We are delighted to announce that we are now an official ‘green flag’ Eco-School! Eco-Schools is a global programme engaging over 19 million children across 67 countries making it the largest educational programme on the planet. There are over 20,000 … Continued
Last week, we decided to participate in ‘The Great September Clean Up’. This is an annual event organised the campaigners ‘Keep Britain Tidy’. The Meadow and The Woodland Class took our new school litter pickers up to the woods for … Continued
Many thanks to the Coop for sending 2 very friendly ladies to teach us about Fair Trade. We worked as families to make paper bags which we sold to a shopkeeper. The shopkeeper paid us for the bags we made. … Continued
On Wednesday 26th February, the Eco-Committee and the School Council went on a trip to Ardley ERF near Bicester, to learn about what happens to our rubbish. The facility began operation in 2014, treating about 326,300 tonnes of non-recyclable waste … Continued
The Eco-committee are delighted to announce that due to the hard work of everyone in the school we have now achieved our Silver Eco-Award. This award is presented when the school can demonstrate that sustainability work has been completed in … Continued
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to our first ever recycling collection of second hand clothes using Bag2School! We received an amazing amount of clothes which were collected this morning and taken off for weighing and sorting. The … Continued
On Friday 24th January 2020, The Mountains class were visited by Cllr Norman MacRae MBE, Cabinet Member for the Environment at West Oxfordshire District Council. Norman taught us how rubbish is recycled and how our landfill waste can be used … Continued
On Thursday 23rd January, The Ocean and The Mountains Classes were able to try their hands at ‘willow weaving’. The Friends of Rollright very kindly paid for two workshops from ‘The Art Room’ and everyone was able to weave some … Continued
On Wednesday 22nd January 2020, The Mountains Class undertook a litter pick of Great Rollright village. Miss Bartlett organised the hire of special litter picking equipment and the class was split into three groups to cover as much of the … Continued
After a very successful start to becoming an Eco-School, we are very pleased to have been awarded our Bronze Award. This proves our commitment to the project and celebrates the fact that we have formed a committee, completed our environmental … Continued