ECO COUNCIL
Little People Making a BIG Difference!
For the last two and a half years the children at Market Deeping Community Primary School have been developing their Eco Council, and would really like to share their successes with the rest of the Deepings! Each year each class elects an eco-councillor, from Year 1 up to Year 6. The children meet weekly under the guidance of Mrs Stoneer, who helps them to choose projects to support to contribute to a cleaner, greener world. Within school the Eco Council recruited volunteers from the Environment Agency to clear out and make our Pond Area useable, encouraging wildlife to flourish in this previously unused area and enabling the whole school to pond-dip and learn about nature safely. The Eco Council have also made bird feeders and took part in this year’s ‘Big Schools Birdwatch’ from the RSPB to count the birds visiting the school grounds. They also ran a competition to find the best Christmas tree ornament made from recycled materials – over 100 entries were received, some ingenious, some beautiful and the very best – a bit of both! Another hugely successful project has been taking part in Keep Britain Tidy’s ‘Great Big School Clean’, raising awareness of (and responsibility for) litter in and around school and beyond. We have cut down our use of single-use plastics by replacing disposable plastic drinks’ cups with stainless steel
cups in every classroom for those children who forget to bring in their drinks’ bottles. As part of the wider Deepings community the Eco Council have worked with Town Councillor Bob Broughton, who donated some beautiful bird boxes for the school grounds. The Deepings Lions came in to present the Eco Council (on behalf of the school) with a set of books for the library which are specifically designed to educate children in the dangers of plastic waste. The Eco Council pass on these messages to parents via their stall at the Summer Fair each year, and by signing up to globally relevant programmes. The Eco Council have been instrumental in seeking out recycling projects such as Christmas Card Recycling and Battery Recycling, and have had a huge input into the school’s Solar Panel project. They monitor the energy saving generated by the solar panels on a weekly basis and have used this knowledge to offer advice to the Deepings Leisure Centre development when SKDC Councillor Virginia Moran visited to look at the Lego constructions the children had made for this year’s First Lego League. With the global messages that this a crucial time for everyone to take action to save our environment it’s great to see children taking that message seriously and taking responsibility for their futures.
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