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Raynham Children compare Edmonton in the UK and Edmonton in Canada

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Raynham Children compare Edmonton in the UK and Edmonton in Canada

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Children at Raynham were exploring about the similarities and differences between Edmonton in the UK and Edmonton in Canada. Enjoy looking at some of their findings and research.

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Click on the link for a short slideshow featuring Edmonton's downtown area and its gorgeous river valley:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTmVbTCgsDJCuhFreu5TJ3ZWuieNZBEq6hjgtdEdERrXAh8jfvQggxLvXIoCQ6qWJB7olztIG_7BW7F/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=30000

Click on this link if you'd like to see maps of our River Valley park system:
https://www.edmonton.ca/activities_parks_recreation/parks_rivervalley/river-valley-trail-maps

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Raynham House Captains attend TfL Stars Regional Awards Ceremony

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Raynham House Captains attend TfL Stars Regional Awards Ceremony

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Raynham House Captains, who also represent our Eco-Ambassadors, have attended TfL Stars Regional Awards ceremony on Monday 22nd May 2023 that took place at Kia Oval in Vauxhaull. They have proudly collected our award for TfL Stars Regional Award for Sustainable Trave.

As part of the amazing day, they had an opportunity to participate in a range of workshops with other winning schools across London and share ideas about issues pertinent to London, such as air pollution and how can we contribute to make it cleaner by choosing more sustainable means of transport, including walking, cycling or using the scooter. When travelling over longer distances across London, they looked at public transport in place of cars.

We also considered how beneficial it is for our school to be part of Superzones and having School Streets scheme outside our school which is positively contributing to calming the traffic around the perimeter of our school, making the area safer and cleaner for our children and the community.

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Raynham Eco-Warrior Reporters design high visibility vests with messages to encourage others to take action on littering in our area. Look at their amazing messages!

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Raynham Eco-Warrior Reporters design high visibility vests with messages to encourage others to take action on littering in our area. Look at their amazing messages!

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Let's Take Walk to School with Wildlife Challenge

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Let's Take Walk to School with Wildlife Challenge

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Raynham children are encouraged to take the walk with wildlife challenge between 15th May and 19th May 2023. The week has the themes for each day of inclusion, sustainability, health, mindfulness and friendship.

There is a competition for designing a poster to encourage others in our community to consider walking, scooting or riding a bike. When travelling longer distances, looking at more sustainable means of transport instead of using a car.
Winning entries will receive a prize and posters will be posted on the padlet to share with our peers in Canada.

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RAYNHAM CHILDREN RECOGNISED AS 'WONDERFUL AMBASSADORS' FOR SUSTAINABILITY

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RAYNHAM CHILDREN RECOGNISED AS 'WONDERFUL AMBASSADORS' FOR SUSTAINABILITY

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Raynham children are proud to be recognised for their sustainability contributions as the school receives the International School Award Intermediate Certificate awarded by the British Council as well as becoming the regional winner of the TfL STARS Sustainable Travel STARS Award for North London. Furthermore, Eco-Schools praises our children as ‘wonderful ambassadors for Eco-Schools’ as it awards Raynham with Eco-Schools Green Flag with merit.

This is an incredible achievement by our children and the school community resulting from strong collaborations with a wide range of partners including Trees for Cities, The River and Canal Trust, Bread n Butter, and Constable Daniel Woodall Primary School, Archives and Museum, both in Edmonton, Canada.

Throughout the year, the children have been contributing to developing green spaces across our school grounds creating amazing outdoor learning opportunities, participating in the design as well as planting workshops.  They are also actively engaged in reducing littering in the school and our local community, growing vegetables and fruits as well as issues on air pollution, the importance of sustainable travel and sharing these experiences with their peers in Canada. Our children demonstrate their role as local and global citizens which is encapsulated in the school's sustainability ethos 'Care for Our World'.

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Eco-Warriors Reporters investigate litter in our local environment

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Eco-Warriors Reporters investigate litter in our local environment

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Our Eco-Warriors Reporters have joined our after school club delivered in collaboration with The River and Canal Trust. They were wearing their high visibility vests with the key messages they have themselves designed to educate other about the importance of taking action on littering in our local area.

They worked collaboratively investigating about littering in our local area and have collected over 5 bags of litter!

We will continue to explore these issues, designing leaflets and banners to engage our local community on taking action on this important issue.

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Children from both our schools have met through Google Online meeting in Spring 2 term to share what we are proud of so far and what shared projects we would like to focus on during Summer term.

The children came up with amazing reflections and ideas, demonstrating great understanding of sustainability issues at our local as well global level.

We look forward to the collaboration during Summer term.

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Raynham children challenge themselves in the London Mini Marathon

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Raynham children challenge themselves in the London Mini Marathon

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34 children represented Raynham at the London Mini Marathon that took place in Central London on 22nd April 2023 and they were amazing!

We look forward to participating next year!

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Our work at Raynham Primary | Trees for Schools

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Raynham partnership with Trees for Cities

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Raynham partnership with Trees for Cities

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Raynham is proud of our collaboration and partnership with Trees for Cities who are helping to develop amazing green spaces in our school.

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Our work at Raynham Primary | Trees for Schools

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Constable Daniel Woodall staff and parents raise funds for iHuman and Mustard Seed

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Constable Daniel Woodall staff and parents raise funds for iHuman and Mustard Seed

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Staff and parents sold 50/50 tickets at an Oil Kings game, donating our portion of the sales to two local organizations, iHuman and Mustard Seed. iHuman supports youth, both with and without their own children, obtain skills through various arts programs. Mustard Seed supports citizens seeking assistance with food insecurity, housing, resume building and skills to enter the labour force. Each organization received $2400.

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Students at Constable Daniel Woodall raising money for the earthquake in Turkey

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Students at Constable Daniel Woodall raising money for the earthquake in Turkey

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After learning about the effects of the earthquake in Turkey, students from several grades worked together to raise awareness and money for relief efforts. We are currently collecting "Toonies for Turkey" (the toonie being our $2 coin). In addition, grade 6 students made bookmarks and are selling to our grade 4, 5, and 6 students over the coming weeks.

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Enjoy reading about the Edmonton partnership between Raynham Primary in Edmonton, UK, Constable Daniel Woodall Primary in Edmonton, Canada and Archives and Museum in Edmonton, Canada.

Explore finding out about the historical links between Edmonton, UK and Edmonton, Canada as well as about the amazing things our children are doing to raise their and others awareness about the importance of becoming more sustainable by taking action, and even small steps, on reducing our impact on the planet.

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Raynham Newspapers Edmonton Partnership Edition

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Enjoy reading about Edmonton partnership between Raynham Primary in Edmonton, UK, Constable Daniel Woodall Primary in Edmonton, Canada and Archives and Museum in Edmonton, Canada.

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Y4 Healthy Eating and Cooking in partnership with Bread and Butter charity

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Y4 Healthy Eating and Cooking in partnership with Bread and Butter charity

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During the Autumn term, our Year 4 children have participated in a 7-week course aimed at developing their understanding of healthy eating and cooking. The course was delivered by the Bread and Butter charity and contributed to our children learning a range of cooking skills and methods. The children thoroughly enjoyed each session, tasting the amazing food they prepared.

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Lanterns workshop for Fore Street Festival in partnership with Fore Street for All

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Lanterns workshop for Fore Street Festival in partnership with Fore Street for All

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Our Year 5 children have participated in a workshop led by artist Sian Dorman designing lanterns for the Fore Street Festival, which was organised by Fore Street for All.  The children upcycled materials such as milk bottles, plastic bottles and cartons of juice to design their lanterns. These were then used to decorate Fore Street for the festival on Thursday, 1st December 2022. Many children and parents have visited the festival to view the amazing lanterns that the children have made and enjoyed the range of activities offered to our local community, such as a silent disco and meeting a reindeer.

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Raynham children and school community raising money for the victims of Turkey and Syria earthquake

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Raynham children and school community raising money for the victims of Turkey and Syria earthquake

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Following the tragic earthquake in Turkey and Syria, our children and our school community have began raising money for the victims.. On Friday, before half term holidays, we had a non-uniform day, encouraging each other to donate money. So far, we have raised just over £2,000. All the money raised have been donated to the Emergency Fund for Turkey and Syria with the British Red Cross.

Our Eco-Ambassadors and House/Vice Captains have come up up with many other ideas to continue to fundraise, which we are planning to do during different stages of the academic year.

Our thoughts are with all who are affected by this tragedy.

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Raynham children assembly on personal road safety

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Raynham children assembly on personal road safety

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On Wednesday 8th February 2023, our two local police officers came to our school and delivered an assembly to our Year 5 and Year 6 children. The talk has focused on children developing greater awareness of the importance of maintaining personal safety whilst walking on the road and travelling on public transport. The talk also included awareness about knife crime and how to keep safe.

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Raynham children picking up litter at lunchtimes

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Raynham children picking up litter at lunchtimes

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Our children are taking their responsibility seriously in helping to 'care for our world', starting with taking action on our school's ground. Children across different lunchtimes are helping to collect litter from our playground and keep our playground clean. They are effectively and safely using litter picking equipment and are encouraging each other to ensure that litter always goes into bins.

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Raynham House Captains collect £1000 cheque awarded by Waitrose as a part of Give a Little Love Scheme

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Raynham House Captains collect £1000 cheque awarded by Waitrose as a part of Give a Little Love Scheme

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Our House Captains have travelled to Waitrose in Enfield Town to collect £1,000 cheque from their Partner & Community Activator. We would like to say A BIG THANK YOU to Waitrose for awarding us this amount through their Give a Little Love Scheme and for being so kind and welcoming during our visit. We are looking forward to using the funding for purchasing bark fencing for our edible garden area which will create a safe gardening space for our children. We will also get some more gardening equipment and seeds/seedlings for our edible garden so that our children can help look after our growing areas during lunch gardening clubs.

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Get Active - Raynham Year 5 and Year 6 Bikeability Training

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Get Active - Raynham Year 5 and Year 6 Bikeability Training

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As part of our school's drive to become more sustainable, including choosing more sustainable means of travel, our Year 5 and Year 6 children are acquiring the practical skills to cycle safely and with confidence on today's roads through Bikeability training taking place from 6th February to 10th February. 24 of our children are participating in this amazing opportunity that will see them prepared to use their bikes for short journeys such as cycling to school.

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A Bronze Shield and a Union Jack  - Our Second Connection (Part One)

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A Bronze Shield and a Union Jack  - Our Second Connection (Part One)

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On July 24, 1919, a ceremony involving nearly 12,000 schoolchildren and 4,000 parents was held in Pymmes Park in Edmonton, London. The ceremony, to celebrate the conclusion of the First World War, included the unfurling of a 27 foot Union Jack. The money for the flag was raised by donations of pennies and halfpennies from the school children of Edmonton, London. In April of 1920, the flag and a bronze shield (pictured) were sent to the schoolchildren of Edmonton, Canada as a gift to thank the servicemen of Canada for their “valour and bravery” during the First World War.

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September 1, 1920 Edmonton, Alberta Photo Credit: Glenbow Library and Archives at the University of Calgary ND 3-564

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A Bronze Shield and a Union Jack - Our Second Connection (Part Two)

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A Bronze Shield and a Union Jack - Our Second Connection (Part Two)

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While awaiting the arrival of the Union Jack and bronze shield from Edmonton, London ceremony preparations were being made in Edmonton, Canada. On September 1, 1920 all the schoolchildren of Edmonton, Alberta were in attendance on the grounds of Memorial Hall for the presentation of the shield and unfurling of the Union Jack. It’s an interesting fact that there were about the same number of students (12,000) as in Edmonton, London. The shield was attached to the flag pool but unfortunately disappeared shortly after its installation. In 1986 the owner of an antique bookstore came across the shield in the back room of his store. Understanding its historical importance, he brought the shield to the Archives and Museum where it is now on permanent display. Sadly, we do not know what became of the Union Jack.

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_1 Spectators at Flag presentation Edmonton, AB 1920  P86.14.18

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On May 2, 1670, King Charles II of England granted a royal charter to what became known as the Hudson’s Bay Company. The headquarters of the Hudson’s Bay Company was on Fenchurch St. in London. The charter gave the company exclusive rights to trade for furs in all the area of North America that had rivers which flowed into Hudson Bay. The company built trading posts or "forts" along the shores of Hudson Bay and James Bay and by the late 1700s had built trading posts further inland along the rivers.

The connection between Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Edmonton, London, England began more than 225 years ago.  In 1795, the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) built a trading fort which was named Edmonton House, or Fort Edmonton, after Edmonton, Middlesex, England as it was the home of Sir James Winter Lake, the deputy governor of the HBC at the time. Today a plaque marks the location of his home: http://openplaques.org/plaques/6416

Fort Edmonton had four locations throughout its history. In 1830, it was relocated to what would be its final location. It was around this fort that present day Edmonton, Alberta began.

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Edmonton in London is covered in a blanket of snow...

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Edmonton in London is covered in a blanket of snow...

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Raynham Primary School is closed today...this is what happens in London, UK when we get snow!

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The Edmonton Partnership (UK and Canada) - How It Began

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The Edmonton Partnership (UK and Canada) - How It Began

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One of the items on display at Edmonton Public Schools Archives and Museum is a bronze plaque sent to the school children of Edmonton, Alberta from the school children of Edmonton, London (historically Middlesex), England in 1920.

In late 2019, a staff member at the Archives and Museum, upon realizing that the 100th anniversary of the gifting of the plaque was approaching, thought it would be nice to establish a new connection between the two Edmontons. Some initial contacts were made however the COVID pandemic brought planning to a halt. Thanks to the continued interest of staff at Raynham Primary School in England and Constable Daniel Woodall School in Canada, The Edmonton Partnership was begun in September of 2022.

We are looking forward to seeing where this new connection will take the students from both sides of the Atlantic as they share about their communities and explore common goals and concerns.

More about the 1920 plaque, as well as another connection between the two Edmontons, will appear in later posts.

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Raynham House Captains and Eco-Ambassadors meet with children from Constable Daniel Woodall Primary School in Edmonton, Canada

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Raynham House Captains and Eco-Ambassadors meet with children from Constable Daniel Woodall Primary School in Edmonton, Canada

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Raynham Primary School has formed a partnership with the Constable Daniel Woodall Primary school and with Archives and Museum, both in Edmonton, Canada. Our House Captains and Eco-Ambassadors joined the first online meeting with the children in Canada, sharing their views on climate change and the issues we are facing locally as a result. They were excited to learn about each other, with our children amazed at how cold the temperatures tend to get in Canada whilst children in Canada were surprised by how many people live in London! We look forward to sharing lots of our ideas and activities through our partnership padlet. https://padlet.com/ibejaoui308/q8wcq5mnufflgig6

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Year 4 Healthy Eating and Cooking in partnership with Bread and Butter charity 

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Year 4 Healthy Eating and Cooking in partnership with Bread and Butter charity 

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During Autumn term, our Year 4 children have participated in a 7 week course aimed at developing their understanding of healthy eating and cooking. The course was delivered by Bread and Butter charity and contributed to our children learning a range of cooking skills and methods. The children have thoroughly enjoyed each session, tasting the amazing food they prepared.

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Get Active - Bikeability Training at Raynham for Year 3 and Year 4 children

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Get Active - Bikeability Training at Raynham for Year 3 and Year 4 children

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During November, our Year 3 and Year 4 children have participated in Bikeability Level 1 training delivered by Cycle Confident. The children learned a range of riding skills as well as explored road safety whilst riding a bike. All the children have successfully completed their training and received certificates and badges.

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Lanterns workshop for Fore Street Festival in partnership with Fore Street for All

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Lanterns workshop for Fore Street Festival in partnership with Fore Street for All

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Our Year 5 children have participated in a workshop led by artist Sian Dorman designing lanterns for the Fore Street Festival, which was organised by Fore Street for All.  The children upcycled materials such as milk bottles, plastic bottles and cartons from juice to design their lanterns. These were then used to decorate Fore Street for the festival on Thursday, 1st December 2022. Many children and parents have visited the festival to view the amazing lanterns that the children have made and enjoyed the range of activities offered to our local community such as silent disco and meeting a reindeer

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Deputy Mayor of London and Mayor of Enfield Visit to Raynham

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Deputy Mayor of London and Mayor of Enfield Visit to Raynham

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On Monday 21st November 2022, Raynham welcomed Joanne McCartney the Deputy Mayor of London and Cllr Doris Jiagge Mayor of Enfield alongside with visitors from Enfield Council, Public Health and Trees for Cities representatives. Our House Captains and Eco-Ambassadors shared with them about the actions we are taking on air pollution and how we are incorporating sustainable actions through the range of activities we are doing in our school. The visitors have looked at the positive impacts of our School Streets scheme towards reducing air pollution at school peak times alongside the improvements to road safety for our children during start and end of school day.

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Find out about Edmonton, London through the eyes of a local poet, Keith Mowatt

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Find out about Edmonton, London through the eyes of a local poet, Keith Mowatt

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Go on a journey in time and explore about what Edmonton in London was like as seen through the eyes of a local poet who has lived in Edmonton most of his life. The journey will take you back to the second world war through to the present time.

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The Edmonton Partnership (UK and Canada)

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The Edmonton Partnership (UK and Canada)

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We are all excited to form a partnership with Constable Daniel Woodall Primary School, Archives and Museum, both in Edmonton, Canada, and with Raynham Primary School in Edmonton, London in the United Kingdom.

Click on any of the links below to find out more about each partner.

https://constabledanielwoodall.epsb.ca/

https://archivesmuseum.epsb.ca/

https://raynhamprimaryschool.co.uk/

We look forward to sharing lots of our experiences and ideas through our partnership padlet.

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Here is another fantastic example of what we have learned while researching the Red Wriggler Worm Composting method. What is your favorite fact about red wriggler worms?

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In M 13 we have been learning about how to create a worm composter. As we watched the wriggly creatures grow we have been excited to learn more their habitat, food sources and appearance over time. Each student created a google drawing (digital poster)of their findings.

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Here is another simple yet vivid way to share what we have learned through art.

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As worked through our Unit, M13 thought about what it meant to proudly become "Waste Warriors' in our community. We considered ways to send the message to the students in our school about how to safely dispose of waste. Linking to Social Studies (we had studied Alberta's Coat of Arms) we create a Waste Warrior Coat of Arms to share our message!

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For this experiment the student's in M13 created our own composters using only a soda bottle and organic materials. We separated each layer of organic matter with dirt and wood shavings. It was important to keep the compost damp. We found it helpful to add waste from our own lunches and to watch the process of decomposition over time.

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Wren and Jimin in M16 also worked hard to collaboratively create their poster.

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Here is another sample from Tejas and Xander in M16.

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Here is another sample of a Red Wriggler poster from Riya in M16.

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In M16 we have our own composting worms. We carried out research and organized our information into posters to inform an audience about amazing Red Wrigglers! Here is a sample from Rose and Alivia in M16.

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Check out this online game to see how we sort waste in Edmonton. I wonder if there are any similarities between Edmonton, Canada and Edmonton, England?

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Learn about City of Edmonton's waste diversion programs in a fun way with our brand new What Goes Where? waste sorting game. Sort materials correctly and win fun items to build your own digital park!

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Students in M16 have been thinking about packaging and it's harm on the environment. They used the table provided to evaluate the effectiveness of these common wrappers and packaging methods.

Think carefully... how can we reduce our waste that goes into a landfill? How could some of these companies package their item in a better way?

Here is sample from Malcolm in M16.

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When we began our Science Unit, students in M16 thought carefully about how to dispose of items in their homes. They added their own items as well.

Here is a sample from Cairo in M16 class.

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Students in M16 examined different ways that we dispose of waste. We evaluated these methods and reflected on the pros and cons of each method disposal. Which method do you think is the worst for our environment? Which methods do you think are best at keeping our landfills empty?

Here is a sample from Artin M16 class.

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Here is another sample from M16, can you think of any alternatives for these products at home? What is the best way to store them safely?

Here is a sample from Riya in M16 class.

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Hazardous Materials Home Activity 2022 - Riya

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Students in M16 looked in their home, with an adult, to identify materials that had Hazardous Symbols on them. We discussed methods to safely handle these items, how to dispose of them and also cleaner alternatives in our homes. Here is a sample from Anthony in M16 class.

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On 1st November, children have planted trees and bushes in collaboration with our partner Trees for Cities.

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Raynham Eco-ambassadors and house captains worked together last week to raise the profile of air pollution.

The children learned about the type of air pollution and possible health concerns linked to it.

Together we want to take action on air pollution and give our children clean air to breathe.

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Please find attached the link to Raynham Newspapers - Sustainability Issue 1 featuring stories about our journey in Sustainability and all the hard work we have been doing across the school. The newspapers also include a section on ideas and tips from our Eco-Ambassadors.

https://read.bookcreator.com/WOqnjyFXKcd2l6j9bkBtniNehhS2/86rCZp3FT6CfmnRKND2UeA

Enjoy reading the papers.

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Raynham Newspapers Sustainability Issue 1

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Sustainability Issue 1 featuring articles from Eco Ambassadors | Find thousands of free educational ebooks for classroom use at read.bookcreator.com

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Air Pollution Logo Designed by one of our Raynham children in Year 6

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Air Pollution Logo Designed by one of our Raynham children in Year 6

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One of our children in Year 6, has designed this amazing air pollution logo.

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During June, a group of Year 5 and Year 6 children at Raynham worked collaboratively designing Clean Air Superhero display. They researched about the impact of air pollution and what can we do about it. This is now displayed in one of our halls.