Please Keep Our School Tidy competition

After the success of our wildlife photography competition last summer, the Parklands Eco Team would like to run another eco related competition over the summer holidays.

Littering on the school campus is becoming an increasing problem and not only looks unsightly but is harmful to the environment. With this in mind, we are running a competition to design an A4 poster entitled ‘Please Keep Our School Tidy’ to promote awareness of the issue and encourage everyone to take pride in our lovely school grounds. The competition is open to everyone on campus including Parklands, Harrington and Wilsthorpe students. All entries will be displayed around the school campus. There are three age groups: under 7s, 7-11, over 11s. A prize will be awarded to the winner from each age group.

All posters should be A4 in size with your name and age somewhere on the front – other than that it is completely up to you so be as creative as you can! You can use pencils or pens, paint, crayons, make a collage from recycled materials or use a computer to help you. You can enter as many posters as you like. The only rule is that it must be your own work.

The closing date for entries is 18th September. The winning poster from each school will be framed and displayed at Parklands and all entries will be displayed around the campus.

Good Luck!

Butterfly and Bee Garden

Have you noticed any bumblebees or butterflies enjoying the beautiful flowers in the garden we planted for them? I have seen lots and the flowers look really beautiful. Thank you to Miss Beecham who planted the garden for us (and thank you from the bees too!)

Give Bees A Chance day - 13th June

I am delighted to report that our "Give Bees A Chance" day at school was a great success. All the children dressed in black and yellow, some even had wings and antennae too! We had a talk from a beekeeper who brought in a hive with real bees to show us. I lead an assembly with a poem, bee jokes and a talk about why bees are in trouble and what we can all do to help. We had honey tasting at playtime and lots of bee-related learning during the rest of the day. Each child decorated a hexagon with their own bee or decorated flowers for our Parklands Beehive display. At home time, each child took home a copy of the Busy Bees newsletter and a packet of flower seeds to plant. The children got a lot out of the day and I think the staff enjoyed it too!

Val the Beekeeper shows the children inside a hive

 

Katelynn and Lucy try some honey - delicious!



Our bee-tastic assembly

Eli learns about tessellating hexagons

 

Luke having fun with the bee-bots





May and Sylvie with their bee poem




May and Tomas take home some flower seeds to plant




Part of the Parklands Beehive - can you see your bee?




Mrs Callaghan with the finished display




Liam plants his seeds in a special bee bucket



New recycled bottle feeders

We made two new bird feeders today out of old bottles - hope the birds will like them!

May with the new bottle bird feeder

Birdwatching Club today had a few good spots - 1 robin, 1 greenfinch, 1 wren and BOTD was 2 blue tits.

Mrs Longmoor

BOTD - Long-Tailed Tit

News from Birdwatching Club:
Between the snow flurries today we managed to see a few birds in the wildlife garden including my favourite the long-tailed tit plus a blue tit, robin, wood pigeons, two collared doves and a blackbird.

 

Mrs Longmoor

 



This mummy long-tailed tit certainly has her hands full!



 

Waste Week 11-15th March

Fed up of buying cling film or plastic sandwich bags for lunch boxes? Want to find a more eco alternative? The answer is the Onya reuseable sandwich wrap! They come in a range of gorgeous colours and keep any size of sandwich fresh all day.... Plus there is no waste as it is entirely reuseable. As part of Waste Week (11-15th March), we are selling these sandwich wraps in school at the bargain price of £4 each (RRP £6), available from Mrs Longmoor or Mrs Padley on the playground before school or from the office.

 

 

Rag Bag textile recycling

Our Rag Bag textile recycling bin has arrived! It is in the teachers's car park close to the main entrance to school. Please donate your old clothes, paired shoes and soft toys for recycling and reuse. The school receives a payment per kg that is collected. Rag Bag bags are available from the school office. Thank you.