Eco Code decided

Thanks again for all of those who submitted an Eco Code. The Eco reps had a very difficult decision to make as there were so many brilliant suggestions. After much deliberation a decision was made today. The winning Eco Code for Sciennes Primary will be announced at next week's assembly and published on the blog shortly after.

New Eco Code

Thank you to all pupils who submitted their suggestions for our new Eco Code. Each class voted on their favourites to be submitted to the Eco Team who will meet on Monday 8th December to make a final - very difficult!- selection. The winning code will be used throughout school and some of the runner up codes will be published on the Eco Website. A huge amount of creativity - songs, raps, poems - so a huge thank you for all the effort, time and thought over the last few weeks, in class and at home. There is no Assembly on Friday 12th December, so each Eco Rep will inform their own class of the winning new Eco Code.

Fantastic New Bamboo Plants in the Playground

A parent very kindly managed to obtain some fabulous bamboo plants, compost and tyres, at no cost to the school, so our Eco Team got busy planting on Thursday 27th November. A fabulous addition to the playground! Thank you!

Ragbag Appeal £201.40 for the Playground

Thank you to all the families who supported the Eco Team's recent Ragbag Appeal on Wednesday 5th November which raised a fantastic total of £201.40!

All money raised will be used for Eco developments in the school playground, decided by the Eco team. One suggestion is for a new Litter bin.

A parent has raised concern over the business model used by Ragbags. We have passed this concern to Eco Schools and will reconsider our use of the scheme.

Ragbag Appeal

What an amazing response to the Eco Team's Ragbag appeal! Thank you very much to all families who donated and to our P7 helpers. All money raised will be used to contribute to Eco developments in the playground.

Remember, Remember 5th November

Ragbags to be handed in on Wednesday 5th November only please. 

All money raised will go to Eco Projects in the Playground.

RAG BAG APPEAL

WEDNESDAY 5th NOVEMBER ONLY

Dear Sciennes Families

We would like to make you aware of another school Ragbag collection by the Eco Team. We will be helping with the school playground project and the Ragbag Appeal is a great way to help us raise money. You can also empty your cupboards of all unwanted clothing. Please fill your bag with clothes, paired shoes, hats, bags, curtains, towels or bed linen. Every bag will be appreciated and extra bags are welcome, BUT PLEASE ONLY HAND IN ON WEDNESDAY 5th NOVEMBER. Each family received a Ragbag today.

Many thanks

Jessica Casot (P7) and The Sciennes Eco Team

Eco 2014-2016 Planning

CLICK HERE FOR ECO PLANNING 2013-2016 which shows ECO progress to date and will be added to throughout the year.

A very productive meeting with old and new ECO reps led by Miss Gallagher in her classroom Hut 3.
The group has decided to maintain their work on Energy, Waste and Litter as well as tackling two new topics over the next two years:

SCHOOL GROUNDS
TRANSPORT

ACTION POINTS:
Think of a new name for the Eco Group
Meet Ms Gallagher on Monday to arrange RagBag Appeal

Eco Meeting 24.10.14

What a wonderful and productive Eco meeting today. Thank you to all the brilliant Eco reps who came along to share their ideas for the upcoming year.

It was great meeting with you all. 

Miss Gallagher 

ChangeWorks Litter Assembly

Joe Alves gave a Waste Reduction presentation to P4-P7 pupils at Assembly on Friday 10th October, with a particular focus on Litter.

Miss Kirsty Gallagher takes on the role of Eco Leader and will be working with the Eco Group after the October holiday.

Joe Alves, ChangeWorks

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ChangeWorks Waste Reduction Workshops

Joe Alves from ChangeWorks provided interactive workshops for P7 pupils using voting tools at the annual P7 Conference on Thursday 25th September.

ECO 2014-2015

New Eco Reps

Congratulations to our new Eco Reps who were elected by their classmates. This year P3 pupils will be working together on a separate Eco project throughout the year, so only P4-P7 Eco Reps will be involved in the Eco meetings. Miss Gallagher, P3 Class Teacher,  will meet with new and old reps after the October holiday. Ms Christie and Ms Gallagher will also support the work of the Eco Committee and everyone looks forward to maintaining and building on all the excellent work undertaken by the group.

New reps 2014-2015
P4 Lucy, Alice, Calum
P5 Seamus, Eric, Ryan
P6 Peigidh, Jane, Esther
P7 Theo, Sahaj, Alexander

Reps from 2013-2014
P4 Evelyn, Sarah, Layla
P5 Rose, Sophie, Laiba
P6 Theo, Ava, Jessica
P7 Dylan, Eva, Iona

Thank you, Mr Kearton!

The Eco Team has been effectively and tirelessly led by Mr Iain Kearton. He has been ably supported by Mrs Susan Mackay and Mrs Sally Nowell, with wonderful input from parents Phoebe and Corrine, and the entire team of pupils, staff and parents has achieved a tremendous amount this year under his direction.

On 23rd May, Mr Kearton organised a fantastic celebration at Lauriston Castle as a 'thank you' for the energy, enthusiasm and dedication the pupils have put into Sciennes' many eco-projects and pilots this year. Read here about the huge amount achieved on the Eco Team Blog and view photos from the Lauriston Castle event.

We want to thank Mr Kearton for all his hard work and expertise in leading the Eco Team so successfully and with a fond farewell, we wish him and his family every happiness as they get ready for their new adventure in the north of Scotland.

Lauriston Castle

On 23rd May, the eco-group were invited to the idyllic grounds of Lauriston Castle as a 'thank you' for the energy, enthusiasm and dedication they have put into Sciennes' many eco-projects and pilots this year.

The eco-group have achieved a huge amount in 2013-14 and this is due overwhelmingly to the willingness of our eco-reps to come forward with ideas and take on new challenges - without such an enthusiastic group of class reps we would have achieved a fraction of our aims for the year!

Our trip to Lauriston Castle was a fitting end to the school year. We had a full day of exploration and discovering, as the photos below show. Our eco-reps were fascinated by pond dipping, leaving just enough time for a quick bit of den building after lunch. Many thanks to Theo's dad for supporting our trip - always take a biologist with you on a field trip!

Our current eco-reps will continue to represent their classes in the next session until a new group is elected in September or October.

Well done eco-team on a rewarding and productive year's work and thanks for being such a great bunch to work with!

The eco-group in action!