Our Eco Committee

HURRAY!

We were awarded our GREEN FLAG in October 2008.

The Eco School Committee now has responsibility for updating this page.

We are excited about the gardens at the back and front of the school. Miss Michie (who used to be a DHT in RDM) formally opened our new Quiet Garden at the front of the school.

She was very pleased to see the garden open as she had had many discussions about it when she had been the DHT at RDM before her retiral. We look forward to seeing the rose grow and blossom.

Getting our friendship path started

Every child in the Primary school had the chance to paint their own stone. Miss Devlin who oversees the Eco Committee watches the placing of one of the last stones. We have already received our Silver award as an Eco School. Well done to all the pupils, parents, staff and community who have worked towards this achievement.

We are really pleased with the work being done at the front of the school to make a pleasant improvement to our school. Here are some pictures of what is being done. We will add pictures as the work goes on.

School Audit

We had to do this to see what we had to do and make. We filled in the survey and looked at working points. We came up with many ideas and suggestions.  We will continue to work in small groups to make the school a better place.

Bulb Planting

We decided that every child in the school should be able to plant a bulb including the Autistic Base and Nursery. This took place at the front of the school. This made a wonderful and bright display.

The bulbs and gardening equipment were donated by Bonhard Nursery, ASDA & the Co-op. A big thank you for these donations.

Garden

The ECO Committee, in previous years, made plans for a garden at the front school gate.  We got Mr Dick, a gardener, to look at the plans.  He seemed to think they were good plans and put them into place.  The garden is now finished.  It is looking really good!

There are a few things left to do. We now look forward to more planting being done - then we can begin to really enjoy it!

Once our garden is finished it will be a great achievement.

We now have a Garden Club which meets every Monday to look after our school grounds. It makes the grounds look good - and we have fun doing it!

Eco School

 

Our wildlife garden

Lets butterflies come and go

Holds lots of insects

Even houses a hedgehog

To help life be nicer now

 

We have got new bins

And they are brightly coloured

With cool designs

We put more rubbish in them

No more rubbish on the ground

 

We like recycling

Paper, cardboard and much more

 It saves resources

And the school for the better

It will make a difference

 

By Ben Bannerman

Primary 7 wrote some Eco poems

Eco School

 

Quiet gardens are

Full of relaxing nature

Peaceful to play in

Wonderful environment 

It ties the school together

 

Compost bins save fruit

Rotten banana skins brown

Apples and pear cores too

Fresh cut grass going brown

For the flowers to grow strong

 

Hippos are thirsty

For the water in my toilet

One litre is enough

For my toilet to flush well

Help the world save its water 

 

By Gregor Ewart

Eco School

 

Gardening club help

Keep our school looking pretty

Use rakes and shovels

To plant some trees and flowers

After school on a Monday

 

Hippos in our loos

Save water each time we flush

A litre per use

Makes a better school all round

Not long until we save gallons

 

Our eco school rocks

We do lots of thing to help

Eco all the time

I think we deserve the flag

Have fun looking round my school

 

By Rebecca Greenhorn