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Garlinge's What's Under Your Feet - March 2024

The Eco Warriors at Garlinge Primary School and Nursery once again set out on our dig to unearth invertebrates under our feet! Here are our results: 5 worms (10cm or longer) 2 worms (8-10cm) 1 ladybird Our efforts were observed by: 1 gull We noticed that we had much longer worms this time and less millipedes! We hope that our findings will be useful to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).

Posted by: Charlotte on 27th March 2024

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Garlinge's Big Schools' Bird Watch - 2024

On Wednesday 7th February, Garlinge Primary School and Nursery undertook the Big Schools' Bird Watch for the RSPB. We went to our dedicated nature area where we have a wildflower garden and feeders and kept watch. Our resident sparrows did not disappoint and we found it very difficult to keep track of how many there were. We got to about 60! We talked about the different types of gull that we have in the UK and were so excited to spot a great tit, a new visitor to our school. We would like to thank our site team for keeping the feeders full and the nature areas well looked after for our wildlife.

Posted by: Charlotte on 8th February 2024

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Garlinge's What's Under Your Feet - October 2023

The Eco Warriors at Garlinge Primary School and Nursery had a fantastic time taking part in their dig for the What's Under Your Feet? campaign and here are our results! : 5 worms, 3 millipedes and 1 spider. We look forward to the next part of the campaign which will take place in March and are curious whether there will be any differences in the amount / types of invertebrates we will uncover...

Posted by: Charlotte on 1st November 2023

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Garlinge's What's Under Your Feet - March 2023

The Eco Warriors at Garlinge Primary School and Nursery had a fantastic time taking part in their dig for the What's Under Your Feet? campaign and here are our results! : 5 worms 1 millipede 3 unknown/other We look forward to the next part of the campaign which will take place in June and are curious whether there will be any differences in the amount / types of invertebrates we will uncover...

Posted by: Charlotte on 13th April 2023

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Garlinge's What's Under Your Feet - March 2023

The Eco Warriors at Garlinge Primary School and Nursery had a fantastic time taking part in their dig for the What's Under Your Feet? campaign and here are our results! :

Posted by: Charlotte on 13th April 2023

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What's Under Your Feet - March 2022

On Wednesday 16th March, the Garlinge Eco Reps investigated which invertebrates were in our soil. We split up into two groups and explored two different areas around the school. Overall, this is what we found: 13 worms 2 millipedes 1 spider 1 grub We discussed why we might have uncovered fewer invertebrates in our soil during this dig compared to our October dig. Our reps thought it might be due to the fact that we are just coming out of winter and all the invertebrates are not active at the moment. We really enjoyed delving into the soil beneath our feet and we hope that our findings are useful to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). We look forward to the next part of the campaign which will take place in June and are curious to see what other differences in the amount / types of invertebrates we will uncover...

Posted by: Charlotte on 17th March 2022

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What's Under Your Feet - October 2021

On Wednesday 20th October, the Garlinge Eco Reps investigated which invertebrates were in our soil. We split up into two groups and explored two different areas around the school. Overall, this is what we found: 21 worms 3 slugs 1 ant 1 millipede 1 grub 1 caterpillar 2 unknowns Observing our efforts were: 1 house sparrow 2 collared doves We really enjoyed delving into the soil beneath our feet and we hope that our findings are useful to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). We look forward to the next part of the campaign which will take place in March and are curious to see what differences in the amount / types of invertebrates we will uncover...

Posted by: Charlotte on 2nd November 2021

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Big School's Birdwatch 2020

On Wednesday 5th February, the Garlinge Eco Reps took part in the Big School’s Birdwatch campaign by the RSPB. We went to a quiet part of the school so that we could observe birds peacefully and this is what we saw: 2 blackbirds 2 house sparrows 1 carrion crow 1 magpie 3 herring gulls 10 wood pigeons We talked about how important it is to give our nature a helping hand and the types of foods we can give to birds. We really enjoyed ticking off the birds that we saw and it gave us the opportunity to talk about all of the birds we see at school, such as our beautiful robins, jays, goldfinches, chaffinches and woodpeckers. We were disappointed that these regular visitors didn’t put in an appearance, however we understand that they were probably busy finding food elsewhere.

Posted by: Charlotte on 9th February 2020

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Switch Off Fortnight 2019 - Closing

On Wednesday 4th December, the Eco Warriors took to the classrooms throughout the school to see if our Switch Off message made an impression. During our first survey we found that: 28 lights were left on, 18 whiteboards were left on and 45 devices were left on. After our fortnight of campaigning we found that: 4 lights were left on, 12 whiteboards were left on and 24 devices. This means, we have saved 10.45 kWh of energy! If we carried on, we would save 2038 kWh of energy! That’s the equivalent of £8472 and 10 pence! Our Eco Reps delivered another spectacular assembly sharing the positive impact of our campaign and encouraging everyone to continue to do their part to save energy. Keep switching off everyone !

Posted by: Charlotte on 16th January 2020

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