Longniddry Primary School:
Bubbles beat balloons Concerned by their research of the environmental impact of mass balloon releases, the Longniddry youngsters were shocked to learn that the tag found by their teacher was an example of a huge worldwide problem.
Longniddry teacher, Yvonne Hart, could not have imagined that a chance find of a balloon tag, at Canty Bay would lead to a community campaign.
“A few years ago, I’m sure we would have been excited that this might be an opportunity for the children to write to the school on the label. I knew my class would be anxious that this was part of the plastic pollution on our beaches and seas,” said the P4 class teacher. Delta Sym of P4 explained “we found out that balloon rubbish is causing problems for wildlife and sea creatures so we decided we should make a campaign called Bubbles beat Balloons.”
