We have been learning bout mini-beasts with a focus on bees and the important role that they play in our ecosystem. As a hook to our unit on bees, we made a delicious fruit salad made from fruits that are pollinated by bees. Did you know that if there were no bees we wouldn’t be able to have yummy fruits?
In Year 2, we are passionate about protecting and saving our planet. Our lessons promote awareness of environmental topics that can have an impact on the world around us. Throughout our school and community, we work together as one eco-warrior team and make positive changes. During our topic lessons, we learned how to keep ourselves and our environment healthy. As a class, we learned how to read food labels and how they can help us make healthier choices. Here we are cooking our own healthy pizza!
Class 3D Italy recently performed their class assembly on what it means to be a Global Citizen - spreading the word to their fellow year 3 classmates and their parents. They also completed a 'week without worksheets,' can you guess how many sheets of paper and TREES they saved?
Energy Use: During our electricity unit, we learned about the different sources of renewable energy as a more sustainable approach to power usage. Some of the sources we explored were solar, hydro and wind power. Rainforests: In our most recent geography topic, we are exploring the amazing things rainforests provide us with, as well as the threats facing these ecosystems. We have looked at how different organisations, companies and individuals view the rainforest and how it should be utilised (or not).
For science week, Year 5 enjoyed collecting recycled materials. They then used these recycled materials to construct an aeroplane. During our topic on 'Extreme Locations' we explored the different environments around the world and the impact that global warming has. We used the laptops to research and create an information brochure on ways to prevent Global Warming.
Science week Year 4
Recyclable materials:
In Year 6, we visited Al Khor beach to take part in a beach clean up. As you can see, we were able to collect a lot of different pieces of rubbish. Some of the rubbish was what you would usually expect (bottles, packets etc.) however, we did find some very interesting items, as you can see. This linked in with a lot of our Eco Warrior themes - Climate Change, Litter, Marine & Coast and Waste.
School Garden We have a school garden that we are going to maintain. We also have raised beds where we are going to grow vegetable through a rotation system of soil preservation.
small posters to remind our classmates and teachers to turn the lights off when not in use.
Recycle Bins We have our recycle bins in every classroom which makes it easier to collect and separate the recyclable materials such as paper, cardboard and plastic from the general waste before they end up in landfills. By using recycle bins we can recycle more and more! We also recycle in the canteen now that it has opened again. ONLY WHITE PAPER! We have little green boxes in every classroom so we don't have to leave our classrooms to throw in white paper every time.
Oryx International school's has launched the 'Eco Warrior' Campaign to raise awareness among the school community and engage the students and teachers iin a number of sustainability activities. The initiatives include waste, recycling, planting and school trips.