Bird Feeding Array!

The team working on the bird feeder finished their work today and here it is! At well over 2 metres high it should put off the cats, as for the squirrels we’ll have to see. It is now located in the year 6&7 playground. Well done to all involved, we look forward to see what visits.

Bird Watching

This weekend is the RSPB Big Garden Watch, to mark this we have had our own bird watch in the grounds. Unfortunately workmen were out and it was lunchtime meaning that only a few bold crows, doves, pigeons and magpies were around. We used the RSPB’s counting sheet to help us. To encourage more birds into our grounds we have now put 4 coconut feeders up and construction was started of our new bird feeding station (to be finished next week). Why not have a go counting the birds in your garden this weekend or make your own birdfeeders? You can find a link to instructions here. The rest of you spent the time composting and put the full composting caddies into the new composting bins (set up by the kitchens for now). There is now a collection rota and new compost caddie collection site in the year 6/7 playground where you can put your apple cores etc.

Compost Bins

No its not something out of doctor Who, today saw the arrival of the compost bins and compost caddies. We will now be able to start composting our lunchbox waste. Look out for the compost caddies to put your compostables into. Below is a picture of one we have in the staff room. There will also be a couple in the dining hall for those on packed lunches to use. More on this later.

Eco Survey

Today was an important day for our environmental work here at Bushloe. This morning during pupil voice time the new Action Team met. This was only the fourth meeting of the action team but a great deal has been done. The team heard about the progress of Eco Club and added their thoughts to the way the last Action plan had been carried out. full minutes will be published here in due course.

 In Eco Club today at lunchtime we carried out our follow up eco survey of our buildings. This is the first survey we have done since 2006 and so the first of our new building. We still have a bit of finishing off to get the survey complete and then we will compare our findings with 2006 and the Action Team will be able to set the new Action Plan. Again we will publish our findings here as they are published.

Trees, trees and more trees

The tree planting season will soon be over but there is still time left. This week we have had an offer of more free trees from the woodland trust. The trust offer all schools the choice of either hedgerow trees or young saplings plus a seedling pack. We have chosen the hedgerow, details here. Also Over Christmas five Oak saplings were generously given to be planted in the school grounds and will be rather special. Finally we have had a further offer today from Oadby and Wigston and the tree Wardens of some more trees. We had better get our spades ready! This Friday the focus of Eco Club will be the school energy survey. We need lots of volunteers to assess the energy efficiency of our new building.

Recycling News

The recycling “shed” is now up and running. Last Friday we collected 16 bulging sacks of recycled paper, in future we will be able to store it in the “shed” until collection. The success of this scheme is down to everyone putting their waste paper in the correct bin and then the dedicated team of volunteers collecting it. Well done to all involved, we will now look into futher ways to extend this scheme later this term.