Marybank Eco Blog

As part of our celebrations for Fair Trade Fortnight and National Spring Clean Week we are holding 3 events: 1. Bunting Party! Come and join us from 1.30pm onwards on Monday 14th March, and help decorate bunting. As part of Fair Trade Fortnight we are trying to be part of the longest line of bunting [...]

Members Miss Bate Gregor M Alex Ewan M Curtis                           1. Spring clean next tuesday                                        2.Look at job list                                        3.Label our folder                                        4.Brighten our notice board                                        5.Alex, Ewan M, Curtis to make a book about harvesting potatoes

Minutes of Eco Meeting       Miss Bate, Curtis, Ruaridh, Isla, Ewan, Chloe, Sam, Alex       The soup was delicious. We will grow potatoes next year. They were our best crop. We will also try to grow our leeks. We only made a few pounds profit so next year we will charge [...]

        Eco Day   Members who helped Miss Bate Mr Quigley Gregor M Alex Curtis Sam Chloe Ruaridh Gregor (ICT)   We posted our –eco-code and litter policy in every room in the school, notice boards and the village hall. We are litter picking nearly every day and we take it in [...]

Minutes of Eco-committee     Miss bate, Louise, Fraser, Aaron, Gregor M, Curtis, Ewan   The week improving our school grounds was great fun. We know what we want. Miss Bate has sent off all our work to the Playground Partnership. Caitlin and Ian put it on a disc and Mr Quigley helped us.   [...]

    Minutes Eco-Group   Members Louise, Gregor, Curtis, Ruaridh, Ewan, Grace   1.     The green house is lovely. After talking to everybody in assembly we have decided to grow herbs, peppers, tomatoes and sun flowers in the greenhouse. In the veggie beds we are going to grow carrots, radish, cabbages, broccoli, courgettes and lettuces. [...]

Eco Committee Minutes     Members John the Janny Zack’s Mum Ewan’s Mum Tom’s Mum and Dad Louise’s Mum and dad Alex’s Mum Zack’s Granny Miss Bate Gregor M Curtis Louise Alex   Lots of parents offered to help to build the greenhouse. They cut the bottles, washed them.     The eco-committee will take [...]

  Present Miss Bate Ruaridh Emma Grace Aaron Curtis Fraser Alex Gregor M Ewan M Ewan Alex   1.  We decided to count the bottles. We washed them and took off the labels. We have over 1000 and we will ask parents and John the Janny to help us build the greenhouse. We had a [...]

    Members Miss Bate Fraser Alex Gregor M Louis Grace     1.   The Big tidy up was a great success. Lots of parents came to help. We had finished by lunchtime.   2.   Alex managed to plant grass seed. Need to put tape across to stop everybody running across   3.   Alex and [...]

    Leonie Gregor Ewan Rhuie Iain Sam Grace  Aaron Miss Bate   1.    Leonie and Gregor have spoken to the Ross-shire journal. They will come to take a photo   2.    Mrs McClelland has said that she would like to do the fair trade. Miss Bate has registered us.   3.   Posters have been [...]