Eco Club who worked hard last year and will continue to make our school more eco friendly this year.
We celebrated Fair-trade fortnight by holding and assembly for KS1 and an assembly for KS2 explaining the impacts and benefits buying fair-trade products can have. We offered ideas for teachers to use in their classrooms. The Eco Club sold Fair-trade food items to raise money for Fair-trade over th…
The Eco Club held the first of their annual Fairtrade tuck shops last Friday. Thanks to all that came. Picture shows the Eco Club with the Isle of Man's renewed Fairtrade Community certificate.
Last week the Eco club went on a trip to St Thomas' Church to see the Gaia art exhibition. It was amazing to see the Earth from such a different perspective. Have a look at some of our photos.
This Year we have been looking at developing global citizenship.
On Tuesday Mrs Martin Came to Eco Club to share some exciting news. Our school had received a very important letter from the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man Sir John Lorimer. The letter was to express his congratulations to the Eco Club for gaining the Eco Schools Green Flag Award this year.…
Here are the 7 Steps Eco Club have to complete to get their Eco Schools Green Flag.
Here are the 7 Steps Eco Club have to complete to get their Eco Schools Green Flag.
We were asked by Manx Wildlife Trust to have a Hedgehog tunnel in our school to see if any hedgehogs are living in our school area. We haven't found any yet but we will continue to monitor it.
This is one of three areas we have been focusing on this year. This is our display of single use plastic and how it can damage marine life. We asked all children and families of the school to collect, clean and bring in their single use plastic from home to create the display. It is up in our chill…