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with support from the school staff, Cross Ash Primary School in
to put their own ideas into action. Monmouthshire ran the Big
Examples of positive action arising School Birdwatch in every class as
from environmental learning in the part of their Outdoor learning,
classroom: STEM and ICT. Each class
completed bird watches in their
Pembrey School in Carmarthenshire school grounds and participated in
give each year group an Eco-Schools a variety of bird themed activities
topic. Reception Class had the eco across the curriculum.
topic ‘Transport’ and their theme in
the Autumn Term was ‘What’s the Important STEM skills such as
healthiest way to travel to Pembrey classification and observation,
The Eco-Schools programme’s School?’ As a class they carried out a Mathematics objectives with data
framework can be used by your survey to see how pupils travelled to handling and progressive ICT skills
school to facilitate pupil-led action school and discovered they wanted using the data which they The World around us is full
for environmental change. more pupils to travel actively to collected were also key aims for
school. From here a Walk to School the project. of living things which depend
These actions can be carried out event was organised for the whole on each other for survival.
within classes or by a committee of school, during which the Reception Since completing the Big Computation is the
pupils and used across the whole pupils re-visited each class to repeat Birdwatch, Blwyddyn 6 decided to foundation of our digital
school. By enabling pupils to turn the survey to see if more pupils create bird feeders to entice a world.
their learning into action, while still travelled actively to school. greater variety of species of birds
linking into key skills and ‘What to the school grounds during their Statistics represent data,
Matters’ statements, we build What Matters Statement links: gardening club (which is run by probability models chance,
confidence and the understanding volunteers at school). They made
Statistics represent data, fat balls, placed them around and and both support informed
that each person has the power to
probability models chance, to their delight, attracted a inferences and decisions.
affect change and inspire others.
and both support informed woodpecker which now continues
A key point to bear in mind is that
inferences and decisions. to visit the school!
the Eco-Schools programme is not
prescriptive, and a large element of
Our decision making impacts
the process is that it encourages
on the quality of our lives
learners to direct the path of
and the lives of others.
action. Being an Eco-School
therefore offers fantastic
Developing physical health
opportunities for creativity,
and well-being has lifelong
enterprise and risk taking, as
benefits.
learners are encouraged,