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 

Thank You!

Our Eco team, led by Mr Kearton and Mrs Mackay, raised an amazing £113.60 from their recent Ragbag appeal. Thank you to all families who kindly donated and supported our Recycling efforts. The money will be used for school resources.

Rag ad

Sciennes Primary is holding a rag bag collection on Wednesday 12th March.

Our eco-group have created this short ad to promote rag bag recycling in school. We hope you like it!

All clothes, textiles, pairs of shoes, fabric and materials are welcome. 

This is a good opportunity to give your wardrobe a spring clean as the warmer weather approaches, and bring in any old, out grown or worn out clothes.

We can accept the following items:

• All men’s, ladies' and children’s clothing
• Paired shoes (tied together)
• Handbags, bags, ties & belts
• Household linen & towels

We cannot accept the following items:

• Duvets both synthetic and feathered
• Pillows & cushions
• Carpets & Rugs
• Soiled or wet clothing
• Uniforms & workwear
• Shredded or mutilated textile material
• Textile off cuts, yarns or threaded material

All donations will be reused where appropriate, or recycled for other uses where they cannot be reused.

The more materials we can collect, the more funds we will raise for our school.

A bag will be sent home with each older sibling on or before Friday 7th March. If you need extra bags, please use plastic bags or sacks from home.

We are asking for bags to be filled and returned on Wednesday 12th March. We do not have space in school to store bags before they are uplifted, so PLEASE only return them on the 12th.

Here are some photos from the Advert shoot, taken in the Eco Garden. Thank you to parent helpers who supported with the after school activity.

Mr Kearton and the Eco Group

Power from the pupils

Visitors from the City Council's energy team paid a trip to P4 and P7 today, inspiring children with a very practical example of renewable energy in action.

 Using ScotMid's "Smoothie bike", 4A and 7A used pedal power to create healthy fruit smoothies. P4s and P7s have recently been exploring energy and renewable energy with our Science Specialist, Mr McKenna, and our visitors were impressed by children's knowledge and scientific thinking.

The smoothie bike gave us a practical experience of just how much power is needed to run everyday items. Opinion divided amongst the different groups as to the right balance of peach, pineapple or banana in their recipes, but all agreed that the bike itself was quite a cool thing.