Students celebrate Earth Day
- Eco News
Primary students celebrated Earth Day and supported the school's first Sustainability Week last week.
Primary staff received carbon literacy training from Dr Claudia Hitaj from Luxembourg's Ministry of Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development. Dr Hitaj shared a fantastic presentation from https://carbonnerd.list.lu/ on ways to reduce emissions as a school and as Luxembourg citizens.
Primary Head Teacher Ms Nuttall officially opened the Primary Greenwall tree nursery, which was inspired by our partner school in Batokunko in The Gambia, who taught us about the UN project “The Great Greenwall” of Africa.
The Earth Day dress-up theme “Nothing new, Green and Blue” raised more than €330 for The World Land Trust, a charity chosen by the Eco-Agents.
Students from Years 1 to 5 enjoyed a variety of workshops, including “The Story of Stuff: What a load of rubbish!” by Target4Green, “The Great Treasure Hunt” by SDK and “Biodiversity and Bird Workshop” by Natur Emvelt. Year 3 students also took to the garden for the annual planting of sunflowers to help pollinators and birds around the school.
– By Ms McHugh, Sustainability Coordinator
