Fairtrade Fortnight - What is your swap?

Earth Hour 2010

This year's theme is : Wear something bright, turn off the light!

Its your chance to make a statement about the need to care for the planet by turning off the lights for an hour.

We will be marking Earth Hour in school - find out details here closer to the date:

27th March.

RSPB Big Schools Birdwatch

From 18th January to 1st February it is the RSPB Big (and Little) Schools Birdwatch.

P3/4 have taken part by checking which birds are in the playground over an hour in the afternoon. They went outside to count the birds which landed in the school grounds or on the buildings.

They then entered the information online and looked at the ways it could be displayed in different types of charts.

They made some 'snappers'.

They had to think about the distinctive markings and colours of the birds we might see in Orkney.

Can you tell what they are?

Green Swans Meeting Summary

The Glaitness Green Swans met this afternoon in the library.

We discussed feedback from our Green Flag visit which we were all pleased about.

We also spoke about being involved in the paths project for the Peedie Sea and were keen to do this.

Mrs Rendall told us about the Orphir and Rousay Eco Blogs and we thought up a comment to add to them.

Finally, we thought about outdoor learning and our playground. We need to know what the classes think and decided how we would do this. Watch out in school for more information.

Our meeting finished at 3.25pm and we went back to report to our classes.

UN International Year of Biodiversity

2010 is the UN international Year of Biodiversity. To find out more have a look at the website.

We will be considering how we can encourage and support and maintain biodiversity around our school and the wider world through our Eco - Schools work.

Well done Rousay and Orphir!

Rousay and Orphir Schools have each set up an Eco Schools group and have begun a blog to share their progress. Do you have any ideas to share with them as they think about what they do already and plan actions for the future?

Radio Broadcast

Listen to Mrs Rendall and some of our pupils describe how we achieved our second green flag.