Boys in Y5 to Y8 stepped up to play their part in helping to build a brighter and greener future as they participated in a wide range of activities for Earth Day 2023.
Throughout the day, the boys learned about climate change and the importance of protecting the environment, engaging in scientific activities looking at the water cycle, clean water, renewable energy through water wheels and wind turbines, and the impact of oil spills. They also acted as roving reporters to create news stories on and around the issues raised by Earth Day and debated climate change.
Looking at the three Rs (Reduce, Recycle and Reuse), boys engaged with coding to aid recycling, coding microbots to track which objects can be recycled to help to avoid wishcycling, which is putting something in the recycling bin and hoping it can be recycled when often it cannot. The boys learnt about the damaging impact that wishcycling has on the recycling process. For example, adding an unrecyclable item can contaminate a whole batch, making it unusable. They also got creative, creating eye-catching art by reusing plastic bottles to create a giant eagle and packaging tape to create incredible figure sculptures designed to interact with the school environment – watch out for them in the coming days around the school.
Outside the classroom, they also made a positive difference in the school environment by helping tidy the wildlife garden, building cold frames, constructing bug hotels by whittling elder and making bird feeders and planters from old bottles.
The teacher behind the day, Mr Mason, explained, “It has been wonderful to see the boys engaging in Earth Day with such enthusiasm. Throughout the day, the boys showed great investigative skills to research, discuss and debate environmental issues and climate change, and consider how they can make responsible choices and take social action to help their planet.”
