Thank you all those who took part in the RCT 'Santa Appeal', we had 35 donations. We hope to do it again next year.
The ECO Committee are taking part in the RCT Christmas card recycling competition. All the details are in the flyer below.
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OUR SCHOOL LINK
We now have a school link with a school in Mbale, Africa. The ECO committee have homework ths week.......find out as much information about this country as possible!
Keep a watch on our ECO page as we will be sharing our emails correspondants between us and our new friends in Mbale.
We now have a school link with a school in Mbale, Africa. The ECO committee have homework ths week.......find out as much information about this country as possible!
Keep a watch on our ECO page as we will be sharing our emails correspondants between us and our new friends in Mbale.
The RAGS 2 RICHES collection made us £47. Thank you for all those who donated.
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The ECO committee hard at work. The pupils have been sorting the RAGS 2 RICHES bags and flyers to ensure each pupil has one.
The ECO committee also spend time counting money from evetns and sharing their experiences with pupils in class. |
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The next RAGS 2 RICHES colection will be on Monday 7th November. Please help support the ECO committee and donate as much as you can!
GOING GREEN
For
SIZE OF WALES
On THURSDAY 13TH OCTOBER pupils are invited to wear something green and donate £1.
Green shoes, socks, clothes, a hat, a hair clip or even a badge could be worn!
The money donated will be put into our ‘lend with Care’ account which will go towards helping people in other countries.
Size of Wales aims to bring everyone in Wales together to help sustain an area of tropical forest the size of Wales as part of a national response to climate change.
You can find more information about Size on Wales
http://www.sizeofwales.org.uk/about.html
For
SIZE OF WALES
On THURSDAY 13TH OCTOBER pupils are invited to wear something green and donate £1.
Green shoes, socks, clothes, a hat, a hair clip or even a badge could be worn!
The money donated will be put into our ‘lend with Care’ account which will go towards helping people in other countries.
Size of Wales aims to bring everyone in Wales together to help sustain an area of tropical forest the size of Wales as part of a national response to climate change.
You can find more information about Size on Wales
http://www.sizeofwales.org.uk/about.html
WELL DONE ECO......YOU DID IT!!!
The eco committee's wheelbarrow won the competition!
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The ECO Committee were fortunte enough to be invited to join Llantrisant Community Council and promote a gardening event.
The challenge set was:- 'Design a wheelbarrow with a Roald Dahl Theme.' The children met and discussed ideas and decided to theme the wheelbarrow around 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. They made a sweet wrapper river by recycling sweet wrappers, clay oompa-loompa, sweets, marshmallow trees and lots more. They decided on different plants and flowers that they wanted to use. The chose quotes from the book and also laaminated golden tickets. Thanks to Mrs Dart and Mrs Pemberthy for their help and ideas!! We hope our wheelbarrow will win the competition!!! WELL DONE ECO! |
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Click on the link above to access the poster from Llantrisant Community Council about the 'Fun Day' at Southgate Park on Friday 30th September.
ECO Committee 2016-2017
Welcome to eco
The ECO committee at Llantrisant Primary School has been running now for over 8 years. In June 2015 we were fortunate enough to gain our Platiunum Award.
The ECO committee and the school worked incredibly hard to gain this award!!
On this page we hope to share with you our targets, our achievements and hopefully information on what money is raised and where we have spent it to make our school the best ECO school around!
The ECO committee and the school worked incredibly hard to gain this award!!
On this page we hope to share with you our targets, our achievements and hopefully information on what money is raised and where we have spent it to make our school the best ECO school around!
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On Wednesday a few of the ECO Committee joined Mrs Geary on a trip to Maes Yr Haul Primary School in Bridgend we they attended a 'River Workshop' courtesy of the British River Council.
The pupils had the opportunity to take part in some fun games and activities including describing countries, a quiz on rivers and building a bridge using straws. The pupils were well behved and represented the school well and they are looking forward to sharing their knowledge with the ECO committee and school. |
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Tim from 'KEEP WALES TIDY' came to meet the ECO committee to talk to us about the new 'Yellow Fish' campaign.
We learnt that within RCT, in the River Clun in particular there is alot of water pollution. The aim is that we will spray yellow fish near the drains and people will stop putting polluted substances down the drains. Oil is the most dangerous of all! In September the ECO committee will be doing more yellow fish and asking the local council if we can put the yellow fish around Llantrisant to raise awareness. If you would like to learn more please have a look at this document https://naturalresources.wales/media/2627/wfd-docs-eng.pdf |
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Thank you to everyone who donated to RAGS2RICHES. We raised just over £78 for school.
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Dosbarth Porffor have been learning all about materials. They learnt that it is important to recycle and look after out planet. They are junk modelling using materials we brought in from home.
They have used paper mache to cover the cardboard and plastic......can you guess what its going to be? Keep an eye on here and they may show you next week!! |
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Well Done and Thank you to everyone who got involved and donated money for FairTrade.
We raised £78.
The money has been paid into our new 'Lend with Care' account so after the Easter holidays the pupils will have the opportunity to research people and places and decide who to donate their money to and who to help.
You can find more information about 'Lned with Care' on their website https://www.lendwithcare.org/
We raised £78.
The money has been paid into our new 'Lend with Care' account so after the Easter holidays the pupils will have the opportunity to research people and places and decide who to donate their money to and who to help.
You can find more information about 'Lned with Care' on their website https://www.lendwithcare.org/
EASTER ECO CHALLENGE
Take a photo of a minibeast in the environment
*bring your photos, they can be printed, emailed or on a USB to Mrs Geary by Friday 15th April
Take a photo of a minibeast in the environment
*bring your photos, they can be printed, emailed or on a USB to Mrs Geary by Friday 15th April
Below are some photos from the local food bank visit.
Today some of the ECO committee visited the foodbank to drop off our donations. It was very interested to meet the volunteers and learn more about food banks.
They were very grateful for our donations.
Below are some videos and photos of our visits, as well as alink to their website if anyone would like any more information.
They were very grateful for our donations.
Below are some videos and photos of our visits, as well as alink to their website if anyone would like any more information.
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As we are now a Platinum ECO School we were fortunate enough to be invited to the annual ECO awards at Cilfynydd.
The ECO chair and vice-chair accompanied Mrs Geary to represent Llantrisant Primary school and the ECO committee. The focus of the day was Global Citizenship. We listened to different people talking about Global Warming and the importance of looking after our environment. Before the event we spoke as a committee about what we felt was important in life and what we couldn't live without. |
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We celebrated Fairtrade Fortnight!
Highlighting the importance of Fairtrade and the need to support Food Banks is vital.
Here are some links to short videos that may help you learn more about these charities.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-150625
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drvPrMtXcaE
Here are some links to short videos that may help you learn more about these charities.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-150625
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drvPrMtXcaE
On Monday 7th March we had a day at school where we encouarged pupils and staff to wear something bright and colourful and donate £1 for fairtrade.
We collected over £70. This money is going to be put into our 'lend with care' account where we will decide who to donate our money to.
Thank you to everyone who dressed up and contributed, thank you also for all donations for the foodbank.
The ECO committee highlighting our FAIRTRADE letters. Each class had to design a letter using fairtrade symbols and packaging. The whole school got on board and the ECO committee were blown away with the amazing designs. Well Done Llantrisant Primary!
We are celebrating and raising awareness of the importance of Fairtrade. On Monday 7th March we will be holding a fundraising day where pupils can wear something bright and colourful and donate £1.
We are also asking for donations for the food bank and collecting fairtrade packing to make a collage.
The ECO committee will be spendng time over the nexrt few weeks learning more about Fairtrade, it'll be their job to feedback their knowledge to pupils in the school.
If you would like to know more about fiartrade have a little look at this video.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwT1eGyARhk
We are also asking for donations for the food bank and collecting fairtrade packing to make a collage.
The ECO committee will be spendng time over the nexrt few weeks learning more about Fairtrade, it'll be their job to feedback their knowledge to pupils in the school.
If you would like to know more about fiartrade have a little look at this video.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwT1eGyARhk
RAGS 2 RICHES
Don't forget RAGS 2 RICHES are coming to school tomorrow, Tuesday 23rd February.
Don't forget RAGS 2 RICHES are coming to school tomorrow, Tuesday 23rd February.
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FairTrade Fortnight
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As part of ESDGC the staff and pupils have decided to set up an account with LEND WITH CARE (you can find a link below). Lend with Care will help us to provide support to theose needing money in other countires. After fundraising we, as a school as able to bank the money and then usng the Lend with Care website we can choose who receives it, we can keep in contact with the people using the donations and see what the money is being spent on, how well their buinesses are going and if they are paying money back into the bank as they start to make profit.
Here is the link:
https://www.lendwithcare.org/info/how_it_works
Here is the link:
https://www.lendwithcare.org/info/how_it_works
For more information on Fairtrade please visit http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/
Recent News
Mrs Geary has recently joined the ESDGC cluster group that is being run by Bryn Celynnog School. The ECO committee and the school council will be working hard to incorporate ESDGC into school life. After half term we will be celebrating and highlighting the important of Fair trade. We hope to have a day of fun filled fundraising!!
Thank you all of you that have collected and donated your old Christmas cards, the ECO committee were very grateful. The RCT coordinator came on Wednesday and weighed our cards. Now we will just have to wait and see if we have one.
We are taking part in the RCT Christmas card recycling scheme. We are in with a chance of winning £300 if we collect the most Christmas cards!! Please help support us by bringing your old Christmas cards into school before the end of January.
