Emscote Infant School
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All Saints' C of E Junior School
Global Citizenship
Our One World Link schools project is about helping children and communities understand the need for a more responsible use of materials which avoids waste and pollution.
At All Saints we have chosen to focus on recycling plastic and to support a campaign to create a Global Plastics Treaty.
This term we have had fun making things by re-using what would otherwise be thrown away, making musical instruments and Artwork. We are also collecting lots of different materials to send off to TerraCycle recycling projects; crisp packets, old pens and old glue-sticks.
Year 6 members of Bo Club designed the poster below.
Last term Mrs Garrett did an assembly all about our new project with Bo. We are all looking at ways to reduce waste and be responsible with what we throw away. In poorer countries they don’t have the facilities to recycle plastic as we do, so it can cause a lot of problems. Our link schools are encouraging children to teach their parents about re-using plastic waste instead of throwing it away.
At All Saints we are collecting old pens, glue sticks and crisp packets and sending them off to TerraCycle.
Fundraising for One World Link
Members of our Bo Club helped to prepare the buckets which were then used to collect donations at 37 Panto performances in December and early January. The charity is delighted to have raised £8,500 and is very grateful for all the volunteers who made this possible. This included 7 families from the All Saints Warwick community.
Year 6 were delighted when our MP, Matt Western, came into school to talk to us about his role and then to answer a wide range of questions about various aspects of citizenship, from food poverty in the UK to Climate Action, nature and the plastic pollution problem. We made notes as he spoke.
In English we had written persuasive letters after researching an issue of our choice. We presented the letters at a whole school assembly and Matt was very pleased to have a tour of our school which he really liked.
