Moray ECO-WARRIORS

(a.k.a The Eco-Committee)

Moray Primary School

kick-started their very
own Eco-Committee in
October 2007 and the
team have been going
from strength to
strength ever since!

Here some of us are

having an eco-meeting at lunchtime!

Our Action Plan Topics for 2008/09 are as

follows:

1. Waste Minimisation
In the last year we have
improved our recycling of
paper to include plastic
bottles, paper towels and
cardboard – thanks to the
Primary 6’s who collect the
blue bags/bins every Friday and take it to Oran’s
blue container located in the car-park. We count
the number of bags collected each week and now
we are trying to reduce that amount.
NEXT STEP:
Our action plan will involve reducing
the amount we recycle to include
reuse of paper/card and using both
sides of paper when writing and
photocopying.
We want to make a ‘Plastic
Greenhouse’ by reusing 2L bottles
from school and home.
We also have a compost bin in the school garden where we put our
garden waste, fruit and vegetables, shredded paper and blue paper
hand towels – thank-you to Primary 5a for collecting the waste from
the classes twice a week (and the staffroom after every lunchtime –
those teachers get through a lot of bananas and apples!)

NEXT STEPS:
Our action plan is to use the compost in our ‘Outdoor Classroom’ as
well as in classes who wish to grow plants. We want to look at the
Dining Hall waste to see what we can use in our compost bins – so
we are organising a ‘Day of Action’ in January 2009 called ‘Nae
Packaging Today Please!’.

2. Litter
Moray PS have been litter-picking for a couple
of years now. We currently have 5 litter-picking
devices available for any pupil who wishes to
do their bit to help the school environment.
But Mr Cuthell (our janitor) still has to go out
at the end of the breaks to tidy up!

NEXT STEPS:

Our action plan, which is now underway, will

involve reducing the amount of litter being
thrown down on the playground by educating
pupils again, explaining the basis of ‘Keeping
Scotland Tidy’. We hope to
invite a speaker to our
assemblies to help with
this.

We have organised a rota system of Litter

Patrollers in the front and rear playgrounds.
The Eco-Committee also wants to buy more
bins as well as litter-picking devices. Mr
Cuthell now has his own traffic lights for the playground. The whole
school must try to get green every break and lunch within their
own playground to win extra playtime! The P1-3s are doing a great
job already!

3. School Grounds
Moray have a huge amount of space to the
rear of the school which the Eco-Committee
would love to develop. Their ideas resulted
in an ‘Outdoor
Classroom’ theme,
which is underway as
we write! Primary 3
designed and painted
plants and animals on the wall at the front of
the school with a Community Artist last year.
We currently have a wildlife garden in the far
corner of the rear playground; cared for by
the P5’s Green Gym and Mrs Watson.

NEXT STEPS:
Mrs Gallagher & Mrs Furay are currently designing a Mural for the
school to represent Moray’s place in the community with the aid of
pupils in P6 and 7. We are continuing to develop the wildlife-garden
and Outdoor Classroom idea. Mr Connochie is organising falkirk
council to paint a T-Junction for cycling proficiency on the
playground and we have been researching into playground games
which can be painted on the tarmac. We need bird boxes and a log
pile and more trees/shrubs planted, hopefully within the Outdoor
Classroom.