Bruton School for Girls is launching a series of new Eco – Outdoor Education Workshops for visiting school children, taking place on Monday 17th June and Monday 24th June 2013. Set within the beautiful Somerset countryside, the workshops will be made up of three activities with small groups of 10 and 11 year old children from local primary and middle schools. Today’s event was with Oakfield Academy from Frome. The rural setting creates the perfect natural backdrop for the activities taking place and there will also be a traditional canvas bell tent and camp fire! Full Story: Read More
Children study science of ‘burping bacteria’
Children across Somerset are set to become experts on the “burping bacteria” that will soon be turning their waste food into clean, green power. In Recycling Week (17-23 June), all primary schools will receive a colourful educational pack on the science of the £10 million anaerobic digestion (AD) plant being built near Bridgwater. And part of the pack produced by Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) has been created by the duo behind the bestselling Horrible Science books, writer Nick Arnold and artist Tony De Saulles. Full Story: Read More
TEACHER INSPIRES FUTURE ECO-PIONEERS
Just as famous Langport resident Walter Bagehot inspired generations of political and economic thinkers, so one teacher at a Somerset school aims to inspire generations of eco-pioneers. Huish Episcopi Academy textiles teacher Catherine Robertson this Spring screened Susan Beraza’s Bag It (2010) film to more than 250 pupils in Year 9 as part of a long-standing course in making canvas eco-bags. Full Story: Read More