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Raynham Newspapers - Sustainability Issue 1

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Raynham Newspapers - Sustainability Issue 1

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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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Our children across the partnership will be exploring more about climate change.
Here are some resources and slides to help us all learn more.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Kv1wojYPzwb4H-7OQhsHN1yQitu1T5oi?usp=sharing

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International Walk to School Month - 'Walk for the World Challenge'

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International Walk to School Month - 'Walk for the World Challenge'

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Let's get everyone walking, cycling or scooting to school. Children can even design badges and posters to show which animal they would like to protect by protecting the environment.

At Rayham, our children have participated in an assembly about Walking to School and created posters for encouranging others to walk, scoot or bike to school as well as looking after animals in danger of extinction.

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October is International Walk to School Month, when thousands of children across the world will be celebrating walking to school.

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INTERVIEW SESSION REGARDING EDIBLE FARMING WITH SCHOOL GARDNER

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We are proud of our Raynham Children who have participated in the Children's Parliament on 29th October 2021.  Have a look at their experiences.

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Raynham children participate in the Children's Parliament on Climate Change

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Raynham children participate in the Children's Parliament on Climate Change

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Children MPs from Raynham Video
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-xksbvdE_jCSwZj_fEF0dp_kcXJGlNIB/view?usp=sharing

Newspaper Article about Children's Parliament
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1513613/childrens-parliament-watch-live-5pm-sir-lindsay-hoyle-boris-johnson

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The Children's Parliament debate will be held at 5pm on Friday, and will be live-streamed on Express.co.uk. Ahead of the event, which will see over 600 Child MPs conduct a parliamentary-style debate focused on the threat to their futures, a number of the participants have expressed their thoughts on how world leaders should see their responsibilities at COP26. Nihal Dhatt, 10, from Long Close School in Slough, believes "solving climate change will be the challenge of the next few generations."

She said: "Governments worldwide will have to invest heavily in research and industries and to support households to make the necessary changes.

"I see this as an exciting time for world leaders, brilliant scientists and engineers and industries to come together to build a sustainable eco-friendly world."

Rikza Mohamed Rikas, a Year 6 pupil at Weald Rise Primary School, Middlesex, spoke of the concerns young people may have, which world leaders should consider as they head to the UN conference.

She said: "Young people might be incredibly worried governments are not doing enough."
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Expressing particular concern over clean water supplies, she said: "785 million people lack access to clean water. Save water by not letting taps leak, steaming veggies, not boiling them and by catching rainwater."

The power of young people in this debate was close to the hearts of many Child MPs taking to the Commons to debate their - and current world leaders' - roles in mitigating climate change.

Erin Marshall, from Riverside Primary Academy in Tyne and Wear, said it is a "hard question to answer" when posed with the issue of how to stop climate anxieties bubbling up in young people.

"Because I am worried about the environment," said the Year 6 student.

"I am fortunate enough to have access to the internet and television, so I see a lot of information about climate change and the differing opinions on the subject.

"However, I try to work with my school to make an impact, however small, and my family try to be as environmentally aware as possible.

"I think it could have a negative impact on mental health, but it is a very important subject, so children and adults need to be aware of their personal impacts on the world and be given information on how they can help."

Max Munds, from Kew Green Preparatory School, said: "Lots of talk and no action is making young people feel stressed.
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"When they start to see change happen their mental health will improve because they will see the future is already one step better."

Many of the Child MPs raised the issue of how to protect wildlife from the already-visible signs of climate change.

Daniel Crudgington, 10, from Briary Primary School in Kent, is particularly concerned about the survival of polar bears.

He said: "Because the ice caps are melting, we should worry because, eventually, it will affect the eco-system."

Other Child MPs looked to other sources of evolution in the climate debate, such as Jack Adams, from Whitworth Community High School in Lancashire.

He said: "Businesses could come up with different solutions to save energy and come up with alternatives to plastic and better building materials."

He added: "I think that in several years to come, climate change will be reduced by actual green energy such as electric cars but the electricity will be made from green energy."

The Children's Parliament will take the form of a fully-fledged Parliamentary debate, with half of the children representing Her Majesty's Government and the other Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition.

The ninety-minute virtual session on Friday will focus primarily on climate change, but will also touch on key topics like COVID-19 and the future capabilities of technology.
The Children's Parliament will be shown live at Express.co.uk on Friday at 5pm. Click here to register a child to be involved in the Children's Parliament: https://wakelet.com/@childrensparliament

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'Talk and no action' Children's Parliament urges leaders to step up on climate crisis

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The Children's Parliament debate will be held at 5pm on Friday, and will be live-streamed on Express.co.uk. Ahead of the event, which will see over 600 Child MPs conduct a parliamentary-style debate focused on the threat to their futures, a number of the participants have expressed their thoughts on how world leaders should see their responsibilities at COP26.

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The school have been taking part in various activities linked to sustainability. Click on the two Power points to see what each year group have been learning about!

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Sustainability at Wilbury Primary School

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Autumn/Spring terms (2020/21)
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Take Action on Climate Change Day Coming on 5th November 2021 at Raynham Primary School

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Take Action on Climate Change Day Coming on 5th November 2021 at Raynham Primary School

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The children at Raynham are really excited as we will be participating across the whole school in a range of activities exploring issues around climate change and what sustainability actions can we take to reduce our own impact at a local and global level.

Our Eco-Ambassadors are due to meet with the Nepal children in our partner school New Leera for a discussion about climate change.

Attached are slides with some of the planned activites and ideas we will be exploring. Enjoy.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MpEvKhvgBw8FL7rqSOsmLi2WNRvv_lg_4ijfysl3OgE/edit?usp=sharing

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Nepal Day November 2021 - Let's take action today

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RAYNHAM NEPAL PARTNERSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY AT A GLANCE
During the Autumn term 2020, the school has introduced the Nepal project through all year groups being engaged in Nepal day which allowed children to learn about Nepal through activities such as culture boxes, view out of the window and learning Nepalese dances and songs. During Diwali, Year 3 also created Diwali cards which were shared with our Nepalese partner school who in return shared Christmas cards.
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Raynham New Leera Partnership Collection of Photos of Children's work
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1F4010vhtUGVX7uIx9Gvl1SWLXV8MK5jwkfkGUbqxx6o/edit?usp=sharing ​

Throughout the year we have continued to encourage sustainable means of travel and active walking as part of working towards the TfL Gold Stars  Award and sharing ideas with our partner school New Leera in Kathmandu, Nepal. Activities included Walk to School week, participating in the trial of Schools Streets initiative to reduce traffic outside the school during school pick up times, Eco-Schools environmental reviews, Environmental day, World Bicycle day, Earth day, participating in Bike It programme, outdoor learning, road safety, learning about air pollution and external visit introducing about electric vehicles with Year 6 children also making links to persuasive writing about why should we use electric vehicles.
https://raynhamprimaryschool.co.uk/stephen-james-enfield-visit/

Links to assembly slides (Walk to School, World Environment Day, World Bicycle Day)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R3qMZwj7ktyhYiWKSTesVrzYMPGzdY9K?usp=sharing

Nepal Partnership Project at a Glance​
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PjeKKFuFqdel2L0LjFwdLf-RZlOMkxN73dHo3k83da8/edit?usp=sharing ​

Gold TfL Stars Award
We are very proud of our children and the staff for achieving the Gold TfL Stars accreditation for embedding and promoting sustainability across the school, including walking, using bikes and scooters, road safety, reducing air pollution and our environmental impact, including outdoor and active learning in the aim to reduce our carbon footprint and work towards tackling climate change.

Sustainability Innovators during STEAM Week
During STEAM week in March 2021, the whole school has participated in becoming ‘sustainability innovators’. Children have planted and grown edible plants in the classrooms, as well as learning about food carbon footprint and the positive impact of reducing our individual carbon footprint by growing food locally. Children have upcycled waste, created reusable bags for transporting food, created food baskets and containers as well as self-watering planters.

STEAM Week Virtual Celebration of Work
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VFGQNUSiMYU2t_WjXYT73w9BTyc3Ufc9NhwwG9OTZJQ/edit?usp=sharing

The project has continued beyond STEAM week as Year 6 children helped to successfully develop and design an edible garden in the playground using upcycled tyres as containers. The garden features a range of herbs and vegetables as well as bay and olive trees. Year 6 children have also created a video introducing the garden to others around the school.

Children introducing Raynham Playground Edible garden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwpGsbsIoPg

Gardening at Raynham
Furthermore, we planted an apple orchard and wildflowers garden with edible plants including raspberries and blueberries all interlinked to developing gardening across the school interlinking this to edible gardening and the Enfield in Bloom grant we have been granted.

During Summer 2 term, Y3 and Y4 children have participated in an after school gardening club successfully harvesting over 350 strawberries, lettuce for salads and mint for flavouring food and making tea.

The school also has designated gardening areas for each year group, including nursery and reception, all actively continuing to grow plants. Year 1 is currently in the process of developing links with Farmertime which are due to be established and implemented in the new academic year.

Edible Garden at a Glance Overview and Photos

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Raynham Edible Garden Project at a Glance 2021

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hscxYYUYxmvHJ5Bae_CjWQo3XsbKfb0b/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114778221607084991482&rtpof=true&sd=true

Edible gardening photos and planning
10 Edible garden photos and planning evidence

In Autumn 2021, children at Raynham were so excited to harvest leeks, pumpkins, some peppers and onions they grew in our vegetable garden.

After harvesting them, they took them to the school's dinner hall so that our dinner ladies can make delicious school dinners for the children.

We can't wait to enjoy the food!

Photos of children harvesting the vegetables
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11FKr2IOKe1YR6M3fOa2ueLEkwTizXFty?usp=sharing
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Hinterland Project - The Canal and River Trust
During this academic year, Year 3 have also established links with the Canal and River Trust through the Hinterland project which enabled the children to work in collaboration with artists with the aim to encourage stronger links to and understanding of our local environment and Lea Valley Canal by promoting their understanding of climate change and sustainability locally through links with art. This also provided rich cross-curricular links to writing persuasive adverts on reducing waste in our local environment and encouraging others to visit the area as part of developing active lifestyles. They also had the opportunity to visit the canal and Building BloQs, inspiring them to look after our local environment, developing their understanding of their responsibilities as a local and global citizen.

Videos and information about Hinterland Project
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/arts-and-culture-on-the-waterways/hinterlands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agqSmZOvN_A

London of Mayor Youth Virtual Climate Change Summit
Year 6 eco-ambassadors and house captains have also participated in June in the London of Mayor Youth Virtual Climate Change Summit.

Updates to Community

Throughout the year we have also continued to communicate and update our parents and carers as well as our partner school in Nepal about the amazing activities and learning interlinked to Nepal Project and Sustainability that children across the school have participated in.

Edible gardening and sustainability newsletters
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tAZc9o2yROJo18O8b05etf3k--BC0ZmO?usp=sharing

Links to Raynham website
https://raynhamprimaryschool.co.uk/sustainability/
https://raynhamprimaryschool.co.uk/#search

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Sustainability is essential to ensure a good quality of life for everyone without causing irreversible damage to the planet for future generations. This requires careful balancing of lifestyle, social equity and care for the environment.

The whole school community at Raynham Primary School are becoming increasingly aware of their responsibility to promote and practise sustainable development. As a school we have a special role to play in securing the future for young people; as a place of learning, we can help pupils understand our impact on the planet and through 'leading by example' are well placed to demonstrate sustainable living and working to pupils and the wider community alike.

At Raynham Primary School, we are keen to work towards improving our positive effects on the environment and reducing our adverse effects.

Raynham's Edible Garden
Sustainability Newsletter Summer 2021 Sustainability Newsletter September 2020 Happy Shoes Day and Power Down Day - 23 October 2020
Nepal Partnership
Raynham New Leera Nepal Partnership - Collection of photos of children's work
School Streets Lite

To develop safer streets around our school as well as support the reduction of air pollution in our local community, our school, amongst many others across London, has joined School Streets Lite scheme in collaboration with Enfield Council.

The scheme will be run by volunteers and during term time between 8.15 and 9.15 a.m. and 2.45 and 3.45 p.m., Raynham Avenue will have a restricted access to cyclists, residents and blue badge holders only.

During the trial period, it is important that people in the community provide Enfield Council with the feedback so that this can be taken into consideration on how the scheme should be adapted.

For further information, please visit Let's talk pages for school streets in the first instance or email Healthy Streets email address healthystreets@enfield.gov.uk.
School Streets Park Ride map - Raynham Resident letter - permit exemption process

Ben Fogle's Zero to Hero Emissions Miles Challenge for KS2

At school your child has been learning about sustainable travel and electric vehicles. With the increased focus on improving air quality, alternative transport methods have become increasingly popular. Did you know that there are close to 230,000 electric cars on UK roads? Go Ultra Low is challenging all KS2 pupils across the UK to take part in a week of zero emission travel...
Can your child take part in Ben Fogle's Hero to Zero Emission Miles Challenge?
GoUltraLow_CompetitionLeaflet GoUltraLow_Presentation
Community safety, unity and cohesion

We are very proud to be part of a culturally diverse community that enriches our life experiences, and we would love to continue to build strong links with the residents in our postcode, whilst continuing to positively influence the children we teach to become responsible local and global citizens.

However; the exponential increase in muggings, robberies and the evident presence of drugs on our streets, is resulting in creating a climate of fear for safety whilst walking and travelling. We feel that a coordinated effort involving the government, the local council, increased police presence and establishment of safer neighbourhood communities alongside of creating guardians of the communities acting as positive role models is required to ensure that effective measures are put in place so that we enable the perpetrators of these crimes to make more positive life choices whilst keeping our community safe.

We would love to get your support in helping us to raise awareness of the issues we, as a community, are facing. Please sign the letters we are sending to the Prime Minister as well as the local council, local MP and the police. Help us to make a difference. Thank you.
Letter for safety around the school Letter to the prime minister for safety around the school Sign up for free resources and activities linked to active lifestyle for the children
Sustrans Outside In is a parent-focused e-newsletter which delivers resources and activities across four weeks, outlining different activities that children can enjoy at home.

Families can sign up to the newsletter to receive their weekly activity packs via email. Each week subscribers are sent games, educational activities and challenges for the coming days, including a video introducing the resources.

If you think you and your children might enjoy these free resources, you can sign up by clicking the links below.
www.sustrans.org.uk/campaigns/outside-in/www.sustrans.org.uk/campaigns/outside-in/sustrans-outside-in-information/

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Sustainability is essential to ensure a good quality of life for everyone without causing irreversible damage to the planet for future generations. This requires careful balancing of lifestyle, social equity and care for the environment. The whole school community at Raynham Primary School are becoming increasingly aware of their responsibility to promote and practise sustainable ...

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Raynham Eco-Ambassadors' Meet Children in New Leera, Kathmandu, Nepal to share ideas on climate change action

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Raynham Eco-Ambassadors' Meet Children in New Leera, Kathmandu, Nepal to share ideas on climate change action

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Our Eco-Ambassadors met with the children in New Leera partner school in Kathmandu, Nepal and shared together their views on taking action on climate change. The children have also discussed ideas on what sustainable things we can do in our local areas.

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Raynham Eco-Ambassadors urge children to take action on climate change

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Raynham Eco-Ambassadors urge children to take action on climate change

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Raynham Eco-Ambassadors team completed the school's grounds environmental review and have contributed to a video on urging us to take action. The video was shared and viewed by all the children in the school during Take Action on Climate Change day.

Enjoy the video.

Take Action on Climate Change - Eco-Ambassadors Message
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uqZQOv82_dArwA7Xz3KNhAB-1_Vuyom_/view?usp=drivesdk

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Regent Residential School - Students as shopkeeper of locally produced foods and vegetables.

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Regent Residential School - Students as shopkeeper of locally produced foods and vegetables.

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Children at Raynham Harvesting Vegetables

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Children at Raynham Harvesting Vegetables

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Children at Raynham were so excited to harvest leeks, pumpkins, some peppers and onions they grew in our vegetable garden.

After harvesting them, they took them to the school's dinner hall so that our dinner ladies can make delicious school dinners for the children.

We can't wait to enjoy the food!

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VIRTUAL MEET-UP NEW LEERA AND RAYNHAM SCHOOL

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VIRTUAL MEET-UP NEW LEERA AND RAYNHAM SCHOOL

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PARTICIPATED IN THE VIRTUAL MEET-UP PROGRAM ON THE TOPIC CLIMATE CHANGE ORGANIZED BY RAYNHAM SCHOOL

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Autumn term (2nd half) 2021
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Summer term 2021 and Autumn term (1st half) 2021
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Students found about different types of Crops used for farming.

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Wilbury Primary School and Regent Residential school have collaborated with Votes for Schools. Our pupils use their voice and vote on important global issues and share their findings on a national and international platform. https://www.votesforschools.com/
You can see some of our work here
https://www.votesforschools.com/blog/votesforschools-goes-global/

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A full VotesforSchools school subscription includes:

39 new lessons & assemblies, every year, with 15-minute & 45-minute options

Access to 50+ additional resources on a range of issues

Evidence of how Personal Development (SMSC, British Values and Prevent) requirements are met each week

Free staff training and ongoing customer support

Access to our growing Hard-Hitting Content Packages, covering topics such as SRE & Radicalisation

A voting platform for young people to make their voices heard

National data reports with class, school, age, gender and regional breakdowns

Weekly home information sheets for parents, carers or independent learning

Feedback from Government, professional bodies & expert organisations

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VotesforSchools - Personal Development, SMSC & PSHE

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A full VotesforSchools school subscription includes: 39 new lessons & assemblies, every year, with 15-minute & 45-minute options Access to 50+ additional resources on a range of issues Evidence of how Personal Development (SMSC, British Values and Prevent) requirements are met each week Free staff training and ongoing customer support

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Glimpse of plantation activities

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Glimpse of Gardening works

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Students sharing their research and findings.

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Students working on their Reports and Findings.

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Students Sharing about the importance of farming(video Clip)

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Presentation -  Edible Garden -Sustainable cities and communities

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Presentation - Vertical farming - Sustainable cities and communities - Copy

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Presentation -  Bug Hotel -Sustainable cities and communities - Copy - Copy

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We played volleyball, the national sport in Nepal.

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On 22nd November, Wilbury held a 'Nepal Day'. The whole school took part in various activities to learn about their partner country and school. These activities included, making clay divas for Diwali, mandala art projects, learning volleyball (the Nepali national sport), creating factfiles, and many more. We also learned about prayer flags used in Nepal and Tibet that can be commonly seen on the Himalayas. Every pupil created their own prayer flag, sending prayers and messages of kindness out to the world.

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We made posters on how to tackle climate change as part of our COP 26 project. 

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We sent kind messages via prayer flags, commonly used in Nepal and Tibet. 

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We researched our partner country and school and made factfiles. 