Primary School in Bridlington marks Earth Day
Our Lady and St Peter Primary School in Bridlington is running several initiatives through its different year groups to mark Earth Day.
A primary school in Bridlington is championing the environment as part of Earth Day.
Our Lady and St Peter is running several initiatives through its different year groups with the general theme of 'Restore Our Earth'.
They range from looking at the state of the oceans, learning about issues and doing green projects.
The school is part of St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Academy Trust, which also runs St Peter’s RC Primary and St Augustine’s RC Secondary in Scarborough, and it has been officially placed on the global ‘Earth Day’ map due to their continued commitment to protecting the environment.
The Trust is the only academy group in Yorkshire to feature on the worldwide map, which details how the schools will mark Earth Day today (Thursday 22nd April) this year.
Margaret Land, Sustainability Officer, for St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Academy Trust, said:
“Without any prompting, the children have delivered some fantastic questions for our speakers to answer. ‘Is moving to Mars a realistic solution?’ and ‘how can we make sure our voices are heard?’ are just a couple of the wonderful examples. Our students are passionate about how their daily actions impact on the environment around them, so the speakers are guaranteed to inspire.
“The theme for Earth Day this year is ‘Restore our Earth’, and our schools are continuing their commitment to protect the planet by planting trees, litter picking, making bird feeders and helping the wildlife to thrive. Every day is ‘Earth Day’ for the students and staff at St Margaret Clitherow as we continue to work towards the 2030 nationwide ‘Let’s Go (carbon) Zero’ campaign.”
Our Lady and St Peter RC Primary School in Bridlington, will be undertaking some seashore beach combing and litter picking. Children will be wearing themed green costumes - green in every sense - colour, recyclable/ recycled materials.
The school will be having a no electric-light day if at all possible, and a range of activities are planned looking at the bio-diversity of the school grounds and how it can be improved.